So I ordered an iPad because I want to build things for it. My first project was going to be a port of the Rubricator concept — the larger screen and interest of the education community made this seem like a good fit for an iPad application. Unfortunately, I made Read more »
Category Archives: Flex
Hey iPad – Twitter called and it wants its haters back
I’ve spent the last few days playing with my new iPad. I don’t really think of myself as an Apple fanboy, but evidence might be starting to mount. I originally wanted an iPad for application testing – I’m working on a few projects that would benefit from ultra-mobility and reasonable Read more »
Flex Builder Redux: How does this MXML tag work again?
I posted last year about how to get help on an MXML tag in Flex Builder, but I have another tip that I’ve been using quite a lot lately. The source to the Flex framework is actually included with the Flex SDK built into Flex Builder. If you want to Read more »
Building an RIA through Collaborative Design and Prototyping : Preamble
We’re in the midst of building an interesting Rich Internet Application for educational assessment using Flex. We’ve had a lot of success with our process thus far, so I thought it would be helpful to document it as a means of discussing it and maybe improving it for our next Read more »
FlexBuilder 3 for academia
Since FlexBuilder 3 was released last week, I decided to hunt around for the ‘free to academics’ offer and see if it applies to FlexBuilder 3. Here’s where it lives now: http://www.flexregistration.com/ Interesting things to note: It apparently does apply to staff too (woo!) You can request more than one Read more »
Flex Builder: How does this MXML tag work again?
I’m doing a lot more Flex development lately, and I found a nice little keyboard shortcut in Flex Builder 3 that I wanted to note someplace. If you want the documentation on an MXML tag, select the tag name and hit Shift-F2.
Setting Flex free from the browser
AIR lets your Flex apps open, move, and control native OS windows, either with or without chrome. Very slick. Moving on to interacting with the OS filesystem… -Brian P.
News flash: Adobe to release Flex as open source
Adobe is announcing plans to open source Flex under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). More information is available on Adobe Labs.
Apollo, we have liftoff!
At last! Adobe Apollo, the new cross-platform runtime for building rich internet applications is now available on Adobe Labs: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/ I’ve been reading and hearing about Apollo for what seems like a year… I’ll have to take some of my off-week between classes to give this a test drive by Read more »