Category Archives: Linux

Flex Builder for Linux!!!

By James Ward | Published: October 2, 2007
I love vi. I’ve been doing Flex development on Linux for about three years – mostly with vi. But to be honest when building complex applications it is nice to have things like code hinting and integrated debugging. I’m sure you *could* make vi do that with Flex but I am not brave enough to [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex | 12 Comments

Testing AIR Applications on Linux

By James Ward | Published: September 13, 2007
*** WARNING – THIS IS TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED, UNENDORSED, AND A COMPLETE HACK *** I tried for a while to get the actual Adobe AIR runtime installed via wine on Linux. But I wasn’t able to get it to work. Then I realized that I don’t really need the whole runtime to just test my AIR [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR | 7 Comments

Flex Development on Linux Tip: Use Epiphany not Firefox

By James Ward | Published: September 12, 2007
I am usually on Linux when I develop Flex applications and I recently discovered a cool trick that makes development even easier. Use Epiphany as the browser you run / test your applications in instead of Firefox. Here’s a few reasons: - If Epiphany crashes because your app goes crazy it doesn’t take your normal [...]
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Slides from UbuntuLive

By James Ward | Published: July 24, 2007
On Sunday I was in Portland for UbuntuLive. I had two sessions, one focused on what I call “The Irrelevant Operating System” and the other was about building cross-platform applications on Linux with Flex. This was the second Linux conference I’ve spoken at. I hope to speak at more because Linux has been an important [...]
Also posted in Flex | 2 Comments

Summer of Flex and AIR

By James Ward | Published: July 6, 2007
There is a ton of great Flex and AIR events going on over the next few months. Here’s the run down of events I’ll be at: The FREE Flex Camp is July 27th in San Francisco. This is going to be a great way to learn more about Flex. Spots are going fast so go [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Java | 5 Comments

How I Overcame My Fear of Flash

By James Ward | Published: February 21, 2007
Long ago I remember the first Flash site I ever saw–spinning gears replaced typically boring site navigation and sound illuminated a previously silent web. My jaw dropped and I said to myself, “I want to build these kinds of websites!” After playing with Flash Professional for days, I realized that my mathematically inclined brain just [...]
Also posted in Flash Player, Flex, Open Source | 50 Comments

My Tribute to Flash 9 on Linux: Compiz Like Wobbly Windows

By James Ward | Published: January 17, 2007
I’m sitting in Caribou Coffee in Ann Arbor Michigan looking out at beautiful ice covered trees glistening in the sunlight. It’s Jan 17th 2007 and this day is going down in history! Today is the day Flash Player 9 was officially released for Linux! This is HUGE! The web allows anyone with a PC to [...]
Also posted in Flash Player, Flex | 14 Comments

Flash 9 on 64bit Linux in 2 Commands

By James Ward | Published: December 6, 2006
I’ve heard it so many times… “Flash 9 doesn’t work on 64bit Linux” So when I loaded 64bit Gentoo Linux my new Merom based Intel Core 2 Duo, I really was expecting an adventure. Turns out that it was actually pretty uneventful. It worked first try without any problems and in only 2 commands. Here’s [...]
Also posted in Flash Player, Flex | 18 Comments

FLASH & FLEX: FREE FOR ALL (even Linux)!

By James Ward | Published: October 19, 2006
As of yesterday, for the first time EVER, nearly everyone in the world has access to a FREE, ubiquitous application runtime, and a FREE application development toolkit for that runtime! Of course I’m referring to Flash Player 9 and the free Flex 2 SDK. To show people the power of these two technologies I’ve recorded [...]
Also posted in Flex | 52 Comments