http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:11:27 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Adobe TV now hosts the full MAX 2008 session about Agile Testing of Enterprise RIAs with Flex and LiveCycle ES from Herve Dupriez and me. Herve talks about the LCES part and I about Flex. This presentation focuses on how... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/adobe_tv_agile.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/adobe_tv_agile.html Testing Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:11:27 +0000 Imagine an airplane that takes off the ground, flies across a distance and lands at an arbitrary destination. This post will explain how to do the same in Flex, using the Flight effect, which you can download here. Before I... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/download_flight.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/download_flight.html Effects Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:54:58 +0000 There’s a slightly updated version of the distortion effects shipping with the amazing Tour de Flex AIR application (flex.org/tour). This update adds another feature that our User Experience team found “adding to reality”. Lighting! Lighting works on all effects supplied.... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/lighted_distort.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2009/01/lighted_distort.html Effects Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:36:10 +0000 Here’s a new version of the distortion effects. Thanks for all your tremendous feedback on the previously released distortion effects. Some of that feedback is now included in this updated version. This version adds various features and updates. Here’s an... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/03/distortion_effe.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/03/distortion_effe.html Effects Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:37:52 +0000 Often I see this question coming up: "How should I best create a popup in my Cairngorm application?" I think of creating a popup control as something only views should be concerned about. It’s like creating other view components, managing... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/02/creating_a_popu.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/02/creating_a_popu.html Cairngorm Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:02:14 +0000 Often I see the question coming up on whether to use MXML Script blocks, Code Behind or Helper classes. I think the question behind the question we're addressing here is not whether to use Code Behind, MXML Script blocks or... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/02/best_practice_c.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2007/02/best_practice_c.html Best Practice Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:56:53 +0000 For everyone who couldn’t attend my MAX presentation in Las Vegas, here is the presentation as PDF. Furthermore, I’ve released the complete source code for every effect shown. And here is the Flex 2.0.1 version. Behind the scenes, these effects... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/11/download_distor.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/11/download_distor.html Effects Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:08:24 +0000 In my last post about the Cairngorm Dashboard example I’ve added a little functionality that allowed a view to react to a state change in the model in order to do something view related like invoking a popup or an... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/using_binding_s.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/using_binding_s.html Best Practice Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:58:59 +0000 In the last post about this topic, I’ve added some functionality and another use case to our stock quote application and showcased how a Cairngorm application could scale with focusing on creating model objects. In this post I’ll perform some... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/cairngorm_sampl_3.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/cairngorm_sampl_3.html Cairngorm Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:15:10 +0000 As MAX 2006 in Las Vegas is coming closer and it’s shaping up to be a fascinating conference. I’m talking about Leveraging Flex 2 and Flash Player 9 for Truly Cinematic Experiences and I’d like to give you more information... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/max_2006_levera.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/09/max_2006_levera.html Effects Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:35:56 +0000 The goal of this series is to demonstrate how you can manage views with investing in your client side business logic. The previous posts (part 1, part 2) were primarily about the infrastructure of a very simple single and multiple... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_sampl_2.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_sampl_2.html Cairngorm Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:47:58 +0000 UPDATE: The Login example has been updated by Neil Webb to Cairngorm 2.2. Check out his series of articles explaining Cairngorm using the Login example. I'd like to give you early access to a new version of the CairngormLogin sample,... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_2_for_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_2_for_1.html Cairngorm Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:39:01 +0000 Earlier this week Cairngorm for Flex 2 has been released. There have been a number of changes compared to Cairngorm for Flex Beta 3. This post intents to explain some of what’s changed, why it changed and how you can... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_2_for.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/07/cairngorm_2_for.html Cairngorm Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:47:57 +0000 In the last post I’ve introduced you to the stock market dashboard sample application and how you can create business logic to manage your view. In this post and example, I’ll apply another use case to the sample application. With... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/06/cairngorm_sampl_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/06/cairngorm_sampl_1.html Cairngorm Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:21:07 +0000 There are many ways to update your views when your server- or client side business logic changes. The strategy you find me usually recommending is the ModelLocator strategy, which leverages the Flex binding feature. See Steven Webster's article for more... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/06/cairngorm_sampl.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/auhlmann/archives/2006/06/cairngorm_sampl.html Cairngorm Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:20:18 +0000