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Adobe wants to strengthen Flash and Flex’s position in the enterprise and especially in the mobile space. But a recent study shows that jQuery has overtaken Flash as a deployed web solution on the top 17,000 websites.
Via InfoQ
Via Flex Community Blog I found this cool Flex gallery developed with PV3D and XML. The final transition effect for images is pretty cool and runs very smoothly. Source Code for this application is available to download, download it and create your own galleries!
Adobe Flash Builder 4 public beta is available in Adobe Labs to download. Flash Builder 4 is the name fr the well know flex builder, the idea is to create a clear distinction between the free open-source Flex framework and the commercial IDE.
Tim Buntel has a nice article under Flex Developer Center about what’s new in Flash Builder 4 beta.
Adobe is offering free licenses of Flex Buider 3 professional to all developers who proof they are unemployed. Please apply at https://freeriatools.adobe.com/learnflex
Via Adobe Stimulus Plan: Free Flex Builder | Ryan Stewart – Rich Internet Application Mountaineer
Blogn.org has collected a list of 13 FREE Flex skins that you might want to use on your application, together with the list there are two links on how to create your own skins for Flex and how to apply them.
The list includes top design skins that are really eye catching. Enjoy!
This tutorial by Code of Doom will go to the basics and quickest way to create a Google Maps application with in Flex. All steps are described and you may download all the flex source code of this application.
“IBM has released a new version of its AppScan product with new capabilities to scan and test Adobe Flash and Flex applications for vulnerabilities. The tool can also be used to test AJAX technology. IBM says the goal is to help developers better secure dynamic, Web 2.0 sites.”
JADBOX has created a class which will allow you to use FlashVars between Flash and Flex the same way.
Take a look at his article FlashVars for EVERYONE!
Sean Moore gave a presentation at San Diego Flash User Group about Flex best practices and is sharing th slides at seantheflexguy.com
Audio and Video chapter of Flex 3 Component Solutions from Jack Herrington is available to download at Flex Developer Center and will cover some aspects has putting fully featured audio and video players in your Flex application.
Today I was impressed by this cool online image editor titled Sumo Paint. This is not the first online image editor developed under Flex, however I believe that from all the other’s I’ve seen this is the most complete and most intuitive to work with.
There’s a long way still for this online tools however I notice a huge positive development around this applications.
I believe there will be a day when Corel, Photoshop and other’s will have to improve a lot to stay in the front line against this online free tools.
No doubt Sumo is a cool little application to play with!
It doesn’t matter if you’re a newbie or expert user when developing with Flex. noupe.com has created a Flex Developer’s Toolbox which I consider to be your first save kit related to Flex. Lots of useful info and links are posted there. After reading the article you will have lots to play with and learn. This post is precious.
A great list of components is available, tutorials, samples, themes and more. The article has everything or almost everything that a Flex developer ever wanted.
Merry Christmas!
Tour de Flex has three primary purposes:
* Provide non-Flex developers with a good overview of what is possible in Flex in a “look and see” environment
* Provide Flex developers with an illustrated reference tool
* Provide commercial and non-commercial Flex developers a place to showcase their work
Get it at http://flex.org/tour
Deitte.com is sharing some tips from personal experience to increase Flex Builder speed. There are also some tips on the comments I advice you to share and see other’s experiences in the post.
More information and tips can create good blog post and discussion at Deitte.com regarding this matter.
Developed by Josh Tynjala HeatMap represents data on a two-dimensional plane using color.
Take a look at the features, examples and download at Esria Community
Sean Moore is sharing a huge 43 list of great Actionscript 3.0 APIs, tips and tools that for sure are useful for everyone.
Please take some time to take a look at this article, i’m sure you will find something very useful for your current project.
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