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  • Flex 2 Template Project Files

    For those of you who wish to just start working on a Flex project immediately, it can be quite daunting to do. New Project, setup Cairngorm, etc. Obviously daunting is quite the dramatic flair, but regardless, it should be quicker. If you don’t have any integrated code generation tools, one quick way is to just copy and paste these template files into your newly created Flex project folder. They contain:

    • Cairngorm 2.1 class files (no SWC) (without the WSDL fix)
    • my Cairngorm callback modification (allows View’s to get strongly typed responses from Commands)
    • default MainView (all your Views are belong to MainView)
    • default CSS file
    • default project folder setup
    • simple debugger window

    Download ZIP

    …one of these days, I’ll make an ANT script to do this automatically or one of the code gen makers will make a suite. Till then, copy paste, sucka!

  • mProjector 3 Released

    mProjector, a Flash Player projector creator has just released version 3. This is a me too post, but just had to blog it since mProjector is my favorite out compared to Zinc and SWFStudio. If you can’t wait for Apollo, and/or want to create applications using Flex or Flash on the desktop today, mProjector 3 is definately something you should check out. Here’s what I did using Flex 1.5 over a year ago using mProjector 2.

    Having problems getting a working example up using a Flex 2 SWF; if someone beats me to it, let me know!

    Via Flashmagazine.

    Disclaimer: I typically do not do get projector paying gigs. Therefore, my opinion on what is the best projector tool is framed by testing them all out over 2 years ago. I highly suggest if you are serious about doing desktop work using one of these tools, you investigate for yourself the options, and build a demo with each to get a feel for the API.

  • Dynamic Flash Example – 3 of 3: Yahoo Maps + FlightAware Mashup

    Yahoo Maps provides a component that you can use in your Flash and Flex applications. FlightAware provides an API (you have to pay, not free) that allows you to get tracking information about air traffic. Together, you get a mashup of tracking the progress of an airplane currently in flight over the USA via an animated map.

    This example shows how to get dynamic data onto a YahooMap component from FlightAware’s DirectFlight API using Flash 8, AS2, and PHP. PHP converts FlightAware’s XML to a smaller, more Flash friendly, JSON format.

    Yahoo Maps & FlightAware Mashup – Source ZIP

    You can get more plane ID’s for Atlanta here, or choose a state & airport here.

  • Dynamic Flash Example – 2 of 3: Twitter

    Twitter.com is a website where people post what they are doing, when they are doing it. It is like a 1 sentence blog entry, where you succinctly say what you are currently doing. You post an update to your situation whenever you can. The public and your friends can see what you are doing and receive updates to this via RSS feeds, your phone via SMS (text messages), and your IM client. You can even embed a Twitter badge on your website to show the world what you are currently doing.

    They’ve made it really easy for Flash developers by providing public XML and JSON feeds for both the general public, and your friends specifically. This example reads in the public feed via PHP proxy so you don’t need to login or anything. It also shows how easy it is to work with JSON compared to XML when compared to the Amazon example.

    Twitter Example – Source ZIP