Archive for the 'Flex Builder 3' Category
Here’s the first episode of seantheflexguyTV! I’ll talk about several new Flex related tools and some software development books. I’d like to thank Jesse Warden for the inspiration and the nudge to get seantheflexguyTV started. More specifically in this episode I talk a little about: RobotLegs, Parsley, FlexPMD, RIATest, Hello Flex 4, Clean Code, 97 [...]
January 30th, 2010 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, Flex 4, Flex Best Practices, Flex Books, Flex Builder, Flex Builder 3, General Development Notes, Inversion Of Control, Software development process, frameworks, seantheflexguyTV | 12 Comments
Taking a look at everyone’s “2009 In Review” blog posts is really great inspiration. Looking back over the last year is always worth taking a minute to do. It’s great to reflect on personal growth over the course of a year and take note of our accomplishments. I decided to recall the last year for [...]
January 1st, 2010 | Posted in AS3 API, ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Bleeding Edge Flash, Cairngorm, Design Patterns, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, Flex 4, Flex Best Practices, Flex Books, Flex Builder 3, Flex Consulting, Flex Contracting, Gumbo, Inversion Of Control, Java, OOD, OOP, Software development process, frameworks, sdfug | 2 Comments
For a good part of 2009 I had the extreme pleasure of working with Intridea on an open source AIR application for their Present.ly microblogging service. Present.ly provides a secure and private way to share updates among members of a company, without them being visible to the outside world. The service has a Twitter-compatible API [...]
August 15th, 2009 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Cairngorm, Flex, Flex Best Practices, Flex Builder 3 | 4 Comments
The San Diego Flash Users Group invited me to give a presentation on Flex Best Practices last night. Thanks to everyone who took the time to join the meeting. Thanks to Kyle and Chris for inviting me to present. Also thanks a lot to everyone who provided all the great feedback and questions. Dan made [...]
January 8th, 2009 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Cairngorm, Design Patterns, Flex, Flex 3 Skinning, Flex Best Practices, Flex Builder, Flex Builder 3, Flex Champion, General Development Notes, MXML, OOD, OOP, Software development process, UML, frameworks, mate, sdfug | 3 Comments
Following best practices during the development process can help organize and structure an application. Standardized development provides clarity, stability, longevity and scalability. I worked with several members of the Flex community and the Adobe Flex Team to create this article outlining over 90 best practices for the Flex development process. Thank you to everyone who [...]
December 13th, 2008 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Cairngorm, Design Patterns, Flash Platform, Flex, Flex Builder, Flex Builder 3, MXML, OOP, Software development process, UML | 1 Comment
Here is a new pocket guide for Flex 3.0 that somehow slipped past me. I haven’t seen this book mentioned anywhere. Things have been mega busy over the last few months so that could explain it. Three things I really like: Flex, O’Reilly and a pocket sized book. These pocket guides are great for reading [...]
June 22nd, 2008 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Flex, Flex Books, Flex Builder 3, MXML | 2 Comments
The Flex and AS3 ecosystem is exploding. The demand for individuals who know these technologies is at an all time high. I currently get about 5 people per day that are seeking developers who know this stuff. Over the past year the demand has only increased. More and more kats are jumping into Flex/AS3 dev [...]
May 24th, 2008 | Posted in 3D, AS3 API, ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Bleeding Edge Flash, Cairngorm, Flex, Flex Builder 3 | 17 Comments
Erin Fife from Adobe got in touch recently about some pretty cool Flex and Flash development opportunities that are currently available at Adobe. Flex and Flash developers are encouraged to get in contact with Erin directly to speak about potential employment with Adobe. (efife@adobe.com or 408-536-5382)
Here is a bit more information from Erin about [...]
April 7th, 2008 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flex, Flex Builder 3, Flex Jobs | 2 Comments
Dolores Joya sent over a link to her blog with a couple of new Flex 3 experiments today. In her research she was able to develop some pretty cool transitions using the Flex Effects classes. The source code is included with her sample, just do the right click boogie for the source.
The other area she [...]
March 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Adobe AIR, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash CS3, Flex, Flex 3 Skinning, Flex Builder 3, Flex Skinning Lab | No Comments
Here is a draft version for the Flex 3 Cheatsheets. A number of MXML controls are detailed on this draft. For the first few Flex 3 Cheatsheets I am thinking about following this format for the rest of the commonly used MXML controls and containers. The properties, events and styles are taken directly from [...]
March 12th, 2008 | Posted in AS3 API, ActionScript 3.0, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flex, Flex Builder 3, General Development Notes, MXML | 4 Comments