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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Degrafa is a declarative graphics framework for Flex. This means that programatic graphic instructions like: graphics.lineStyle( 1, 0xffffff ); graphics.moveTo( 10, 10 ); graphics.lineTo( 30, 30 ); graphics.lineTo( 10, 30 ); can be expressed in simplified and elegant MXML source code. From this post you’ll take away an intro to Degrafa, how to dynamically modify [...]
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It has been far too long since I’ve blogged about Merapi, so I thought I would share what’s up with the project. First off, the next release has been coming soon for far too long. That is my responsibility and I apologize to everyone that’s been waiting on the new build. However, there is good [...]
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In late 2008 Brightkite engaged Universal Mind to develop an application called The Brightkite Wall. The Wall is a Flash Application built using Flex. For those of you unfamiliar with Brightkite, here’s a quick overview: Brightkite is a location based, micro-blogging, social networking platform. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last five [...]
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Monday, November 17th marks the official start to this year’s Adobe MAX conference. I wanted to give a quick update on where I’ll be and what I’ll be up to at MAX. So, here it is. First of all, at MAX you can follow me on Twitter or BrightKite my handle is “adamflater” on both. [...]
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As promised in my session at EclipseWorld [No longer up] today, I’m posting a recap of the session. My session was titled “Building Flex/AIR UIs for Java Using Merapi”. The session gave an overview of Flex, Flex Builder, and Merapi. I also provided some sample application demos using the Merapi framework. You’ll find a link to [...]
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To keep in the open tradition of 360 | Flex I’m posting my survey feedback once again. The Merapi session at 360 Flex | San Jose was really fun and was happy to share the stage with my friend Jordan Synder. There was one very constructive comment about our examples. The examples that I showed [...]
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We launched our new Universal Mind web site today. You can find the site at: www.universalmind.com. As far as I know, we are the first major Flex centric services company to release a site using Flex technology. This site was built to be search engine optimized even before the Flex search bots that Adobe developed [...]
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The first issue of Flex Authority is out! I was lucky enough to attend 360 Flex in San Jose last week and grabbed a pre-release copy there. In addition, Dave Meeker and I were lucky enough to be interviewed by Leif Wells. Leif was really great about coordinating this interview on Merapi. Thanks for your [...]
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