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• ActionScript, Flex 2, Flex resources, How to, PHP, RIA, Web Service

  Flex and PHP web-service

  17.02.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Yesterday I had to do a small flex application that resided on a server with php. Since I required a connection to mysql I wanted to use the same class I did before to connect to web-services. But PHP does not support web-services (and WSDL) by default.
  So after I did some search on the net […]

  Popularity: 67%

• RIA

  Three RIA Platforms Compared

  03.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

     As time passes the applications tend to move from thick software to thin web applications and they need to be platform and browser independent. This has happened because of the need of having applications that work on all platforms/browsers, have an easy way of getting the server side data, have more reach and also […]

  Popularity: 18%

• Flex 2, Flex IDE, Flex resources

  FlexSpy (fxSpy) - a great tool for flex developers

  31.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my friends was so kind and tell me about his tool and I think it’s really good.
  SO, Flex-Spy allow you to inspect and dynamically change most properties and styles of the visual components in your Flex application.
  Check it out a live at: http://www.mieuxcoder.com/data/2007/12/FlexSpy-1.2/dashboard.html (in the application, click the flexSpy button on the top-right […]

  Popularity: 48%

• Flex 2, Flex resources, RIA

  RSL further details

  08.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  As I have played with RSLs more I saw something surprising: If I compile the swc into a swf the resulting swf is bigger (almost twice) as it should have been. When you use compc to create a SWC, the SWF inside the SWC contains a lot of unnecessary stuff when used as […]

  Popularity: 46%

• Flex 2, Flex resources, MXML

  How to reduce the size of any flex app using RSL

  08.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  As you saw in the previous posts you can use RSLs to reduce the size of a flex application.
  If you use mxml in your application you should know that behind the scenes Flex will include in the project a lot of classes and controls (some of them you do not even want). You […]

  Popularity: 53%

• Bugs, Flex 2, Flex resources, RIA, Security

  How to create a swf RSL from a swc and how to use it

  08.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  In a previous article I told you about the benefits of RSL’s. But you need also to know how to create them from a swc and how to use them.
  First step is to create a new “Flex Library Project”. Write all the code you want to have in it. Then in your main application […]

  Popularity: 58%

• ActionScript, Flex 2, Flex resources

  How to make your applications smaller and reduce the loading time?

  07.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  If you ever wanted to make a complex application with Flex you always asked yourself: Is the swf to big? How can I reduce it’s size?
  Here are some small tips that do not relate to flex only, and one specific to flex:
  Popularity: 40%

  Popularity: 40%

• ActionScript, Flex 2, Flex resources

  variables - public/protected/private/internal/static

  07.01.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  One of the first questions any beginner in OOP and Flex will ask is: What do those public/protected stuff really mean?
  Well here is a short table to describe them.
  Popularity: 37%

  Popularity: 37%

• ActionScript, Flex in the world, PHP

  Flex and PHP - Party in the Front, Business in the Back

  19.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last days I found a very interesting and easy learning article about how Flex application can interact with PHP on the server-side. The article shows how this two technologies can work together. On the server-side Zend Framework, a MVC platform, which I used a lot is used to structure the application and to be able […]

  Popularity: 20%

• ActionScript, Security

  CAPTCHA in Flex - Using to Check the User

  09.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Now here is an example how to check a user using our CAPTCHA.
  

  
  For source files see bellow.
  Popularity: 35%captcha

  Popularity: 35%

• ActionScript, Flex 2

  Compare two objects

  07.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you ever wondered how can you compare 2 objects (big structure objects that can not be compared by Flex itself using the === operator) in Flex to find out if they are identically the same one of the methods used were to check all their attributes.
  Popularity: 19%

  Popularity: 19%

• ActionScript, Flex news

  Actionscript 3 Search Trend by Google

  05.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  The searches about Actionscript 3 are increasing and that means more interest in Actionscript 3 and frameworks that includes Actionscript 3 like Flex and Flash.
  The ranking is:

  Sweden
  Netherlands
  Romania
  Australia
  Israel

  For more info see google report.
  Popularity: 13%

  Popularity: 13%

• ActionScript, Security

  CAPTCHA in Flex - Running Example

  01.11.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  And now here is a running example. This shows how to generate a CAPTCHA setting about 4 parameters.
  

  
  More parameters can be added to this example, like dots size, polygons transparency, font size but all that are features.
  Enjoy!
  PS: Sources are bellow.
  Popularity: 36%captcha

  Popularity: 36%

• ActionScript, Flex 2

  Rest parameter

  31.10.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  A very handy parameter is the rest one. Imagine you want a function that will calculate the sum of any number of parameters of type number. One way to do it is to send an array to the function. But one better way is to use the “rest” parameter.
  Here is the function:

  public function MakeSum(a:int, … […]

  Popularity: 12%

• Flex resources, RIA

  Learning MVC in Flex - Cairngorm

  31.10.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  These days I started to study about MVC (Model-View-Controller) implementation for Flex. Although I used a lot MVC and MVC Frameworks in other language (PHP 4 & 5) the Cairngorm MVC Framework is a bit more complex.
  For a better understanding I found the following interactive diagram where you can view which part of the code […]

  Popularity: 28%

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