360 FLex | Atlanta – How to Succeed as an Independent Developer
Thank you Tom and John! It was amazing! The 360 Flex session i was most looking forward to was Jesse Warden‘s Big and Famous: How to succeed as an independent developer, so i was a disappointed to hear...
View ArticleSprouts : A Luke Bayes Project
Luke Bayes of Pattern Park has a new open source tool set project called Sprouts. You can read all about it on the site but it warrants some attention, so here ya go. The project is based on Ruby and...
View ArticleInstalling ANT for Flexbuilder 3
Recently I did a fresh install of Flexbuilder 3 but to my surprise Ant did not work.Ant ships with Flexbuilder 3 but was not active after install. In short, you will need to run an eclipse update to...
View ArticleAS3 Error 1064: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: SymbolX This error is most commonly received when you do not import a certain class but proceed to instantiate it. If you tell AS3 to create...
View ArticleFlex on Rails User Athentication Error – Can’t mass-assign these protected...
While creating a Flex app with a Ruby on Rails backend which handles user registration and authentication I ran into the following error which prevented the first_name and last_name values from being...
View ArticleFlex On Rails User Authentication Quick Start Guide
Building a backend for your Flex app that handles user account creation and user authentication is not a small task. Hence the length of this ‘quick start’ guide. Ruby on Rails allowed me to provide...
View ArticleWhen getChildren() Is Not Available What Can I Use Instead? childDescriptors...
getChildren() is a method of Container which returns an Array of child DisplayObjects – children of a Container. What if there is no getChildren? How can you reference children or siblings? While...
View ArticlePopupManager RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds.
While working with PopupManager I came accross Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds. I’m building an AuthenticationModule that i can use in multiple applications. It consists of your...
View ArticleSkinning A Canvas With A Swf Using CSS / Add A Background Image To A Canvas
Using swf assets to skin an application is popular but often requires us to use different style attributes in css. While attempting to add (update) a background image to a canvas I ran into the...
View ArticleAS3 Event Model or Let’s Play Capture Your Target’s Bubble
The AS3 Event Model is not new but knowing the 3 phases can be important during an interview so this post is, in part, for use as a quick reference. More than anything I hope the Tips below are...
View ArticlefromCharCode() With A Side Of charCodeAt() or Grab Previous Letter
While working on an address book application I came across a use of fromCharCode() in combination with charCodeAt(). I’m not sure how else you would execute the following use case but this is one great...
View ArticleShow Error on Form Field / Text Input or Show Me Where It Hurts
I have extended a flexlib component to immediately display an error message next to a TextInput. With this component the user is no longer required to mouse over the text field or TextInput in order to...
View ArticleDebugging Tips and Tricks – Exporting Breakpoints
One tip/trick/habit that I have found worth its weight in anti-matter is exporting your breakpoints. Working in a large code base can yield long debug sessions, I’m talking days, and many crucial...
View ArticleRemove the Thumb From HSlider
I was glad to see the css for the HSlider handled most of my styling needs for HSlider; tickLength, showTrackHighlight, themeColor. One styling need it does not support is the removing of the thumb...
View ArticleFree VOIP or E-Free Home Phone
After reading the Free VOIP article, by Dave Mathews, in Make magazine issue 11, I decided to try installing VOIP in my home. Like most ‘free’ services there are limitations. Here is a short list You...
View ArticleFree VOIP or E-Free Local Phone
This is a follow up to my earlier post Free VOIP or E-Free Home Phone and may not make sense on its own. Once you have signed up for a voip.ms account, and your voip is working, you may decide that you...
View ArticleA FUG is Born!
Nor Cal FUG has officially begun. Thanks to all 15 attendees of the first Nor Cal FUG in Santa Rosa (really Sebastopol), California. It was a great first meeting. In response to my posting on...
View ArticleNBAUG Presentaion Resources
Thanks to all the folks who attended my presentation at the North Bay Adobe User Group. If you are interested in learning Flex then join us on the first Thursday of each month at Nor Cal Flex User Goup...
View ArticleRobotlegs: Minimalist Keystroke Demo
There are plenty of blog posts out there hailing the virtues of Robotlegs IoC/DI Framework, so I will skip the ‘so cool’ speech and simply say 1) DI goes a long way towards keeping my view components...
View ArticleFlexGarduino
Recently I have been working on Flex / Air apps for Arduino. For those who don’t know “Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform” that lets you start building your circuits instead of...
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