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Making your app more scala-skina-coloriza-statea-transitiona-ble by using FXG

It is true that you can draw any vector shape with FXG. But, you probably wouldn’t want to use it for anything other than fairly simple geometric shapes. Which is fine because most UI elements are just that. This is one of the reasons that FXG is so shiny. You can knock out your UI [...]

Flex 4 Stylename stacking

It isn’t going to make headlines but being able to apply multiple styles to a component in Flex 4 is great. I find that it really helps keep my CSS more organized and modular. Below is a simple example in which you can apply many different styles to the same <TextInput>.

HTML5: Bulit by amateurs and made for amateurs

Remember back in the days before professional athletes were allowed to participate in the Olympics? The Olympics was all about the purity of amateur athletics. And if an athlete took even the smallest compensation for anything they did they were banned from the Olympics. ( The same still holds true for today’s college athletes. ) Then [...]

The new Flex 4 states syntax: more than meets the eye

If you have played around with the new Flex 4 states then you know just how easy it is to change the visual appearance of a component. But the <states> syntax also works on events. So now we can do something like this: <s:states> <s:State name="disarry" /> <s:State name="confusion" /> <s:State name="mind" /> </s:states> <s:Button click.disarry="onClick_disarry()" click.confusion="onClick( 'confusion' )" click.mind="onClick( 'whatever' )"/> Of course you [...]

Simple example of Flex 4 state transitions: checked/unchecked

I like the simple things. Like Cheerios cereal, one-click-checkout and Flex 4 states. If your only experience with states is with Flex 2/3 then I’ll understand your confusion. But Flex 4 states are a completely different animal than it’s predecessors. Here’s a painfully simple example. view source Take a look at the [...]

SWFAddress tutorial and examples from my Flash&Flex Magazine article

I wrote an article for Flash&Flex Developers Magazine about using SWFAddress in your Flex and Flash projects. You can download a free copy of the issue here: Flash&Flex March 2010. My article starts on page 89 of the PDF. Here are the links to the example applications that I created. Simple Dynamic – actually, this one is pretty [...]

360Flex Lego Vagina award

It wouldn’t be a 360Flex wrap if I didn’t give out my Lego Vagina award for the most Flextastic or Actionscripty new something-or-another. The three nominees for this conference are: The Flex 4 framework Lets put it this way: The Flex 4 framework is still in beta and yet many people are already saying, “Remember back in the [...]

360Flex Brain dump

Dinner with legends I’ve never had more fun and learned less at a 360Flex conference before. I had a great, GREAT, time because there were so many amazing people there. I had dinner with Jessy Warden, Ben Stucki, and Doug McCune. That alone is worth the price of admission. :) I know these guys are legends [...]

A tour of Serenity – the RV that my wife and I live in

In case you didn’t know my wife and I have been living in a a recreational vehicle for the past year or so. A few people have expressed interest in seeing what it’s like so I thought I’d film a short video – 3:30 minutes. We named our RV Serenity after the ship in Firefly. I [...]