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Object pooling in Flex / ActionSctipt

Back in March of 2008 I published an object pooling utility class that allow you to place objects into a collection and use them when needed. That class came handy on a recent project where I had to use few instances of DataGrid, which is known to be one of the most expensive components [...] (translate)

Flex (Flash) Camp Wall Street conference in two weeks

I will be speaking this year at the Flex (Flash) Camp Wall Street conference. Although the recession is not over yet, the second edition of the prestige Flex (Flash) Camp Wall Street conference will be held in New York again. The event will be on November 16-17, 2009 and has a recession price of [...] (translate)

Published two great articles on Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine (FFD) for the months of November/December

I have two articles published on this month’s addition of Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine (FFD) for the months of November/December. Article 1: Building video players for mobile devices Video is a ubiquitous and key element in compelling web content. It is relied upon by blog, news, music, web TV, social media, amateur, and movie production [...] (translate)

AIR 2.0 Enhancements Complete Overview

During MAX 2009, Adobe released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. Below is an application I created that will help you overview the new capabilities. To use the application, click each main category and [...] (translate)

Just announced: New York City will be hosting a 3 day conference in May 2010!

FlashAndTheCity (http://flashandthecity.com) is going to be a 3-day “out of the box” Flash conference focusing on RIA technologies. The purpose of the event is to learn, share your knowledge and network with your peers from the Big Apple and other great cities. The idea of this conference is to bring Flash professionals [...] (translate)

AIR SQLite Manager API updated and allow using multiple tables and transactions

Back in January ‘09 I posted an API that makes working with an AIR application that works with an SQLite database and has many SQL commands and multiple tables simple. I have received feedback from developers that are using the API and have found it helpful. I kept getting requests to update the [...] (translate)

Tips & Tricks: Mixing Halo and Spark components

Mixing Halo and Spark components is still not working perfectly and causing all sort of problems, but in case you need to do inline rendering using Halo component, it’s possible. This is how you would do it for a Spark list component: <s:List id="output"> <s:itemRenderer> <fx:Component> <mx:HBox> <mx:Image source="{data.thumbnail}" height="50" width="50" /> <mx:Label text="{data.label}" width="300" height="20" /> </mx:HBox> </fx:Component> </s:itemRenderer> </s:List> (translate)

Convert ByteArray into an image and NetStream limitation

Flash Player 10 and AIR allow loading files from your local system as well as saving files. Once the files are loaded you have access to the ByteArray. Convert ByteArray into an image You can easily convert the ByteArray into an image: var loader:Loader = new Loader(); loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(event:Event):void { event.currentTarget.removeEventListener(event.type, arguments.callee); [...] (translate)

Install and set LCDS 3 Beta on Mac OS X in 5 minutes

On Sunday, I bought the new MacBook AIr and I had to install LiveCycle 3 Beta again and decided to create some installation notes for my own records. I am sure other will find this post helpful. Install LiveCycle 3 Beta Download LiveCycle 3 beta mac: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/livecycle_dataservices3/ Install Java Check if java installed: java version. In case [...] (translate)

Tip: code editing in Flash Catalyst

Flash Catalyst public beta, doesn’t allow you to edit code while in ‘CODE’ view. I was running into issues trying to remove ‘tracking’ from text property that TLF doesn’t support. Workaround: you can just right click the file you want to edit and select ‘Open With’ and then select ‘Text Editor’. [...] (translate)

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