Yup, thats me.. Mr Server-side with a whole lack of Rich Internet goodness in my head.
If you’re anything like me you’re a CF (or server side) developer who’s kinda intrigued by the whole RIA movement that’s occuring. You’ve probably also dabbled in Flex, DHTML, Silverlight etc and not really got anywhere.
Well, I’ve been thinking about this problem and have decided to make a concerted effort to get better at producing RIAs whilst sharing the knowledge with everyone as I go along. What I plan to do, is work my way through some material (suggestions welcome) that will take me through a subject (Flex will be first - then probably AIR). From here, and at regular intervals I will write up in this blog what I have learnt in a way that I (and you, oh server-side developers) can relate to. I help you via the articles, and hopefully, you lot can help me via comments.
Hopefully by the end of it, I’ll end up knowing how to use the tools, as will you, and we’ll also up with a repository of tutorial style items aimed at server-side developers.
Before I start though, does anyone have anything in particular that they would like to see taken into consideration? Anything that they particularly want me to cover?
Sounds like a great idea! I’m an “RIA n00b” as well, having done ColdFusion for a while but never known where to start to learn Flex or AIR. I’d love to put more of that Web2.0 “richness” into my applications, but haven’t taken the time to learn. I look forward to hearing what you find out and how you find the experience.
This sounds like a cool idea! I am a RIA n00b as well
I have been dabbling in Flash, Flash Lite and am soon to get Flex so this would be a cool resource. I would love to see what type of GPS (mobile) applications can be created with Flex/FlashLite so maybe look into that in your journey 
Thanks a bunch and God Bless!