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Marco Casario has dedicated himself to innovative projects for the web using Flash and Director (as far back as versions 3 and 5). In 2005, Marco founded Comtaste, a company dedicated to exploring new frontiers in Rich Internet Applications and the convergence between the web and the world of mobile devices--MobyMobile and…

David Tucker is a software engineer with Universal Mind where he focuses on Flex and AIR application. In addition, he is an avid blogger and writes primarily about Adobe AIR, Flash, Flex, and ColdFusion at davidtucker.net.

Fred Gerantabee is an instructor with Aquent Graphics Institute. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash, Dreamweaver, and the mobile development platform, Flash Lite.

Joshua Noble is a consultant, freelance developer and Rich Internet Application designer, based out of Brooklyn, who most recently worked at the popular RIA design/dev firm Schematic, Inc.

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51 ActionScript 3.0 and Flex optimization techniques and practices

A homework assignment I was recently given for a Java programming class involved a competition to see who could create the most optimized implementation of an interface which was provided by the instructor. It was a challenging and very fun...

Pushing Data Around With Blaze/LCDS

Here's a quick tip for working with real time data in Flex applications (in particular Blaze Data Services and LiveCycle Data Services). LCDS isn't new by any means, but not everyone uses it on a daily basis. Here are a few ways that you can push real-time data between the server and client applications.

Simple Server Backends for Flex Database Applications

Developing Rich Internet Applications that access databases always require a complex infrastructure in the background. The same applies to Flex. Really? What if data can be sent to the server in form of SQL queries without compromising security? This would...

Calling JavaScript from Flex

You might be surprised to know that Flex can create a JavaScript function and call it on the fly. For example, here is a snippet of ActionScript that shows how to obtain the URL of the page that invoked a...

Flex 101: Consuming A Simple RSS Feed

In my last "Flex 101" post, we reviewed the basics of consuming data through a web service. This time around, we are going to review the basics of loading a simple RSS XML feed and displaying the results in a Flex List component.

No Regrets: Implementing Undo/Redo in Actionscript 3.0

A Rich Internet Application without undo/redo is like a series of trap-doors: your users had better be sure about every move, because there's no going back. Implementing undo/redo isn't as difficult as you might think. In this article I'll walk you through the basics, using my Pixton comic editor as the example application. These concepts can be applied to any application that lets its users do things they might regret - or unregret!

Free Flex Builder for Unemployed, Students and Faculty

Adobe has a terrific offer for unemployed programmers and students: a free, fully enabled copy of Flex Builder 3!  See for yourself at https://freeriatools.adobe.comThe criteria for unemployed programmers is:To receive the product under this program, you must attest to the...

Silverlight Development for the Flex Developer

The jets and sharks, Hatfields and McCoys, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants, Adobe and Microsoft. Now several years in the making, the Adobe - Microsoft rivalry is gearing up. Especially with the anticipated new release of Silverlight 3 and...

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