Well Flex Me
A couple of weekends ago I took my first real look at Flex 2.0 Beta. To say that I loved it is an understatement, I've even added a Flex category to my site in anticipation of many future posts about...
View ArticleInterview on Web Wire
I was notified yesterday by a friend of mine Martin Laine that Ben Forta had blogged about a interview with me on Web Wire. First of all, wow, Ben Forta - so it was just a passing mention, but for...
View ArticleFlex Tip: Be Careful With Your Names
Firstly, I know I've been very quiet recently, that's because a lot has happened recently - which I'll go into in more detail at another time. The upshot of these changes is I'm now working with Flex...
View ArticleCode: MXML GeSHi Language File
While just writing my first post about Flex which required some code examples in MXML, I found that currently GeSHi (Generic Syntax Highlighter) doesn't have a MXML language file, and I couldn't find...
View ArticleCode: FoxyComboBox for Flex
Towards the end of last week I spent quite a lot of time working with customisations of the ComboBox in Flex 2 for work, and it was really beginning to bug me how when I typed to select an item, the...
View ArticleCode: FlexUnit Custom Test Runner
The FlexUnit Custom Test Runner is a customised FlexUnit test runner which aims to improve the presentation and ease of use of running FlexUnit tests. I have used unit testing in a few different...
View ArticleQuick Link: Flex Creating Custom Components
A couple of weeks ago I was looking for some more examples of using the measure() method in one of my custom Flex components and I found this series of excellent tutorials of how to create a custom...
View ArticleFlex Tip: Custom Component Not Lining Up With Label In Form Item?
Recently I was creating a set of in place editor custom components for our project at work and I noticed that when I placed them inside a FormItem that they didn't line up with the label of the...
View ArticleCode Update: FlexUnit Custom Test Runner v 0.2.0
I’ve been doing quite a bit of unit testing on the Flex part of our new product lately and this has led me to fix a few issues and add some improvements to my FlexUnit Test Runner, I’ve been running...
View ArticleUploading Files and Images With Flex and Rails
Having spent most of Saturday trying to get files to upload from a Flex application to a Rails backend, fighting against both Flex and Rails all the way, I thought I’d collect together some of the...
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