Archive for April, 2007
« Previous EntriesCairngorm 2.2
Monday, April 30th, 2007In case you missed it Cairngorm 2.2 was posted on Adobe labs on Friday.
Here are the key changes:
Removed dependency on Flex Data Services (fds.swc) - externalised to Cairngorm Enterprise
Flex SDK SWCs are no longer linked into Cairngorm.swc (produces a smaller cairngorm.swc)
Added support for setting remote credentials
Fixed bug with Web services not [...]
Artemis First Tutorial
Monday, April 30th, 2007This tutorial covers a very simple Artemis library to reverse strings. The tutorial is designed to illustrate the basics of passing information between Apollo and Artemis.
Try it out here
My experiences with this tutorial are very good. After setting up Java 1.6 jre, I had no problem getting the Java backend to run in eclipse and [...]
Flex 3 will be Open Source
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Yes, that is correct, Flex 3 (or pieces of) will be open source and licensed under the Mozilla Public Licence. Here is what is involved:
Tools to be Open Source
MXML Compiler (mxmlc, compc)
AS3 Compiler
Flex Command Line Debugger
View Source Utilities
Web Tier Compiler Modules
Automated Testing Framework
Libraries to be open Source
Flex Core Components
Flex Apollo Components
Graphics Tags Libraries
Themes (Halo)
RPC [...]
Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 allows you to create interactive, animated content in Flash, and use it in Flex as a Flex component.
The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 is now available in the labs.
The Flex Component Kit requires the following:
* Adobe Flash CS3.
* [...]
Flex 2 Metadata Tags
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Flex 2 Metadata Tags
— Most Flex developers have seen and used the [Bindable] tag but not many know what this tag does or even what it is. [Bindable] is what is known as a metadata tag. Metadata tags are special tags that are inserted in your source code that give the compiler information on how [...]