As my first contribution to flexlib I’ve been developing a utility class called “CSSPropertyInjector“. The CSSPropertyInjector class is used to apply styles from CSS to an Object that has properties that are not stylable or on Objects that are generally not stylable. Another nice feature of CSSPropertyInjector is the ability to specify multiple styleNames. This [...]
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These individuals have all inspired and/or helped me at one point in time. I’d like to take a moment to point them out and say thanks. I’ve personally either worked with, met or digitally communicated with all of these peeps. They have all helped me greatly and their insight is fantastic. You should check out [...]
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I was proud to announce with Andrew Powell today at 360 Flex | Indy, that Merapi is now officially open source. We’ve released the first public beta on Google Code as well as opened a Google Group. There is also a repo for Merapi examples. Here are the important links: http://merapi.googlecode.com/ http://merapi-examples.googlecode.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/merapi-project To find [...]
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On March 9th I began a new position in the role of Technical Architect and Evangelist at Roundarch. As I stated in my previous post, this was a difficult decision to make. Now that I’ve had a couple months of settling in, I’m happy to say I’m enjoying my new role and the team at [...]
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By: Dave Meeker It is a exciting time in the world of Web technology and User Experience design. With every passing week at Roundarch, It becomes more clear to me that consumers are embracing these changes and that companies that provide products and services to those consumers are listening. We’ve reached a point where the [...]
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After much deliberation, earlier this week I chose to step down from my position at Universal Mind. This was a difficult decision for me as UM has a unique collection of highly talented individuals that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with. I will truly miss counting all the great people at UM as colleagues. I leave [...]
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Number 3 on my list of Cairngorm tips is the Data Translator pattern. I’d like to preface my explanation of the pattern with a discussion about web application domains. As Flex developers we’re often inclined to use server-side technologies like Blaze DS, LiveCycle DS, ColdFusion, amfPHP, RubyAMF because of the native object transfer layers that [...]
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My colleague Doug McCune sent out a link last week to a product called Typinator. Typinator is a tool for Mac OS that auto replaces character strings that are typed anywhere in Mac OS. In the videos below you will see a few ways that Typinator can be used in a Flex development environment. Class [...]
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The last tip in this series was #5. The AnnounceFaultEvent (read more). and now for tip #4: The EventGenerator The EventGenerator class provides a mechanism for defining sets of Events to be dispatched either sequentially or in parallel. The EventGenerator is defined declaratively in MXML. The generator provides an aggregated result response when the last [...]
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Several months ago we had a Flex Frameworks roundup at our local Adobe User Group (RMAUG). I presented on the Universal Mind Extensions to Cairngorm and have since had a few requests for more info on the extensions. In this post I will explain my top 5 favorite ways to implement Cairngorm features in a [...]
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