One of my presentations on Flex Localization with BabelFx was recorded at 360|Flex in 2011. Zaa.tv recorded a bunch of the sessions at this event and they have recently posted the videos for free.
So if you missed 360|Flex, you will find several of the presentation …
Author Archive
January 12, 2012 Tags: apache, BabelFx, Flex, i18n, l10n, localization
Category: 360|Flex, Best Practise, Events, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA No Comments 
I often get asked, “How did you get to where you are?” To which I respond, “Mediocrity?”
The real answer… public speaking, community involvement, not sucking at what I do and genuinely enjoying my work.
Now, I can’t help you with all these topics. But I can give you some advice on getting start with being recognized. …
Read MoreNovember 16, 2011 Category: Best Practise, Events No Comments
For years the Adobe Flex SDK has been “open source.” And it was, kinda. But they had never opened it up to the community to help work on the project. Then last 360 Flex 2011 in Denver, Adobe announced that they’d support the Spoon project which would …
Read MoreNovember 16, 2011 Category: Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 1 Comment
First of all, the sky is not falling. Flash is not dead.
But with a poorly handled announcement by Adobe regarding the Flash Player plug-in for “mobile browsers” it really caused quite a stir. Unfortunately, the intent of the communication was not clear enough for most people. Including most of us in the community. Adobe …
Read MoreNovember 12, 2011 Category: Flash, Flash Platform, Mobile No Comments
Download Adobe AIR from the Adobe downloads.
Open a terminal window.
cd to download directory
chmod the AdobeAIRInstaller.bin to 755
su -m
enter password
./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Read MoreMarch 19, 2010 Tags: Adobe AIR, Linux
Category: AIR No Comments
I’ve been reading a few discussions on how to more effectively manage development of a Flex project. And the reason many are looking for a solution has nothing to do with Flex, per say, but has more to do with the complexity of our development environments.
Using the cloud is a popular BINGO word, but in reality… I think desktop virtualization is the better fit.
March 12, 2010 Tags: development, Flex, LiveCycle, PaaS, Training, Virtual Machine, virtualization
Category: Best Practise, Flex 1 Comment
On my latest project, I was going through several areas of the application adding toolTips to make some of the data that is clipped visible if desired. In doing so, I found out that I needed to use a combination of the different types of tips available.
Most components …
Read MoreMarch 11, 2010 Tags: dataTipField, Flex 3, itemRenderer, List, toolTip
Category: Components, Flex, RIA 1 Comment
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at mx.managers::FocusManager/focusInHandler [no source]
This is definitely an SDK bug. I was using the Flex 3.5 SDK and then downgraded to 3.4.1.10084. That is when this error magically appeared. Switched back to 3.5, all better.
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2010 Tags: error, Flex 3, SDK
Category: Uncategorized No Comments
ELIPS Studio 3 is a cross-platform mobile application SDK based on Adobe’s Flex Builder. But it only works on Windows, so I’m wondering how that is going to work.
Check it out: http://developer.openplug.com/index.php/learn/elips-studio-3-flex-for-mobile
December 20, 2009 Tags: Adobe Flex, development, iPhone
Category: Uncategorized No Comments
The event is Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers
A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and …
November 2, 2009 Category: Events, Flash Builder, Flex, RIA, Training No Comments
