It’s been nearly 5 months since we released Degrafa 3.1 Beta and we’re steadily moving towards a 1.0 release. Since 3.1 we’ve seen the number of people using Degrafa drastically increase with download numbers at over 18,000 and that doesn’t include people using the SVN. We get daily emails from people using the framework, great questions on the Degrafa Group and more people eager to contribute. It’s an exciting thing to see!

Great progress is being made on the framework, so we’re excited to have a presentation slot for Degrafa at 360|Flex, this time in Indianapolis. Things we hope to cover are: the current status of the framework, demoing some great apps that heavily use Degrafa, talking about future features and Degrafa 1.0, walking through code, as well as discussing some very interesting new developments that may be on the horizon. We also hope to address any questions regarding Flex Graphics/FXG and Degrafa.

So, if you’re interested in Degrafa, the session is on Monday the 18th at 1pm. See you at 360|Flex!

We’re a little behind in posting these slides from Flex Camp Orange County. Tom Gonzalez and Juan Sanchez presented the “top 5″ features of Degrafa. Of course, these features are debatable and really we just wanted to point out some of the features that make Degrafa stand out.

We chose this as the outline for the presentation because of the 40 minute time slot. Even still, we ran over in time and were able to take some of the lunch time to finish the presentation.

Flex Camp Orange County was a great event and are happy we had a slot to present Degrafa to the community.

If you’re interested in Degrafa and live in Southern California, you should probably check out Flex Camp Orange County. Tom Gonzalez and I (Juan Sanchez) will be giving a presentation on Degrafa.

A lot of new features have come along up to the latest release, Beta 3.1, and with the sessions being 40 minutes there’s no way we can fit them all in. So, aside from just mentioning here that we’re presenting, we’d also like to get some people who are thinking of attending what they’d like to hear about.

We definitely have to give an overview of the framework and walk through some introductory code, but beyond that is what we’d like to fill in. We’ve had thoughts on just covering the “top 10″ features of Degrafa, or maybe the “top 5″ use cases for Degrafa. There’s tons of examples to show along with anything we decide to talk about.

So, if you’re thinking of attending Flex Camp OC, what would you like to hear about?

Get more info about Flex Camp Orange County

Tomorrow there will be a Degrafa presentation and Connect session hosted by the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group. For those of you who voiced interest in attending, here’s your chance. If the time and place don’t suit your schedule I believe it will be recorded for convenient viewing. Features of the framework will be discussed, code samples will be shown, followed with a hands-on session.

You can get more information on the RMAUG website.

Last week I spoke at the Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group about Degrafa and someone asked if I would go back and do a full session about the topic. They also asked how I would feel about making it a Connect session for anyone else interested could participate remotely. I thought would be great idea.

There are so many thinks that you can do with Degrafa and it’s evolving every week. Having a Connect Session would enable us to expose a lot of these features to a wider audience as long as there is a demand. So, I’m asking, is there a lot of interest in this? What areas do you have the most trouble/questions with? Any specific topics you’d like to see covered? I could also record the session and post it after the fact.

Here’s the slide deck from the Degrafa presentation that was given at the LA AIR User Group. Topics covered were basics of Degrafa, how Degrafa may fit into a development work flow, and some new, unreleased additions to the framework. It was a great crowd and people were excited to see some of the advancements Degrafa is making. By 360|Flex Atlanta there should be a lot more to share.

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