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December 14 2009
Something terrible has happened. I've just returned from the RIAdventure Conference. Yes, I've said it. This is the only conference I've ever been to where it felt tragic that it was over. I don't think I'll be able to convey... read moreHandling Delayed Instantiation in Flex 3 (part 2 of 2)
December 05 2009
Last week, we talked about what delayed instantiation is in Flex and why it's used, as well as how to make sure all of the children of a Container are created before you try to address them. If you missed... read moreHandling Delayed Instantiation in Flex 3 (part 1 of 2)
November 29 2009
Delayed Instantiation is a technique in Flex whereby children of IContainer components aren't created until the user actually needs to see them. For instance, if you know that only the top half of your component will be showing, you can... read moreNovember 22 2009
A few months ago, the team my husband works on was hiring a new developer, and I overheard my husband talking to a friend he was considering recommending for the position. I surprised myself by my gut reaction which was,... read moreNovember 15 2009
Flex comes with a full spectrum of components, but once in a while you get hit with a request to do something that is difficult to shoehorn into what already exists, but seems even more difficult to do as... read more"Eager Loading" in Actionscript 3
November 11 2009
Last week, I wrote about the Lazy Loading design pattern. There's not much written about its opposite, Eager Loading, in ActionScript 3. The reason for this is simple–true eager loading can't be done in AS3 itself, it has to be... read moreOctober 30 2009
Wikipedia defines Lazy Loading as "a design pattern commonly used in computer programming to defer initialization of an object until the point at which it is needed." Typically, we do this to make an RIA application more responsive–since we're not... read moreInterfaces and Dynamic Class Instantiation
October 27 2009
I always enjoy Jesse Freeman's Flash Art of War column, and this week's, "Dynamically Creating(/Instantiating) Classes from XML," was especially intriguing. The thing that stuck out to me about that post is that if you are creating objects dymanically, you... read moreOctober 19 2009
I didn't get a chance to go to MAX this year, unfortunately. But since my husband did make it, and he is both a Community Expert and a User Group Manager, you can probably imagine that I got an earful... read moreOctober 11 2009
My general idea last week was that I was going to whip together a tutorial similar to last week's post, where I used Flex Builder's design view to build something like this: --> Content on this page requires a newer... read moreEasy Flex Skinning with Fireworks CS4
October 02 2009
I'm as excited as anyone about the prospect of Flash Catalyst, but I recently discovered that skinning in Flex 3 is down right easy. When I first was learning Flex, I had Studio 8, so I managed to completely overlook... read moreDebugging the Flex Invalidation Cycle
September 20 2009
When I was first learning Flex, I really struggled with using the component life cycle. I was really lucky, since I was asked to provide the "newbie eyes" for an article in Flex Authority magazine. I learned a lot from... read more64 Bit Windows, IIS, and Microsoft Access (part 2 of 2)
September 15 2009
Last week, I discussed how to see your installed 32-bit ODBC drivers on 64-bit Windows. I'd like to talk a bit more about why 32 -bit ODBC drivers, especially tha Microsoft Access Jet Driver, doesn't work by default on Internet... read more64 Bit Windows, IIS, and Microsoft Access (part 1 of 2)
September 06 2009
We all know that Microsoft Access is not the right choice for enterprise databases. But there's no doubt that sometimes it is the right choice. Whether it's a quick prototype or an application that needs to have roughly the same... read moreAre We Ready for Universal Augmented Reality 1.0?
August 30 2009
I'll admit it. My husband, Steve, has a severe case of gadgetosis. Because of this affliction, we've invested some of our savings in a company called Microvision. At first, to me, this company was nothing more than a good... read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
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