There are those times when you are required to produce an active internet server to support delivery of web content and relational database management systems services. My first choice is the Ubuntu headless server. This server allows enough flexibility to support Apache, Java, Grails, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Yii, Action Message Format (AMF) Flash Builder […]
Well folks Eclipse has done it again. The newest release Mars is available. I have used Mars for the first three milestones and I could not be more pleased. I initially downloaded the Eclipse Mars M3 Packages beginning with the IDE for Java EE Developers. The initial install can be located at the link below. […]
There are those occasions when our flex application will need to interface with existing sites on the world wide web. To invoke a URL in flash builder is slightly different than any other programming scenario I have used. I have written a small routing that handles URL requests. The code is as follows” [codesyntax lang=”actionscript3″] […]
The Flash Builder 4.5 seem to be an awesome tool. Getting around the tutorials for FB 4.5 leaves quite a bit of room for improvement. If you happen to be bandwidth challenged (slow internet connection) the current configuration is a constant source of frustration. I have captured all the videos and tutorials http://archbrooks.com/fbtut/fbtut.zip . The videos were […]
Make no mistake about my premise. I love Delphi couldn’t have used it for decades if I did not love it (I started with single digit Turbo Pascal series). With Agile tools I go from zero to production with six tables and scaffolds with unit tests (three for authentication and three for problem solving) […]
The Flash Builder plugin is fully functional with the 32 bit version of SpringSource Tool Suite. Basically this combination harnesses the power of Grails for Flex Builder code generation. Spring security is available for all generated applications. The Flex Scaffolding plugin capability is also available for all generated applications. This combination provides the technician with […]
The My Eclipse For Spring IDE is extremely versatile. In addition to using and exploring all its feature I find it very useful to write stand alone Flex Builder Applications using the Swiz (MVC / IOC) framework. Since trying My Eclipse For Spring I find it is the only Eclipse I need to be highly […]
My Eclipse For Spring offers a plethora of solutions for developing reach through for flex front end and Java back ends and services. While the MES tool is really neat and powerful its initial usage can be daunting because there is no how to explaining its successful usage. To start create a new web project […]
If you already have Eclipse Plug-ins installed, you can simply copy the link file from the dropins folder of the bundled copy of Eclipse, and paste it into the dropins folder of the target distributions. Employing this technique will conserve multiple hours of downloading, setup and configuration of the target distribution.
The simplest way to include AddThis functionality in all Flash Builder pages is to install this component and use it on every page that you desire to share with social web services. [codesyntax lang=”mxml” title=”BCS AddThis Component XMXL”] <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <s:Group xmlns:fx=”http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009″ xmlns:s=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark” xmlns:mx=”library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx” width=”127″ height=”18″> <fx:Script> <![CDATA[ [bindable] public var Title:String; [bindable] public […]