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 [...]
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 [...]
2007 was an AWESOME year for Flex and AIR. 2008 should continue this trend. Here are several different technologies and other items I plan on monitoring going into 2008. Some of these are bleeding edge, others are fundamentals which we’ve been studying for years. “I’m sure that Flex skills will be one of the hottest [...]
Here are a number of podcasts regarding software development. All of these topics are valid for Flex development. Enjoy! Refactoring Pt. 2 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode55-refactoring_pt2.mp3 Design By Contract http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode51-designByContract.mp3 Architecture Patterns (Architecture Pt. 4) http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode41-architecture_pt4.mp3 Refactoring Pt. 1 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode46-refactoring_pt1.mp3 Dynamic Languages for Static Minds http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode49-dynamicLanguages.mp3 Architecture Pt.3 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode30-architecture_pt3.mp3 Architecture Pt. 2 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode25-architecture_pt2.mp3 Development Processes Pt.1 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode24-developmentProcesses_pt1.mp3 Architecture [...]
If you are interested in generating UML and/or AS3 code you might want to take a look at the following tools. The price tags range from $0 to $239. Cairngen – Free http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/cairngen This tool provides AS3 code generation for Cairngorm based Flex projects. You’ll need to have Ant installed and know how to run [...]
