Category Archives: Flex
Improved Open Source Testing Tools for Flex
Back in the early days of Flex there wasn’t much for doing unit testing, automated testing, performance testing, etc. Thanks to the community there are now numerous open source testing tools for Flex. Here are some recent updates you should definitely check out if you are building production Flex apps: FlexUnit 4.1 Beta 1 FlexMonkey [...]
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Flash Platform and Salesforce.com Webinar and Mobile App
Client + Cloud technologies have been quickly evolving and maturing. The combination of Flex and Salesforce.com continue to lead the way for next generation Client + Cloud applications. Recently I did a Webinar on The Flash Platform and Salesforce.com with Dave Carroll from Salesforce. If you missed it you can watch the recording to see [...]
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Flex on Android in Flash Player and AIR
This week at the Google I/O conference Adobe announced that a Flash Player 10.1 beta and an Adobe AIR prerelease are now available for Android devices. This is really exciting news for those of us building apps on the Flash Platform because now we can begin building apps in Flex for these mobile devices (and [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flash Player, Mobile 19 Comments
Watch AS34J – ActionScript 3 for Java Developers
Last week I did an eSeminar on AS34J – ActionScript 3 for Java Developers. This was originally a presentation that Chet Haase and I did at Devoxx. Later Chet also published the presentation as a two part article on JavaWorld (Part 1 and Part 2). Check out the eSeminar and let me know what you [...]
Flex and Java Differences: Getters & Setters
In Java it has become a standard practice to use a getter & setter notation to provide a consistent interface to an object’s properties. There is a reason why we don’t do the following in Java: public String fullName; The code above essentially creates an interface (or contract) between the class and the implementors of [...]
Also posted in ActionScript, Java 5 Comments
Flex at the Austin JUG and Stir Trek in Columbus
Tomorrow night I’ll be in Austin, Texas speaking at the Java User Group about Better Software with Java and Flex (Try the Google Cache Page in case the site is not working). And then next week I’ll be at Stir Trek in Columbus, Ohio presenting about Flex and the Cloud. I hope to see some [...]
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Flex 3 SDK in Flash Builder 4
The Flex 4 SDK has some great new features but for existing Flex 3 apps upgrading might not yet be an option. Luckily Adobe’s professional tooling for Flex, now called Flash Builder 4, is abstracted from the underlying SDK. This means that you can take advantage of many of the new Flash Builder 4 features [...]
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Drunk on Software #23 “I’d give it a 4.5 out of 10″
In Episode 23 we chat with Adam Flater and Rob Rusher about some very controversial topics. Adam points out James’ wishful thinking when we discuss what defines something being a “Flex application”. Jon gets the award for best quote of the episode when we discuss Flex and its community. Things get fun as we discuss [...]
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Flex 4, Hibernate 3, and Spring 3 Integration