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Got IPP Code Samples?

Where have all our code samples been?

Up until now we weren't keeping all of our code samples in one place. (What were we thinking?) Well, we finally added a code sample section on the IPP Dev Center website.

Our new code samples page has Flex, Intuit Data Service, and Federated app code samples, plus links to code projects on code.intuit.com that we think you will be interested in. 

Do you have some Samples you would like to share with your fellow IPP developers? Post on the forums or comment on this thread and we will take a look at them, and if worthy we may just add them to the Sample Code page...with full credit of course!

So what are you waiting for? Go get some sample code!

happy coding
-Jarred

Meet IPP at Boston Flex User Group, 5/12, 7pm at Adobe, Newton, MA

I'll be presenting at the Boston Flex User Group's next event, to be held on the evening of Tues, May 12th at Adobe Systems' Newton office (275 Grove St, Newton, MA) at 7 pm. Please feel free to come at 6:30pm or so and hang out before the talk. Pizza and drinks will be provided by Universal Mind. There will be a bunch of the IPP peeps there...we look forward to meeting with you!

Please RSVP at http://bostonfug.eventbrite.com/ if you're planning to attend.

Here's what I'll be talking about, along with a demo of the IPP stack with the IPP plugin for Flex Builder.

Today, millions of Small Businesses are adopting the SaaS model. These businesses need their data to connect, synchronize and interoperate across the multiple back-office and front-office applications and services they use to run their business. How will this work? How can the cloud help Small Businesses get more out of their data and leverage the functionality of the cloud? What are the opportunities for ISVs and SaaS providers and Flex developers to connect and program against the Small Business data cloud? This presentation will describe how Intuit’s PaaS offering: the Intuit Partner Platform, is enabling a brand new class of cloud connected services, SaaS and RIA offerings for Small Businesses, and how Intuit partners with ISVs and SaaS providers to solve real problems for millions of Small Businesses. In this session we’ll also be demonstrating how Flex developers can use their skills to take advantage of this huge opportunity.

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Alex Barnett.
Dev Relations, IDN and IPP

Chance to Win $12,500! Contest for Location-Aware Apps

The Intuit Partner Platform has recently partnered with Xtify Inc. to incorporate mobile phone location technologies into Intuit Partner Platform applications. By building and publishing a location-aware business application using the Intuit Partner Platform Flex SDK, plus the Xtify Flex API, you’ll be eligible to win up to $12,500 in cash prizes.

Three Prizes

• Grand prize: $7,000
• First place: $4,000
• Second place: $1,500

Key Contest Dates

• Contest begins: 4/23/09
• Application publishing deadline:6/23/09
• Panel judging date:6/25/09
• Contest ends (Workplace users counted):8/05/09

The Judges

• Ed Zander, recent CEO and chairman of Motorola
• Jeff Samberg,managing director of Acadia Woods Partners, LLC
• Alex Chriss,business leader of Intuit Partner Platform
• Andrew Weinreich, CEO of Xtify, Inc.

Watch the Sample App in Action

 

Check out all of the contest details here.

Thanks,
—The Intuit Partner Platform Team

Prototyping and Wireframing - Getting Everyone on the Same Page

Communicating ideas visually and getting everyone on the same page (literally) when you are designing or modifying user interfaces is a critical step in the overall development process and ending up with a great user experience. And doing so earlier and often, the better...without this you'll end up here :-)

There are many ways to do this and quite a few tools that make this a speedy and simple task.

Of course, Flex is a great tool for developers already familiar with the tool, but there are lots of different options for those with varying skills - this article provides a review of 16 Design Tools for Prototyping and Wireframing.

One of my favorite is Balsamiq Mockups - an Adobe AIR app, great for communicating the concepts of a proposed interface via wireframing.

Do you use tools to prototype and develop wireframes? Which tools do you use, and why? How do you communicate your ideas?

Flex 3 in Action: Ch. 23 Debugging, Functional and Unit Testing in Flex

Manning Publications has posted a free pdf of Chapter 23 from their book called "Flex 3 in Action". Chapter 23 includes Debugging, profiling, 3rd party tools, unit testing, and functional testing of Flex Applications.

Flex 3 in Action
Chapter 23
Manning Publishing
http://www.manning.com/ahmed/Flex3-sample-chapter-23.pdf

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Happy Coding,

Jarred