Moov2 aficionado Peter Keating has finally started blogging, so far posts have been a very thorough introduction to unit testing, test-driven development and project best practices for Flex. Definitely worth a look so check it out over at peterkeating.co.uk.
Continue readingAt Moov2 we have a lot of really exciting projects on the go and in the pipeline. We’re expanding our skill-sets and opening up more and more new opportunities. Coupled with one of our developers taking sabbatical we have a couple of new positions available and are looking for some hyper-enthusiastic devs to join our [...]
Continue readingI’m not sure if this is an issue with a recent Flash Player, Browser updates, OS, Hardware or whatever but in a recent application I noticed really poor responsiveness on mousewheel scrolling. This was also picked up by the client so it was time to sort it. These sort of issues are always a real [...]
Continue readingOkay so it’s a link bait, sensationalist title, but that fact I’ve recognised that fact makes it okay yeah? Anyway like I said you’re doing handlers wrong… or rather, to stop with the hype-generating, FUD-like statements; If you’re waiting for RPC/Async handlers to return in order to update your application’s interface then allow me to [...]
Continue readingI’ve been taking a look at Flex 4 skinning recently, a little late to the game but as the rest of the team was getting familiar I decided it was my time to step up. My first impressions were not that great but after familiarising myself with it I started to see the benefits. One [...]
Continue readingI’ve just been trying to create a simple Sliding Drawer effect in Flex 3 and came across a load of weird and wonderful glitches that made something which should take 20 minutes leave me banging my head against the table for a couple of hours. Here’s the end result: This movie requires Flash Player 9 [...]
Continue readingI’ve been using Buzzword for a few years now, it’s still one of the best examples of an RIA that stands up against it’s costlier, heavier installable counterparts. Having your documents online accessible from anywhere is a great facility plus, there are some truly innovative UI aspects that make using it a great experience, or [...]
Continue readingWhen trying to copy a folder onto another of the the same name in OSX you will only get prompted to replace the items and not merge them. This is a real pain in the ass if you’re trying to merge folders and if the folder has several other nested folders. I just came across [...]
Continue readingHaving just gone through far too many hoops to get a the flex framework localized I thought I’d share a few notes here. All I was trying to achieve was to ensure the Flex components (mx) adhere to a selected locale so things like date choosers and other locale-dependent components could be tailored to the [...]
Continue readingNo matter how much we spend on new hardware, progress bars, spinning timers, system freezes and occasionally crashes are a familiar site when developing RIAs. My Macbook Pro seems to be fast approaching the end of it’s life and I’ve started to think about a new machine. So I thought rather than spend forever looking [...]
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