This question comes in from a reader; and to be honest I've been at a loss as to how to respond without writing a book. I finally found time to devote some time to putting down some thoughts. I'll start… Read More

If you're scared that Flash is dead; I can understand the fears. Adobe has been stomping us into the ground as if were the ashes of a freshly smoke cigarette. I expect 2012 will be a year of transition for… Read More

I'm in the middle of a mobile project and just switched from Flex 4.5 to Flex 4.6. No big deal right? Night before a small deadline and I figure I better put it on an Android device and make sure… Read More

I continue to hear from recruiters looking for senior Flex and Flash developers. The recruiters represent clients who are looking for engineers, trainers, and architects to work on new projects as well as existing applications. So perhaps you will understand… Read More

Hi, Reading some blog posts and other information about the Future of Flex, I am getting a clear image of the future. If Adobe hangs onto all run-times such as Flash Player, AIR and maintains their position that Flex is… Read More

If you're scared that Flash is dead; I can understand the fears. Adobe has been stomping us into the ground as if were the ashes of a freshly smoke cigarette. I expect 2012 will be a year of transition for… Read More

At first I thought “Wow, Adobe really messed up their communication”. They could have focused on what they are adding, strong support for HTML5 and CSS4, Adobe AIR for Mobile, and not on what they are removing, the Flash Player… Read More

I am happy to say that I have passed the Flex 4 ACE Exam today. This is something that has been on my list for quite a while but I never really got around doing it. This time, however, I… Read More

So Adobe MAX is less than a week away. All throughout Adobe you will find a subtle mixture of finesse and chaos as we all prepare sessions, keynotes, labs, etc. Since it is such a large event it can often… Read More

This is the second of two tutorials detailing how to use Flixel to build Frogger for the web and AIR on Android. Introduction Welcome to the second of two tutorials detailing how to build Frogger for the Web and AIR… Read More

Doug McCune is not really dead, but I gave his eulogy this morning as part of a prank that Nate Beck headed. Nate and Doug have had something of a prank war going in their sessions at 360 Flex over… Read More

Fans of continuous integration and agile development are used to the strategic “load testing” step in their production workflow. There are not so many players in this market. The most famous one may be HP Mercury with the solution named… Read More

In most cases, the Flex compiler constructs applications by building a two-frame Flash movie, where the first frame contains a preloader (with download progress bar graphic) and the second frame contains the bulk of the application. This allows the application… Read More

Adobe Czech Republic in cooperation with the youth conference JuniorInternet (by Together CZ) is opening an innovative contest for Czech and Slovak developers to celebrate mobile versions of Flash Player 10.1 and AIR for Android. Enter and win a Google … Read More

So Slider, the mobile version of the Flex framework is dead.Instead, we are getting Hero, the code name for the new Flex framework. No word as yet whether this is a point release or Flex 5...Deepa threw a whole load… Read More

There has been a ton of hype, speculation and news recently regarding Flash's impending demise. I won't go into the details because it's been hashed over repeatedly and I really don't feel like beating a dead horse. As a Flash and… Read More

Tablets are today’s Big Thing. Sure, the iPad can’t do Flash, but it’s just the first of a wave. Adobe InDesign CS5 can do a ton of interactive stuff that’s perfect for the large screen space of a tablet, then… Read More