I hate logging and debugging in Flex. HATE it. You can trace, which is about as useful as a javascript alert. You can use as3-commons-logging, but this still lacks the robustness of something like log4j and certainly lacks the user-friendliness of something like FireBug. Details »
cetola.net
No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Balancing Research Data
I’ve been looking into getting some use out of my Wii Balance Board. Now, rather than just hook it up to the Wii (Bah, too easy), I’ve figured that the hords of homebrewers out there could help me get it on my mac.
Well, no surprise, but there were plenty of forums, homebrewer’s web sites, and even wikis that helped me out. Here are just a few of them.
Enqueue and Dequeue in a Linked List
I was searching for this forever on the web. Not only was I quite angry that I couldn’t find a simple straight forward chunk of code, I was stuck without my book on hand. Grrrr.
Can I print an HTMLLoader (pdf) in Adobe Air?
One answer I have found in order to solve this problem is called Cross-scripting PDF content. The idea is that a PDF can have embedded JavaScript, which can be called from the JavaScript within the HTML page “housing” said PDF (object tag only, no embed). Details »
Stackoverflow is a good thing.
I’ve recently starting seriously look at Stackoverflow as a community. It’s actually quite fun posting questions and the list of answers are amazing. On my better questions, I got answers within a few minutes, and had solved my problem in a matter of an hour. That is far better than any of the forums I have used previously. Details »
CSS in Flex
Ex-squeeze me? Did I just forget how to code simple CSS?
No. You haven’t. If you’ve landed here and can’t figure out why CSS is playing strange with Flex or why your dashed class names are just being ignored, you might want to read the CSS section of a Flex book.
Or, if you’re like me, just grunt angrily, google, and replace your dashes.
This F*CSS library seems pretty cool as well. Certainly worth checking out.
Flex Style Explorer
I’ve found this style explorer to be quite useful in mocking up a simple interface. Flex’s CSS is a little different than what I’m used to, so this was a very helpful tool in getting up to speed.
Oddly this tool wasn’t easily found, so I figured I’d share.