Jun
1

Yet another Flash Catalyst / Builder workflow method

Flex
Yet another Flash Catalyst / Builder workflow method

For the past few days, I’ve started – like many others – toying with the new kids on the block: namely Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst. As I’m going back to implementing the Tailgate Platform, I’m considering switching straight ahead to the new versions, even though they are not fully completed. But before jumping in the dark (and into a possible nightmare) I’m weighting my options. Among the potential issues / greatness is the Flash Catalyst / Flash Builder workflow.

It seems that this famous seamless workflow between designers and developers is the selling point for Adobe. But it’s not quite there yet, unfortunately. Continue Reading…

Dec
0

Mxml and ActionScript files in QuickLook

Flex, General
Mxml and ActionScript files in QuickLook

QuickLook is definitely one of the (multiple) great tools of Leopard. It really is quite handy, but unfortunately it didn’t (so far) help me in previewing the content of two of the most useful type of files: Flex’s *.mxml and *.as files.

Still, a while back, I had investigated QuickLook plugins, and added a few functionalities like the FLV preview, or the ZIP files preview. But never got any further ever since. So, after a bit of digging, I found this very useful website.

That was good, but not good enough, so after a bit more of digging, this blog finally gave me the answer (and especially the 12th comment) at least for previewing the ActionScript files.

Remained the mxlm ones… Ok, I took my shovel again, and thanks for this article, I finally got my solution (and hopefully yours if you’re reading this).

Right. Let’s go back coding then (says the addict on a Saturday morning).

Nov
7

The joys of ASDoc (sort of)

Flex
The joys of ASDoc (sort of)

I’ve been enjoying my time fighting pretty hard since yesterday with this awesome piece of c… that is ASDoc. Basically, it’s a user-friendly GUI command-line app provided with Flex sdks. Its purpose is to help give hell to the developer by automatically creating the API documentation of a project. The process is pretty much straightforward excruciating and above all the app is very reliable buggy.
Anyway, ASDoc is what people use to generate docs, and most of it it generates docs with AS classes AND MXML files. That’s a new feature of Gumbo (Flex 4) sdk and that was one of the reasons I kept fighting and not just dropped everything and simply used VisDoc. VisDoc works pretty well, is reliable, but doesn’t generate any documentation about mxml files. Also, it’s a Mac only software which is not perfect as my colleagues use Windows (idiots).
So basically the idea is to try and use ASDoc as much as the picky thing accepts to generate the documentation. And use VisDoc when it doesn’t.

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