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I noticed in the screencast below, that Silverlight seems to offer a great implicit way of supporting browser’s forward- and back-buttons. The basic idea is to modify the current url by adding or removing tags without forcing a page refresh. Example: In the video below, a basic Twitter client is being developed using Silverlight. The […]
I often read in Flex-tutorials and -books, that it’s difficult to completely implement a project using the concept of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern. It is being said that the fact that MXML files inherit both, application logic (through ActionScript) and the declarative way of building graphic user-interfaces using MXML syntax, makes it almost impossible to […]
Stop! Before you send me a letter-bomb, read this article first :-) Update: After hearing about some misunderstandings regarding this post, I want to make sure, that the title “Flash is better than Java” is of course targeted at front-ent software engineering, not backend. Although it’s obvious that noone would ever try to build a […]
In case you have ever been asking yourself how to call yourself if you develop Flash-based applications, here is the ultimate guide: If you use the Eclipse-based IDE called “Flash Builder” in order to create Rich Internet Applications using AS3 and MXML, you are a Flash Developer (with Focus on Flex). If you use the […]
Finally, after a long beta phase, the new Flash Builder 4 was released yesterday. FB4 is based on Eclipse and optimized for Flex/AS3 coding. The new version 4 introduces new features for a better workflow between designers and developers supporting the new Flex SDK4 and Adobe Catalyst. For details, check out the Flash Builder 4 […]
Ich werde sehr wahrscheinlich an der Konferenz “RIA-Forum” am 23. April in Darmstadt teilnehmen. Inhaltlich geht es um verschiedene Themen aus dem RIA-Umfeld, verteilt auf vier Vorträge. Auf der Webseite der Konferenz gibt’s Details zum Zeitplan. Neben ein paar anderen Referenten, wird auch Florian Müller, bekannt für das Buch “Professionelle Rich Client Lösungen mit Flex […]
… is The Flashblog. Make sure to check it out for up-to-date Flash-related topics, but also if you’re interested in web-development in general. I especially love the Adobe deaddrop recaps. Great stuff.
I think, I finally found an answer to the question, why one should use Flash instead of HTML5: Binary sockets Newer Flash Player versions allow developers to open binary socket connections, which is not possible using pure HTML5/JavaScript in the browser (HTML5 only supports websockets, which are different). Thus, for example, it would not be […]
The golem.de guys had an interview with Adrian Ludwig, Flash Group Manager at Adobe Systems, and asked him what’s the benefit of the Flash platform compared to HTML5 and if Flash would ever come to the iPhone. The answers are quite interesting. After watching the video, I gotta say that Ludwig didn’t really have an […]
Sometimes, one cannot inspect JavaScript-objects using an external debugger, like Firebug. For example, this can happen during development of Firefox addons: Open the JavaScript inspector of Firebug and you will only see the JavaScript errors on the currently displayed website, but not the ones from the addon. Thus, I modified the inspect()-function from Ariel Tapia […]