HTML Canvas, drawImage and onload

Feb26

I recently had a play with the HTML <canvas> element as an alternative to creating a simple animated UI in Flex or Flash. When it came to using the drawImage function I hit upon a strange problem. Read More »

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Strange URLs when using the Flex SWFLoader

Aug24

I was recently working on a Flex application that had to import a third-party SWF and use its API. Conversely, it needed to access the stage and add children. It threw up an interesting problem with strange import URLs that I finally solved. Read More »

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System Tray Icon and Menu for an Adobe Flex AIR Application

Apr22

Adobe AIR allows you to set up a system tray icon and context menu for your application. In true AIR & Flex style, this is surprisingly simple to achieve and doesn’t even require a .ico file. Read More »

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SliceHost Setup

Feb12

SliceHost LogoAfter being a customer of various web hosting providers over the years, I finally decided to put the knowledge of Linux I have gained to good use and set up my own hosting on SliceHost using Ubuntu Gutsty (7.10). I felt I found some good articles and learnt alot that I would like to share.
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Default Event Handlers in MooTools 1.2 Classes

Aug31

I recently started converting some UI components I created in MooTools 1.1 into 1.2 versions to use on a new project. For a point release, I’m surprised how different a lot of the MooTools syntax is in the latest version. One thing that took a bit of getting used to was how inheritance has changed, and the knock on effects when using Options and Effects in my classes. Read More »

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Live Javascript Validation

Sep5

A colleague of mine at Vebra has been working on a very Web 2.0 update of the outdated concepts of JavaScript client-side validation, Live Validation. Read More »

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