Category Archives: Flex

Using ant for Flex – a no B.S. guide – Part 2 of 4

Posted on November 13, 2009 by

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In this part, I get more nitty-gritty about working with flex’s ant tasks.

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Using ant for Flex – a no B.S. guide – Part 1 of 4

Posted on November 13, 2009 by

After spending hours wrangling with my ant build script and finally making everything work correctly, I am convinced of two things: ant is a very powerful tool for compiling code but it can also do so much more. The support … Continue reading →

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FlexBuilder / Eclipse keyboard shortcuts that will change your life

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

Control + O = Open an outline of functions within the current class to jump to. Command + Shift + T = Jump to a type (class or interface). Only works when an .as or .mxml file is open. Command … Continue reading →

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Using XML Schemas in Eclipse / FlexBuilder

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

UPDATE: After reading the entry by Misprintt on the SchemaManager and XMLDecoder more thoroughly, I felt the need to tell you all to go check it out! This is a very powerful undocumented feature of Flex (why undocumented?) that could … Continue reading →

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Building Flex and Cupping Noodles

Posted on April 19, 2009 by

I’m just getting the word out here. If you haven’t heard, Adobe started a program to give Flex Builder 3 Professional licenses for free to unemployed developers. If you’re a nerd looking for a job, pick up your copy, learn … Continue reading →

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