ColdFusion Silent Installation
A user emailed me to ask about installing ColdFusion when no desktop access is available (Telnet access, for example). I sent him this link describing Performing a silent installation of ColdFusion 9, and am posting it here just so I have it …
New ColdFusion site – FaqMe
A few days ago a new site launched that is a) cool and b) built entirely in ColdFusion – FaqMe. FaqMe was built to make it easier to create FAQs for web sites. As someone who has built a few web sites and has had to deal with user docume…
PolitiFact App Makes Its Broadway Debut
The PolitiFact app has fast become the poster child for all that is great about Flash, Flex, and AIR. The app is useful, fun, responsive, supports multiple platforms and devices, and was built by one developer using a single codebase in just…
CSS3 for Advanced Design
Today I spoke at DevCon5 in NYC.  It was a blast.  The crowd was great and really intelligent. Lots of good questions about CSS and HTML 5.  I even previewed Edge. I hope to come back next year! Below are my … Continue reading →
Why Can’t I Run My App in the iOS Simulator?
One very common and valid question when developing AIR mobile applications is “Why can’t I run my app in the iOS simulator?” This is especially the case once you realize that you can compile and target the Android emulator; The ADT packager supports exporting to the Android emulator, but you can also install any APK [...]
Using JQuery in a Flex Application
This is a follow up to my previous post on how to invoke a JavaScript function in an HTML document hosted in a Flex application (using the StageWebView). The Flex application of course doesn’t care about — and is not aware of — the way your JavaScript is written and which libraries you use. However, [...]
Flex Mobile: Invoking JavaScript in a StageWebView
The StageWebView allows you to render HTML content inside a Flex application using the underlying HTML rendering engine available on your mobile device. In some situations, the Flex application may need to communicate with the HTML document hosted in the StageWebWiew. In other words, you may need to invoke a JavaScript function available in that [...]
MariaDB Crash Course Available For Pre-Order
At the request of Monty Widenius, creator of MySQL and now MariaDB, I ported my MySQL Crash Course to create a new book entitled MariaDB Crash Course. The book won’t be out for a couple of months, but it is now available for pre-order.
Build a multi-platform mobile RSS reader with Flash Builder 4.5
In one standard 8 hour day, from start to finish, I wrote a SlashDot RSS reader that works on multiple platforms. This is an attempt to share how easy it is to make a cross platform mobile application. Using Flash Builder 4.5.1, you can bui…
Multi-Touch Charts for iOS, Android, and PlayBook: Source Code Available on GitHub
After MobileTrader and MobileDashboard, the last sample application I built during the Flex 4.5 beta program was a sales pipeline application with custom charts built with FXG and a number of interesting touch interactions. I just pushed the source code on GitHub as well: https://github.com/ccoenraets/SalesbuilderMobile If you haven’t seen the video, you can watch it [...]
How are Facebook and Google+ creating link previews?
Last night I noticed something interesting. I had added a link to a Google+ post (I’d post the link here, but it looks like you can’t edit a Google+ share setting after it is written) and noticed it used an image from the link in the pos…
ADC: Considerations For Developing Adobe AIR Applications For Mobile
ADC is running an article by Flash Runtime Principal Scientists Oliver Goldman on Considerations for developing Adobe AIR applications for mobile. This one is worth a quick read.
Pro Android Flash
My first (co-authored) book is published! Â I’m very excited to introduce the Flash guide to creating apps for Android: Pro Android Flash. And it is currently in the top ten for Flash books on Amazon.com. Â it’s also available through the … Continue reading →
Don’t make your mobile site a prison
I’ve recently been doing a bit of complaining about Gawker and their network of blogs. I’m not talking about their big redesign (which I hated too but you can at least get out of), but rather their mobile versions. Every time I hit one o…
Great quote on ColdFusion
Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I just got back from nine days in Florida and I’m still shaking the sand out from my brain. I wanted to share a quick little quote from a fellow I had dinner with a few weeks ago. He was very much a …
Eskimo, skin your mobile apps
Flex 4.5 is a unique opportunity for application developers to develop one code base and compile it for iOS, Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook. I’ve already posted some tutorials to explain how to dynamically adapt the layout of your app depending on the screen resolutions, how to adapt your app to some UI patterns, or how [...]
Speaking at, Adobe Flash Platform Summit 2011
The much awaited Flash / Flex / Actionscript developer summit, the Adobe Flash Platform Summit is back again on 27th – 29th July at Bangalore, India with all new and exciting content around Devices, Experiences & Innovation. Watch out for exciting sessions around Flex for Mobile and Enterprise. Also with us this time are a [...]
Paul Trani’s New Book On Flash Based Android Development
Fellow Adobe evangelist Paul Trani is an author! He has just published his first book (co-authored with three other developers) on building Android applications using Flash, Flex, and AIR. Pro Android Flash is available for purchase now on Am…
Announcement: Adobe’s biggest CEM event of the year
In conjunction with Adobe MAX 2011, there will be a new event. The Adobe Digital Enterprise Summit 2011 will take place October 3-4, 2011 at both the JW Marriott and L.A. LIVE inLos Angeles, California, USA. The Adobe Digital Enterprise…
