Flex

Integrating sequence diagrams with the debugger for actionScript

Lately I was dealing with a massive refactoring effort in a large scale application. I desperately needed a way to understand the code flow before and after the refactor.

Using the debugger is quite exhausting, and besides, looking at stack trace at a certain point does not reveal the full path of nested calls the runtime went through.

The ideal visualization would be a sequence diagram describing code execution.
Looking for a solution, I discovered several tools that provide this exact functionality.
Enterprise Architect and Architexa are two of them.
 

But alas, none of those supports actionscript.

ilan 05/08/2010 - 13:10
Flex
Meaningful UI Errors - Solution approach using Spring BlazeDS Integration and custom Exception Translator




yossis 28/07/2010 - 14:32
Flex, Flex Spring BlazeDS
Flex 3 SDK Vs. Flex 4 SDK – Part 5 – View States

In previous posts in the series we discussed new features in Flex 4 that are basic in nature (namespaces, an introduction to the new Spark components architecture and the new mxml tags to name a few).

In the next few posts we will discuss the more interesting stuff new with Flex 4 like FXG, states, layouts, effects and skinning.
So, without further ado, View States!

 

sefi 29/06/2010 - 09:56
comparison, currentState, excludeFrom, flex, Flex, flex 3 sdk, Flex 4 SDK, includeIn, view states, Flex
Polymorphism in SOAP calls – Flex calling a Java Web service



In the current application I am working on, we are using a Flex client that communicates with a Web service on the server side. The client's VOs are automatically generated.

One of the things that bothered me in that model is – how can I implement polymorphysm in this model?

 

Let's assume that in the wsdl there is a complex type A.

Two types extend it (using xsd:extension) – B1 and B2.

yoav.moran 24/06/2010 - 09:49
cxf, Flex, polymorphism, soap, wsdl
Flex SDK 3 Vs. 4 – Part 3 – New language tags

Flex 3 had some language tags we are all familiar with like <fx:Binding>, <fx:metadata>, <fx:script> and <fx:style> to name a few.

Flex 4 introduces some new mxml tags you can use when writing mxml classes. They are <fx:Declarations>, <fx:Definition>, <fx:Library>, <fx:Private> and <fx:Reparent>.

 

sefi 14/05/2010 - 10:00
Declarations, Definition, Flex, flex 4, Flex 4 SDK, language tags, Library, Reparent
Flex SDK 3 Vs. 4 – Part 2 – Introducing Components

While the Flex 4 SDK includes the MX component architecture provided with previous releases of the Flex SDK (mainly for backwards compatibility), it introduces a new set of components that utilize the new SDK features, named Spark.

 

In most cases, the changes between Spark and MX components are not visible, but rather involve the component’s interaction with the Flex 4 frameworks (i.e. layouts, skins, states etc).

 

In Spark architecture, Visual components are "split" up to several classes. For example, the Button class in Flex 3 is built up of Button class and in addition the ButtonSkin class in Flex 4. Components are typically contained in the spark.* package, while skin classes are typically contained in the spark.skins.* package.

 

sefi 10/05/2010 - 14:43
Flex
Parsley dependency injection memory leak

In short:
When using Parsley's Context for dependency injection, You should call destroyObject() on each getObject() call, otherwise you may have a memory leak.
 
Long story:
Lately I was dealing with some memory leaks issues in one of our client's systems which use Parsley for dependency injection via its Context .
Turns out that calling Context.getObject(id) internally creates references to the objects used for creating the injected object.
These references are not released, and may cause a memory leak.
The profiler (FB4) looks something like this (namespaces ommited for client's privacy sake):

 

 

ilan 10/05/2010 - 00:47
Flex, getObject, memory leak, parsley, Spicefactory
Flex 3 SDK Vs. Flex 4 SDK

Now that Flex SDK 4 was released, I thought I'd do a series of posts on the differences between Flex 3 and Flex 4 SDKs that will hopefully help migrate your Flex 3 app to Flex 4 or make the transition from SDK 3 to SDK 4 easier. I will be assuming you already know Flex 3 and will concentrate on the new in Flex 4 compared to Flex 3.

This post will serve as the index of the series, and I will be adding links to the different posts to this one as they become available, so come back from time to time to get updated.

 

sefi 21/04/2010 - 08:33
comparison, flex, Flex, flex 3, flex 4, MX, namespace, sdk 3, sdk 4, Spark
My first impressions from ELIPS

 

ilan 06/01/2010 - 17:17
ELIPS, flex, Flex, Mobile
ELIPS - Mobile Application Development in Flex Builder

ELIPS Studio 3 is a plug-in for Adobe Flex Builder,  which allows Flex to go mobile!

 

Can't wait to test it...

 

Anyone knows about alternatives?

 

-Ilan

ilan 13/12/2009 - 18:46
flex, Flex, Flex Builder, Mobile
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