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 …
Archive for ‘RIA’
January 12, 2012 Tags: apache, BabelFx, Flex, i18n, l10n, localization
Category: 360|Flex, Best Practise, Events, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 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
Flash Player is open and SWF is documented
The core of Flash Player is the Tamarin Virtual Machine, which is an open source project under Mozilla. While the SWF file format is not fully open, it …
Read MoreMay 10, 2010 Tags: HTML5, osflash.org, Silverlight, SWF, Tamarin
Category: Best Practise, Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 11 Comments
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
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
Adobe recently released (August 2009) the Flex implementation of PMD tool which is extensively used at J2EE shops for code quality management. FlexPMD is a tool that helps to improve code quality by auditing any AS3/Flex source directory and detecting common bad practices.
The Flex PMD …
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2009 Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Flex, AS3, Code Quality, development, Open Source, PMD
Category: Best Practise, Flex, RIA 1 Comment
If you are dealing with 508 compliance and wondering if a Flex application is accessible, this is your post.
First, yes, screen readers can read Flex applications. And yes, its fairly easy. But, I’ll discuss how in a future post.
But, if you’d rather send people to your old HTML version of your site when using a …
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2009 Tags: 508, Accessibility, Adobe, Adobe Flex, Flash Player 10, Flex, JAWS, Screen Reader
Category: Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 2 Comments
Swiz is a framework for Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. But, until recently, the documentation was limited.
But now…
Swiz Framework Site: http://swizframework.org/
Swiz 0.6.2 Actionscript API Reference: http://on3solutions.com/swiz062/
Swiz Framework Source: http://code.google.com/p/swizframework/
Enjoy guys. Now start …
Read MoreJuly 29, 2009 Tags: Flex, frameworks, Swiz
Category: Best Practise, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA, Software Frameworks, Swiz No Comments
Having built/architected/developed/consulted many Adobe Flex applications and being one of the first certified Flex instructors in the world, I’ve seen a lot of Flex applications. Some good, some bad.
But no matter how many applications or who I’m talking to, I always stress the importance of securing proprietary information. By securing, I mean don’t …
Read MoreJune 25, 2009 Tags: Adobe, Adobe AIR, decompiler flash, Flash, Flex, security
Category: AIR, Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 3 Comments
Beginning iPhone Bootcamp
If you’re a developer who wants to write applications that run on the iPhone, you should attend the Beginning iPhone Bootcamp at CFUnited.
The first two units of the course are devoted to learning Objective-C, followed by an intensive iPhone Bootcamp. Beginning iPhone …
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