So it’s been a day since Flex Camp Boston and I have to say it was a great event! They had some great speakers there and it was absolutely jam-packed with information. It was a very good atmosphere and the only time I felt even slightly out of place was when someone asked anyone in the room with a graphic design background to raise their had and I think I saw only one hand other than mine. But that really doesn’t matter, Friday was about Flex, pure and simple.

If you’re interested in getting an idea of what went on, Daniel R. was taking notes and posted them on his blog.

The discussions about ColdFusion really got me excited. I’ve heard of it before (mostly because of the ColdFusion extension option in Dreamweaver installs). Now since I hadn’t heard a whole lot of buzz about ColdFusion I had pretty much dismissed it as something I should learn. However, the discussions Friday really made me start thinking that I should. It was also the first time I had actually seen ColdFusion code and at first glance I could pretty much figure out what most of the code meant. I think this is definitely (yet another) programming language I will be learning. Now I’m starting to see why a lot of the Senior level jobs out there list at least 5 programming languages as required. You simply end up learning them one way or another. I still feel like I’m constantly playing catch-up on technology, but I like to think that I’m getting closer after having learned C#, PHP, SQL, ASP.NET, Python, ActionScript, and Flex in the last 18 months.

I really want to thanks everyone who had a part in putting Flex Camp Boston together, especially Brian Rinadli and the Flex Camp sponsers. And if you were a part of it and you’re reading this, when are you going to start selling tickets for next year?