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Collections API update 3 years ago

I recently made a number of updates to my collections API which include some minor changes to the existing code as well as a few additional classes and interfaces which have been added. The most significant updates involve three additional operations whic

Cairngen Project moved to Google Code! 3 years ago

Since the initial release of Cairngen 1.0 there has been an amazing amount of interest in the project and your feedback has been very encouraging. In addition I have received a number of extremely valuable customizations from community members, many of wh

Using multiline values in properties files 3 years ago

When building localized Flex applications with ResourceBundle there are a few tricks you may not be aware of which can come in handy should you need them. I have had quite a few people ask how multiline values can be specified in a properties file. This

Accessing private class members in AS3 3 years ago

Reflective programming is a very common, powerful and expensive software development paradigm. In most modern programming languages reflection can not be utilized to modify private members of an object, which is to be expected. However in certain circumst

LocalPersistenceMap 3 years ago

When developing browser based Flex application SharedObject provides just about everything one needs to facilitate local persistence of application data. SharedObject is restricted by certain rules governed by the Flash Player Security Model, however it i

Embedding assets with application/octet-stream 3 years ago

Awhile back one of the guys on my team discovered an interesting way to embed files in ActionScript using the “application/octet-stream” mimeType with the Embed metadata tag. When using the Embed tag it is not common to explicitly assign a spe

AS3 ResourceMap API 3 years ago

Out of all of the APIs I which have developed and published as Open Source to the Flex community the AS3 HashMap API has by far been one of the most popular. Additionally, based on my Firestats totals, the posts I have written over the past 2 years relate

Principle of Least Knowledge 3 years ago

One very important (yet often overlooked) design guideline which I advocate is the Principle of least knowledge. The Principle of Least knowledge, also known as The law of Demeter, or more precisely, the Law of Demeter for Functions/Methods (LoD-F) is a

SQLite Administrator 3 years ago

When developing application in Adobe AIR which utilize the SQLite API it is often useful to have a quality SQLite editor available, especially during development and testing. I have tried many different SQLite editors, most of which were quite good, howev

InsideRIA.com 3 years ago

O’Reilly and Adobe have teamed up to create an invaluable online community for RIA developers. This new project will provide up-to-date information on the ever-changing state of design and development in the Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) space.

Eric Feminella

UI Architect specializing in Open Web Platform Technologies http://ericfeminella.com

Excellent article; nice to see their proposed design is practically identical to that which I have been implementing http://t.co/7qMVaLxd@ericfeminella

NJ, USA