Not on Subversion yet? Try Git

Posted by Charles | May 31, 2008 .

I’ve start seeing more and more open source developments in the RIA space, especially ActionScript and Flex based open source projects. I don’t know any of those new projects is using CVS anymore, rather most of them must be on Subversion. If you start something new, regardless it’s open or not, you might take a […]

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Google App Engine Playground - AppDrop

Posted by Charles | May 30, 2008 .

If you want to try a few Google App Engine application for developing RIA Flex application using DjangoAMF or PyAMF. And you don’t want to mess with Google or use up your three apps quote on GAE, you might want to try AppDrop.
AppDrop is a proof-of-concept, to show that Google’s App Engine platform can be […]

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Google Earth for Browser Mashup with ArcGIS JavaScript

Posted by Moxie | May 29, 2008 .

Google has been on the roll of pushing out new technologies lately. They are all very significant, such as the latest Google Map API for Flash and Google App Engine. The most exciting one came from yesterday’s Google IO conference, the Google Earth Plugin for Browser.
Now you can have 3D globe runs right within the […]

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Google App Engine Opens to Everyone

Posted by Charles | May 28, 2008 .

I wrote about Google App Engine, which only allowed 5000 people registered back then. Today, at Google IO, its door opens to everybody. You can go sign it up and give it a spin.
How about trying out DjangoAMF or PyAMF for Flex RIA applications.
One thing I noticed though, it’s hard to get you a common […]

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Flashing Handwriting Analysis

Posted by Charles | May 28, 2008 .

Bumped into this very interesting Flash site that does analysis on you handwriting and the result could be either entertaining or surprising, TUL.com.
Basically you click through the choices that illustrate the handwriting types and at the end the video shows you what kind of person you are. You need be patient though because you have […]

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A Handy Flash Brainstorm Tool

Posted by Charles | May 27, 2008 .

Sometimes you just want to dump what ever in your mind to somewhere, someplace or some software. You can only move on when you know that you won’t loss what you had in mind. That’s why there are those brainstorm software such as the popular MindJet’s MingManager. Sometimes you just want to have something simple […]

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Google Flex Map Demo - Helps Earthquake Relief Efforts Too

Posted by Moxie | May 23, 2008 .

I post a peek review on how coming ESRI ArcGIS Flex API helps on China Earthquake Relief with a demo map application. When I said “peek”, I meant it literally. If you missed it then you have to wait. Before that I gave the new kid on block, Google Map API for Flash, a try. […]

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Does Google Map API for Flash Really Work?

Posted by Charles | May 21, 2008 .

Update: Got it works! I over simplified the code. To make the map object displayed within the UIComponent (in Flex), you have to implement the resize event. as:
public function onResized(event:Event):void { map.setSize(new Point(mapContainer.width, mapContainer.height));}
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So far it doesn’t work for me. Anybody?
The Google Map API for Flash was released last week. I’ve been trying to […]

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Spaz on AIR

Posted by Charles | May 21, 2008 .

These days there are many web applications which help you to build your own social network and amongst Twitter takes the cake. For the uninitiated, it allows you to broadcast short message called tweets to your friends through IM, SMS or RSS. Its increasing popularity has lead to the creation many add-ons applications and Spaz […]

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