It’s been a long time since I last played with Flex. I feel like starting from square one. This also means that I have a more difficult path ahead of me, with my Flex Builder trial license already expired. Fortunately, it’s not that hard to setup basic mxml auto complete functionality with a plain Eclipse [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Adobe Flex'
Free Alternative to Flex Builder
September 26th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Flex, Tools
Tags: ActionScript 3·Adobe Flex·Eclipse·Eclipse Plugin·Flex Builder·MXML
Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, Flex
This book has been released under Creative Commons License and is available for download… Yes, for FREE! Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide You can checkout Mike Chamber’s blog for more details.
Tags: Adobe AIR·Adobe Flex·e-books·Flex
JSF vs Flex Components
April 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Flex, Java
When developing JSF applications, I rely heavily on these two sites as reference for the Tag syntax. http://www.exadel.com/tutorial/jsf/jsftags-guide.html http://www.horstmann.com/corejsf/jsf-tags.html With Flex, there’s a similar tool where you can see Flex 3 components in action. http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/componentexplorer/explorer.html Try visiting and comparing the mentioned sites and you’ll probably have an idea why I’m really excited about developing applications [...]
Tags: Adobe Flex·Flex·Java·JSF
Flex, BlazeDS and JPA
April 18th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Flex, Java
After several days of playing with Flex, I’ve managed to create a simple Java-based backend using BlazeDS and the Java Persistence API (JPA). In this post, we will try to implement what used to be a very popular application (during the early days of the Internet), the “Guest Book“. What you’ll need: Flex Builder 3 [...]
Flex Memory Usage
April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Flex
I was trying to modify a stock ticker example to work with Flex 3 when I came upon a surprising conclusion. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 Yes, I’m 100% convinced that Flex is the way to go if you want rich interactive user interfaces. But that does not come without [...]
Tags: Adobe Flex·Firefox·Flex·Spiderman
Flex-ing Your Way to RIA Land
April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, Flex
I’ve had the privilege to work on some proof of concept pages using Flex since last week. Yes, I’ve heard the buzz around RIA and Flex before but I didn’t have the time to play around with the application until now. I originally thought that it was somehow expensive to develop applications using Flex, but [...]
Tags: Adobe·Adobe Flex·Flash·Flex·Java