Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden

Category: Flex

  • AIR 2 Chat Server & Client

    AIR 2 Chat Server & Client

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    Preface

    While waiting for my current contract to get renewed + over the Thanksgiving holidays, I’ve been playing around with AIR 2.  To me, the coolest new feature is a new class called “ServerSocket“.  It’s like the existing Socket class, except it can “listen” for incoming Socket connections.  That’s right, you can make an AIR application that is a server application AND optionally run the sucka via command line instead of making a GUI for it.  How frikin’ cool is that!?

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  • Good Memory Management When Using PureMVC

    Preface

    There are a lot of good articles already written & screen casts about memory management in Flash Player.  I encourage you to read them first before reading the below.  I cover memory management in a large application using a PureMVC architecture, typically on top of Flex.
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  • Flex Consulting Chronicles #1: You are NOT a Contractor

    Preface

    The following is a set of articles relaying my experiences in Flex consulting with the hope they will benefit others.  While they include general consulting advice, they are specifically geared towards Enterprise Flex software development consulting.  I try to compare and contrast with contracting to give context.  While it’s mainly focused on Flex, there are the occasional Flash references as well.

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  • Viaas: Live & Archived Video

    Viaas: The best project I ever worked on, with the best client I’ve ever had.  This is where my Agile Chronicles came from. The front-end portion I worked on was built using Flex.  Congrats to the Third Iris team for launching!

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