Flex 4: code name “Gumbo” March 6, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex, Flex 4 , comments closed
Flex 3 is just released few days back and Adobe announced Flex 4 codenamed “Gumbo” is now beginning active development.
Following are currently work in progress milestones.
Scope determined: April 2008
Beta 1: Late 2008
4.0 Final: 2009
You can follow Flex 4 SDK page for more feature announcements.
Flex 3 Beta 3 Developers Guide on liveDocs February 7, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex 3, Flex , 1 comment so farI have just found out Flex 3 Developers Guide on liveDocs
Flex Developer Guide is best resource to learn flex and prepare for Adobe Certified Flex Developer Exam.
Here is a link…
Flex Component Class Hierarchy February 6, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex 3, Flash, Flex, Architecture , 4 commentsThis article is all about presenting the visual component hierarchy this is basic thing in flex which shows how different properties, method and evens added to the component at various levels and this give knowledge to the lower level of abstraction.
Flex Visual component are created with the class hierarchy of several ActionScript class to provide more flexibility and add more features at the different level of hierarchy.
Following is a visual representation of class hierarchy of Flex Visual Components:
Object: Object is a Top/Root Level class of AactionScript class hierarchy. | More Info…
EventDispatcher: EventDispatcher class extends object class. EvenDispacher class allows any object on the display list to be an event target. | More Info…
DisplayObject: Display Object class extends object and this is the base class for all objects which can be added in the DisplayList. Display object class allows some properties (x, y, width, height )for components/Objects like MovieClip, Button, TextField etc… | More Info…
InteractiveObject: InteractiveObject extends DisplayObject and it is an abstract base class for all DisplayObject with which user can interact. InteractiveObject provides some common properties like doubleClickEnabled, focusRect, tabIndex etc… and Events like all mouse Events, Keyboard Events. | More Info…
DisplayObjectContainer: DisplayObjectContainer extends InteractiveObject class and it is a base shell for all containers which adds display objects in the container shell. . DisplayObjectContainer provides some common properties like… numChildren, tabChildren etc… and methods like addChild(), removeChilld() method related to the child display object management. .. | More Info…
FlexSprite: FlexSprite is a subclass of the Player’s Sprite class and the superclass of UIComponent. It overrides the toString() method to return a string indicating the location of the object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the application. The Sprite class is a basic display list building block: a display list node that can display graphics and can also contain children. | More Info…
UIComponent: UIComponent extends Sprite and it is a base class for all Interactive and non Interactive component. The UIComponent class is not used as an MXML tag, but is used as a base class for other classes. | More Info…
All Visual Components like VBox, HBox, Canvas, Button etc… extends UIComponent.
Hope this article will help you. Any Comments?
WebManiacs 2008 (CF,Flex,AIR) registration is open January 22, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex, Conference , 1 comment so farThe WebManiacs 2008 conference schedule has been finalized and registration is open. Early bird pricing ends Jan 31.
Consisting of a two-day ColdFusion conference (”CFManiacs”) coupled with a three-day Flex conference (FlexManiacs), hosting over 70 speakers and 130 distinct topics (some of which are hands-on), WebManiacs promises to have the most comprehensive coverage of Flex, AIR, and ColdFusion at the lowest price.
Seating is limited, so Register early in order to get into the more popular sessions.
Open Source Flex Development Framework January 19, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex, Architecture , 2 commentsMoxie Zhang has posted a nice article in infoq about Open Source Flex development frame works. In his post Moxie has listed 10 Open source frameworks for Flex Development.
Following are top Open Source Frameworks:
- Cairngorm
“The Cairngorm micro architecture is intended as a framework for Enterprise RIA developers. If you are writing a very simple application (such as a prototype application) or an application with only a single view, then you might consider a “Model 1″ solution that doesn’t strive for the same separation of model, view, and control that Cairngorm advocates. The benefits of the Cairngorm architecture are realized when developing complex RIA applications with multiple use-cases and views, with a team of developers, and with a multi-disciplinary development team that includes designers as well as creative and technical developers.“ by Adobe
Download Cairngorm. - PureMVC
“PureMVC is a lightweight framework for creating applications in ActionScript 3, based upon the classic Model-View-Controller design meta-pattern.This free, open source framework does not depend on any Flash, Flex or Apollo classes, and is therefore suitable for architecting applications on any platform running AS3.” By PureMVC
Download PureMVC - Model-Glue
“The Model-Glue family of frameworks support Web application developers by making the construction of Object-Oriented Web and Rich Internet Applications a straightforward process.
Through a simple implementation of Implicit Invocation and Model-View-Controller, they allow applications to be well organized without sacrificing flexibility.” By Model-Glue
Download Model-Glue
- Foundry
- Guasax Flex Framework
- ARP
- Flest Framework
- EasyMVC
- Adobe FAST
- Joeberkovitz’s framework
Creating cool front-end Apps… using Flex and JavaScript @ 360Flex January 14, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Rich Internet Application, Flex, 360Flex , 2 commentsI am glad to announce that I will be speaking at 360Flex on “Creating cool front-end Apps… using Flex and JavaScript”
My topic will be covering following points and much more…
- Flex and JavaScript Hand in Hand.
- Integration and communication between Flex and JavaScript.
- Flex and Ajax Bridge.
- Simple approaches to achieve most usable UI using Flex and JavaScript.
- Building word processor using flex and javascript.
- Drag and Drop management between Flex Component and JavaScript component.
- Some Examples
- Q and A
This session will bring up light on many good technique and challenges while working with flex and JavaScript.
See you @ 360Flex Atlanta.
Register for 360Flex Atlanta / Europe
James Gosling on JavaFX and Adobe Flash / Flex / AIR January 8, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Rich Internet Application, AIR, Flash, Flex, JavaFX , add a commentKathleen Richards has posted notes of interview with James Gosling (Creator of the java programming language).
Here are some Q&A Discussed with James Gosling which are specifically for Adobe Flash / Flex / AIR.
How will JavaFX be positioned with regard to Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe AIR?
[James] : It certainly competes with both of those. I think we have a much broader and more capable API set. We’ve got a much stronger security story and cross-platform story and a really strong performance story. And I think our deliverable will be really nice.
As organizations think about building rich Internet applications or rich client applications, when should developers look at JavaFX over competing technologies?
[James] : “If you look at something like Flash, when you get to the much more advanced stuff — richer interfaces, more complex network protocols, more complex APIs — it really falls short.” We’ve had a platform for years that can build rich Internet applications that are extremely sophisticated.
Our issue hasn’t really been, can you build interesting rich Internet applications? But that it’s difficult. And most of our efforts really are around making a lot of it easier.
In RIA technology space Flash Platform and AJAX are leader and Microsoft (Silverlight) and SUN (JavaFX) are just coming in action.
I am sure that Flash/Flex Platform Community will have some reaction on this.
You can read full article here…
Top 10 Adobe Flex Misconceptions January 7, 2008
Posted by suketuvyas in : General, Flex , add a commentAdobe’s James Ward shared Flex Misconceptions with infoQ.com at QCon. James answered many contradictory questions about flex misconceptions.
At the end there are many comments and concern posted by users have been answered by James.
Have a look at interesting post here…
http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/12/top-10-flex-misconceptions
