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A reliable text editor
I was complaining to someone the other day about how most text editors fail to deal with large files. I was trying to edit a 8mb sql file and my default editors eclipse and cream (a vim extension) both couldn’t handle it. I then tried emacs and jEdit neither of which I particularly like. jEdit at least opened the file. But the interface is clunky and on my system at least, wont go past 800×600 screen real estate….
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ASForms released unto the unwary masses
ASForms is a very lightweight Actionscript component set. They are basically very similar to forms in HTML, but done in flash. (You know, radio buttons, checkboxes – that kind of thing). This release is fairly stable yet lacks accessibility and the button class which I’m still tweaking. The code examples give a basic indication of how it all works and I’ll make an effort to fill in some of the commenting holes over the next couple of weeks.
The code is released under the GPL MIT and was developed with MTASC strict in a AMES dev environment.
technorati tags: Flash, ASForms, Components
Open Source Flash RIA development – case study
Summary:
After swapping to an open Source flash solution for a RIA, the following advantages were achieved:
- saved over 110 working hours in compile time (that’s crazy stuff!!!)
- integrated into the overall dotnet web application a million times better
- less bugs, tighter code, better code
- better development environment
technorati tags: Flash, FAMES, AMES, Open source
Open Source Flash presentation (files inc)
Last December I gave a talk at OSDC on how Open Source Flash development is a million times better than using the Macromedia/Adobe IDE. I said I would upload the files etc. So at last (!) here they are:
- The presentation swf – made from OS Flash of course (AMES). You will need to click on the swf to make it active, then use left, right arrows to navigate (or spacebar).
- The code that made the swf, raw and loosely commented (I was in a rush back then
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technorati tags: Open source, flash
Flash components – As Forms
Anyone who has done any serious flash development has worked out that the macromedia components are bloated and buggy. There are some really decent open source alternatives out there but in general they didn’t suit me for a project I was about to start. Check here for an open source component list.
The project was basically a online registration form- the app had to capture data, process some of it then post it to a server. For something like this a full blown component framework was overkill. And because of the older userbase the components had to look very similar to existing html components so that there would be no confusion (hopefully ).
My requirements were:
- they had to look like established user interface components (a radio button had to look like a html radio button).
- they had to be very small in size (anything over 40k was way too big)
- they had to be as fast as using a browsers components (that is, they draw with no lag whatsoever)
- they needed to be skinnable (in regards to colours and size mainly)
- they had to respond to events and be easily redrawn
Although all of the open source flash alternatives were of a high quality they just didn’t quite fit my requirements.
So, I set about creating my own. Below you will find an example of what I have temporarily called As Forms (until I can think of a snappier name). Read the rest of this page »
Open Source Flash presentation at OSDC Australia
Well I gave my presentation today on open source flash. Overall I think it went pretty well. The audience was a lot more tech savvy then I originally expected so the talk was perhaps dummed down a little too much. The main message of the presentation was that open source flash is superior to Macromedia Flash for any serious RIA. I made the presentation using open source flash, so I will post here with the file and a link to the presentation.