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Performance Improvements and New Features for Adobe … 6 months ago

Use the ActionScript® 3.0 Reference for the Adobe® Flash® Platform as the API reference for many Adobe products, including Flash Player, AIR, and Flex. The November, 2011, release of the ActionScript Reference (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/) contains major …

Flex 3.x Examples Source Code 6 months ago

Previously, I blogged with a link to a ZIP file for the 4.5 samples code that is used in the core documentation. This blog entry was pretty popular and a lot of folks downloaded the ZIP file. However, many users are still using Flex and Flash Builder 3.x, so here is a link to a [...]

Create a mobile Facebook Flex application in Flash … 6 months ago

In last week’s post, I introduced Part 1 of Create a mobile Facebook Flex application in Flash Builder 4.5. Let’s now complete the application by introducing how you retrieve user information, post status updates, and skin buttons. Similar to Part 1, I’ll be referencing the …

Are you using Adobe’s ActionScript code examples? 6 months ago

Hey there ActionScript developers! As you may or may not know, we provide a lot of code examples in the ActionScript docs. However, these examples come in a variety of shapes and sizes, which sometimes makes it hard to get your bearings. So if you were having trouble running/using examples in the …

Create a mobile facebook flex application in Flash … 6 months ago

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on mobile Facebook apps with ActionScript and Flex to create tutorials that help developers understand the workflow and data structure of the Facebook platform. In the next couple weeks, I’ll be posting several posts discussing different …

Facebook & Flex News 7 months ago

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been working with the ActionScript-Facebook API to get a better understanding of creating a RIA (or Rich Internet Application) on the Facebook platform. So in case you missed it, I’d like to give folks a friendly reminder that on October 1, Facebook and …

How we use your content in Flex and Flash Builder … 7 months ago

This post is intended for those of you who create articles, tutorials, and videos related to Flex and Flash Builder (although it will be useful to everyone). Apologies in advance for the bland title, but try as I might, I couldn’t think of a snappy one… Observant readers will have …
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Migrating from Flex 3 to Flex 4/4.5 7 months ago

There are lots of benefits to be had from migrating from Flex 3 to Flex 4.5, but it can be a pretty daunting task if you have a large or complicated application. We’ve collected a list of good resources that can help you: Joan Lafferty’s Differences between Flex 3 and Flex 4 — a …

From Flash Builder to the Amazon App store 7 months ago

Adobe evangelist, Andrew Trice posted a great tutorial on getting your Flex/AIR applications onto the Amazon App store. This tutorial gives a detailed workflow on getting your APK file on Flash Builder into the Amazon App store. From Flash Builder to the Amazon App store Courtesy of: Andrew Trice

Improving Flash Builder’s performance 8 months ago

For those of you who are having performance issues with Flash Builder, it could be that the Java heap-size settings are too low. Here is a quick and easy fix, which should make Flash Builder easier to use. People on Twitter who have tried this modification report better leverage of their hardware …