Monday, July 19, 2010

Useful Closures use-cases in Flex

As flex is based on Actionscripts 3, it is possible to leverage some of the features of an ECMA-based language not readily available in strongly-typed languages.  Most Java developers will probably ignore the ability to use powerful features such as closures when the use-case simply makes sense. Consider the following:

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Localizing Flex Applications

In my attempt to localize my flex application, it quickly became evident how simple it is to do basic localization in flex. As soon as I tried to implement more complex features, I realized how complicated it can become (e.g. add special characters, support multiple locales, flex builder problems, etc). In the interest of sharing the wealth, I'll describe the steps I took, so I don't have to keep on repeating some of these in future development efforts. These steps are:

Monday, May 17, 2010

My thoughts on RabbitMQ

It is no mystery that I have been following the Spring Portfolio for sometime now.  As I continue to observe the business decisions they are making, its exciting to see how SpringSource is positioning itself to be a powerful player in the Enterprise Development arena.  Some months ago, SpringSource announced their acquisition of RabbitMQ and I thought I should get familiar with their choice for messaging solution.