360Flex we ran into Laura Arguello at yoga class

Tom being the dabbler in just about everything thought we should try yoga one night after we got done reviewing our signage comps. I've done yoga before, my wife teaches it, but Tom was keen to try it out. 

Walking in, we see Laura Arguello in the back row. We rush over taking spots on either side of her. She's stretching and getting ready, Tom's trying to figure out how to get his mat to not curl up on him. "So Laura, who should come to your session?"

The class starts, with us in foward fold, working through several Sun Salutations. Between breaths, Laura replies in a whisper, "Do you work in a team?
Do you want to structure your code in a way that will make it easy to maintain?
Are you interested in frameworks?
Do you already use a framework but are curious about what is out there?
Do you dislike frameworks because they dictate how you should build your app?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should come to the session."

While the rest of us are in downward dog, Tom is plan. The instructor takes us into Warrior One, and I whisper, "Why should they come?"

 Laura moves into the more advanced form, while I'm in the most basic, and Tom is in something completely different. "Because Mate rocks! :) Seriously now, if you have any interest in learning Mate or even if you are just curious, this session will give you all the main concepts you need to know to get started."
 
We're going into eagle now, and right before toppling into the guy next to him, Tom asks, "What's the goal of your session?"


Laura starts to answer, and we get a shhh from the instructor, whispering, "I hope to give attendees a good taste of Mate, pun intended. :) I'll do that by showing how to build a complete application, while showing how to keep the code "clean" and well organized. I also hope to give some insight about why certain patterns help us writing decoupled applications, so that even if you don't use Mate, you can take some ideas with you."

 Getting back up, Tom gets into downward dog with the rest of us, "What two sessions are you looking forward to the most?"

Jumping up from upward facing dog into mountain with ease, Laura replies, "Flex Persistence with Hibernate, Introduction to the Swiz Framework for Flex, See the Data, Be the Data"

Back in eagle, wobbling a bit, I manage to ask before dropping my other foot back to the mat, "What would you tell folks who haven't registered yet, but are thinking about it."You won't find a better place to learn about Flex and to be among Flex developers. The 360|Flex conferences I couldn't attend I felt that I missed out."

Don't feel that way yourself, register now! We had Laura with us in San Jose in '07, and are thrilled to have her back talking about Mate! Don't miss out! Register now!