Flex Open Iteration Meetings Resume!
I am so excited to see that the Flex team had gotten through enough of the hush hush code jam on Flex 4.5 that they are ready to start talking to the community about Flex development again! I have complained lately that I missed these opportunities to talk with the team and help to guide the direction of the SDK. So you can guess just how excited I was when I noticed an announcement for the next...
Read MoreWhat Makes Flex 4 different from All the Previous Versions?
Now that the Flash Builder and Flash Catalyst betas have been released on labs, we are going to see a huge influx of people taking their first look at what Flex 4 has to offer. Many of them are going to be migrating from Flex 3 and they are going to see a lot of changes about how things work. Concepts that were very familiar in Flex 2 and 3 are now overlayed with new options that make cause for...
Read MoreFollow-up on Openness at Adobe
I will be the first to admit that I have been openly harsh and possibly mean about the policies at Adobe regarding the management of the Flex SDK. I criticized that the planning was done behind closed doors with no input from the community. I criticized that they were not open to feedback or contributions to the community. I still stand by those accusations. But I am also amazed at how much...
Read MoreUsing CSS to set properties in Flex
I am working on a project where I need to make the view layer fit into a small interface. Unlike in HTML, we can’t use css to control all of the look at feel features of the components in Flex. And example of something I wanted to do was to use CSS to change both the font-size and the height of a TextInput control via css. Unfortunately height is a property not a style, so be default it...
Read MoreAdobe wants your feedback on the Flex SDK
Ok Gang, time to put up or shut up :) Adobe has heard our outcry for better communication and has set up a meeting for us to talk with them about our concerns and to take in our input. I see this as the perfect opportunity to voice our ideas about how they can do better at letting us be involved. Come speak with the Flex SDK team to voice your interests and concerns. This session will be an...
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