The New Flex.org
Flex.org recently underwent a complete makeover. While the previous look was geared up to get developers acquainted with Flex, the new one is more focused on community resources. Beginners can still use the Flex Development Center and Product pages on Adobe to get started.
The new Flex.org definitely seems more user-friendly, easily navigable and contains a […]
Flex in E-commerce
Towards the end of last year, Charles wondered how RIA technologies can enhance usability in E-commerce sites. His main ideas were rotatable and magnifiable images, and an easily browsable gallery. I have come across very few websites that use RIAs not just for the main pages but also the stores.
Coyote Store is one such website, […]
A suggested Cairngorm based modular architecture
There have been a few discussions around after Flex 2.01 introduced the concept of modules, about issues with using modular architecture along with Cairngorm framework. I will not address here problems arising from using singletons along a shell and loaded modules (as done here), but rather present a way to integrate a Cairngorm based shell […]
Adobe AIR for Total Virtualization Management
This is a larger step for Adobe AIR in entering “serious” applications. With the sudden outbreak and rising necessity for virtualization, several companies, big and small, are sweating to go virtual and also adapt their own technologies to work in the virtual environments. While VMWare and Microsoft are battling to provide virtualization management capabilities BlueBear […]
Advanced Data Visualization for Adobe Flex & AIR
Flex and AIR on their own are great for visual appeal. Elixir is a formidable package built on top of Adobe platform of Flex and AIR for creating sophisticated, interactive user displays. New in ILOG’s large arsenal of graphics tools, Elixir can help make your rich apps richer with its collection of innovative and interactive […]
MeeBone: How One Dude Learnt AS and FLex
Meebo has been a blessing to all the chatterboxes in the corporate world. Still, there might be some who miss chatting through a messenger client, unsatisfied by a large window of a web browser. MeeBone can be their simple solution.
I only say that this AIR implementation of Meebo “can be” a solution because it is […]
Adobe or Microsoft?
RIA technologies over the past few years have been getting increasingly competitive, thereby introducing more and more features much to our delight.
Yesterday, it was announced that the increasingly popular online game Line Rider would be migrating from Flash to Silverlight. A very encouraging announcement for Silverlight. This could influence other game developers in the world.
And […]
One Year of Flex Camps
I wish all Americans a Happy Independence Day. Let us hope that the economy woes will soon vanish.
Last July, the Adobe Flex people conducted their first Flex Camp in San Francisco. Ever since there have been several camps held even outside USA: Romania, Italy, Canada, Singapore, Portugal, Poland.
Every Flex Camp is filled with talks, presentations, […]
The illusive itemRenderer
The item renderer is a powerful concept in Flex, that enables custom implementations of data presentation and input within controls like Lists, DataGrids and Charts. In our last post, we saw how a custom item renderer can be used within a bubble chart to enable interactivity. We showcased that using a chart with one […]
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