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Integrating RoR and Flex

Posted on October 9, 2006 | Filed Under Adobe Flex, Ruby on Rails

Wow! This is turning into a busy news day for me. I just ran across flexonrails.net, a great blog that covers the integration of these two top RIA technologies. Derek Wischusen runs this blog as well as working with Adobe’s Mike Potter on a RIA SDK that provides numerous samples of using Adobe Flex for your frontend and Ruby on Rails for your backend.

Nested Switch/Case Statements Bite You in Adobe Flex

Posted on October 9, 2006 | Filed Under Adobe Flex

I’ve been chasing a bug all day in Adobe Flex. It turns out the AS3 compiler chokes on nested switch/case statements. It compiles without any errors or warnings, but any code following it will be whacked, as in not being able to set breakpoints or examine variables while debugging.

Using if/else statements works fine, which makes no sense at all seeing as to how every compiler known to man converts switch/case statements into if/else statements.

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Flash Tracer Firefox Plugin

Posted on October 9, 2006 | Filed Under Adobe Flex

Here’s a really cool diagnostic/debugging tool if you’re developing Flash/Flex stuff. The FlashTracer plugin shows you errors and warnings for a target SWF file (Flash Player 9 Debug version required).  It’s worth its weight in gold!

Two New Sites Completed

Posted on October 9, 2006 | Filed Under Website Development

I recently completed two basic websites that I’ll share with you. alabamametalroofing.com and newgroundinc.com provide metal and asphalt roofing services and retaining walls, decks and paver patios/sidewalks etc. Check them out, they do really nice work.