Gregs Ramblings | Monthly Archive

Apr 30th, 2009

Flash Camp Orlando May 29th, 2009 – Registration open

Flash Camp Orlando is now open for registration! If you register in the next 29 hours, you can get in at a discounted rate. The event is Friday, May 29th, 2009 at the University of Central Florida Live Oak Event Center. Registration details can be found at http://www.flashcamporlando.com For those of you that attended Flash [...]

Apr 30th, 2009

Flex and AIR certification, a developer's experience

A few weeks ago, Holly Schinsky (one of the developers of Tour de Flex and other cool projects) did some research on becoming “Flex/AIR Certified”. My first reaction was to roll my eyes because I’ve never really believed in certification programs. I’ve always felt that they measure someone’s test-taking abilities rather than their ability to [...]

Apr 27th, 2009

ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3 Migration Cookbook

We released new content on the Adobe Developer Connection covering the migration from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3. If you are still using ActionScript 2, take a look at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/migration.html This new content includes “ActionScript 3 migration cookbook“, available online or as a 40 page PDF that is full of tips and tricks.

Apr 21st, 2009

Tour de Flex stats for 16 days

I spent some time today pulling statistics for the usage of Tour de Flex in the last 16 days (4/5/2009 – 4/20/2009). The results were pleasantly surprising: Last 16 days of data: 556,133 samples viewed (34,000+ per day!) Total of 4,213,937 viewed since we launched at MAX on 11/16/2008! Tour de Flex application was executed [...]

Apr 17th, 2009

A simple approach to Flex ColdFusion integration

A few weeks ago, I decided to challenge myself and start a side project that involves a Flex front end with a ColdFusion backend. This was not only my first Flex+ColdFusion project, it was my first hands-on experience with ColdFusion! Like most folks, I created a new Flex project in Flex Builder and selected ColdFusion [...]

Apr 6th, 2009

Tour de Flex 1.2.1 Released – bug fixes and a few new features

Since we launched Tour de Flex 1.2, several bugs have been reported and fixed. Version 1.2.1 is now available that contains the following fixes and changes: BUG FIX – Flex SDK samples didn’t work offline. All Flex SDK and AIR samples now work offline BUG FIX – The icons were broken in list view when [...]