FlexUnit Article on InsideRIA
My article on Unit Testing with FlexUnit is up on O'Reilly InsideRIA.
They have a good picture of me over on the contributors page as well. That picture always amuses me.
ActionScript Reference for RIA Development
A nice resource was released over on the Adobe Developer Connection. It's an ActionScript reference guide that covers Flex, Flash, and AIR.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/atp_ria_guide.html
Flex Camp Tomorrow
Flex Camp is tomorrow February the 13. AboutWeb and Adobe are hosting the Flex Camp Washington, DC 2008. This is one-day gathering with Adobe Flex experts covering everything you need to know about the power of Flex, the upcoming release of Flex 3, and a bit about the much anticipated Adobe Air.
Registration is full, but we are going to be broadcasting the entire event live on Adobe Connect from 9:30am to 12:00pm EST and then after lunch break from 1:00pm to 5:00pm EST.
The connect URL is: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/dcflexcamp08/
Choose the "Enter as a Guest" option and click "Enter Room" after entering your name. We look forward to seeing you online!
Washington DC Flex Camp
AboutWeb and the Capital Area Flex Users Group will be hosting a FREE one-day Flex Camp in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 13th. Adobe is co-sponsoring the event which will be held at the AEA David Packard Conference Center downtown, one block from the Navy/Archives Metro.
Flex Camp is designed to be an introductory crash course in Flex for anyone interested in learning the basics from the experts. Flex 3 will be discussed as well as a special presentation on building AIR applications with Flex.
The final list of speakers will be announced soon. Space is limited to only 70 participants so you are encouraged to register early. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. More information is available on the http://flexcamp.aboutweb.com/ website with a copy of the agenda and a link to register.
Hope to see you all at Flex Camp!
Capital Area Flex User's Group Connect Recording URLs
Danny Dura, Adobe Evangelist
-Adobe AIR Overview
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p26954584/
-Adobe AIR Overview
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p26954584/
Christian Cantrell, AIR Product Manager
-Deconstructing AIR Applications
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p41045993/
Capital Area Flex User's Group Connect URL
We are broadcasting tonight's meeting using Connect. The meeting URL is:
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/capfug1107/
Capital Area Flex User's Group
Tomorrow Wednesday, November 7th, we’ll have two special guests from Adobe giving presentations on Adobe AIR. Danny Dura, Adobe Evangelist, will be giving an overview of Adobe AIR and Christian Cantrell, AIR Product Manager, will dive into some detail with "Deconstructing AIR Applications."
We’ll be starting shortly after 6pm here at the AboutWeb office and as always, free Pizza, Soda, and Snacks will be served between presentations so no one goes hungry.
Capital Area Flex User's Group
Creating a Class Dynamically in Flex Based on the Name
We're working on a Flex project at AboutWeb and wanted to use an object factory. Nic Tunney created an object factory in ColdFusion that uses an XML file for configuration. We were wondering if we could do the same thing in Flex. In order to do this we needed to be able to create a class dynamically based on a string value. A bit of research turned up the GetDefinitionByName function. Here's a sample of how it works:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="addButton()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
private function addButton():void{
var className:String="mx.controls.Button";
var ClassReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(className) as Class;
var instance:Object = new ClassReference();
instance.label="Test"
this.addChild(DisplayObject(instance));
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mx:Application>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="addButton()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
private function addButton():void{
var className:String="mx.controls.Button";
var ClassReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(className) as Class;
var instance:Object = new ClassReference();
instance.label="Test"
this.addChild(DisplayObject(instance));
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
</mx:Application>
