Category: Actual RIA info

  • Here’s a little recipe for scaling an image from a center registration point. Flash always allowed you to bounce the registration point wherever you wanted, but Flex expects it on the top left. If you want to resize an image from the center evenly, with a horizontal slider for example, you’ll like this one. First…

  • The Flex CookBook recipe call prompted me to pull together some more generic, but useful code samples, so I figured I’d post them here and keep my fingers crossed that a recipe or two slip into the book unnoticed ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ll explain a little recipe I use for programmatic skinning on buttons in particular on…

  • I ported AirSpace today from AIR Beta 2 to Beta 3 and overall it wasn’t that bad. Heh! First off, I originally used Rich Tretola’s UpdateManager class for AirSpace’s updates before, and it looks like he updated his entry for Beta 3 already. Wish I knew this before I upgraded mine ๐Ÿ˜› Oh well, it’s…

  • Sean the Flash Guy posted a few days ago about the charts on HotGigs.com showing currently hourly rates for Flex Developers. When he posted it originally, the rates were between $60-80 in just a matter of a few days however, the rates went through the roof ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m thinking some peeps jumped on there and…

  • Some AirSpace Goodies

    Now that I have a little more time once again to continue working on AirSpace I want to tighten up a few things with the app. Since this blog is pretty new and I did promise to write some useful tidbits, it probably wouldn’t hurt to reiterate exactly what AirSpace is. I had a few…

  • I’ve been pretty jealous of all the things WordPress lets you do and the usability compared to Nucleus CMS, which I use for PXL Blog. Since this is my first post here, let me introduce myself. I’m Dave Flatley, the same guy who writes on PXL Blog, the same guy who runs PXL Designs, LLC.…