Take control of your code with these programming best practices from Kevlin Henney. At JAOO Aarhus 2008 Kevlin used a trash can, vampires, a train wreck, whiskey and much more to make you understand and remember his 13 constructive points (a programmer’s dozen) about programming and code smells.
Tags: ActionScript, ColdFusion, Flex, fuzzy logic, Java, JavaScript, object orientated, Perl, PHP, Programmer, programming, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails
ColdFusion is 13 years old. That make makes it the daddy of the web world! It does not make it any less hip or useful than the relatively new kids on the block. Let’s not dilly-dally, bicker or insult one another about which is best, which one is dying and which one is not worth the computer it is compiled on. What is important is to understand the merits of each language and decide which one best suits the application, not only in technical terms, but also in terms of time-to-market, cost of development, availability of a skilled workforce etc.
Tags: .Net, ActionScript, administrator, Adobe, Adobe ColdFusion, AJAX, Atom, best practice, Business, ColdFusion, content management, Design, Design Patterns, Development, encryption, enterprise-level search, Flex, Frameworks, fundamentals, HTML, Internet Applications, Java, JavaScript, ORM, programming, rapid application development, Rich Internet Applications, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, The Web, Web, web technology, web world, XML
A common need in SQL is the ability to iterate over a list as if it were an array. In SQL it is not possible to declare arrays, unlike other programming languages such as ColdFusion, ActionScript and Java. Fortunately, there is a way around this problem: use a User-Defined Functions (UDFs) to create a tabular version of the data. Arrays are, after all, essentially tabular data (at their simplest, one dimension level).
Tags: ActionScript, array, data, database, database server, extend, function, Java, SQL, sub-routine, subroutine, t-sql, tabular, UDF, user defined function
Whether you are new to Adobe ® Flex ® or have been developing for a while, frameworks can help you get organised quickly. Below is a list of Flex and AIR frameworks that will allow you to get up and running and develop highly-collaborative applications. The introductions are by the frameworks themselves, but I’d like to here from you about your experiences using them.
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Consulting, Adobe Flex, AIR, api, asset management, backend services, Cairngorm, classic Model-View-Controller, design pattern, Design Patterns, Flex, Framework, Frameworks, Gaia, Google, Guasax, Internet Application Frameworks, Internet Applications, inversion-of-control, IoC, Mate, Model-Glue Flex, model-view-controller, mvc, PureMVC, software engineers, Swiz, XML
SQLite is a mostly ACID-compliant relational database management system contained in a relatively small (~500kB) C programming library. The Adobe AIR runtime includes the SQLite embedded database for use by Adobe AIR applications. This allows applications to run and store data locally and or synchronise the datastore with online repositories.
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Integrated Runtime, AIR, attack, database, Databases, exploit, JavaScript, online repositories, relational database, SQL, SQL Injection, SQLite, United States, vulnerability
Today ColdFusion moved into the next stage of its life and became a teenager, hopefully not a precocious one!
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The ActionScript reference for rich Internet application development provides an alphabetical reference for all native ActionScript APIs for the Adobe technology platform runtimes: Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR—as well as the Adobe Flex framework APIs. Use this guide both as an API reference and a tool to learn about the ActionScript APIs available within the runtimes.
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Integrated Runtime, AIR, api, Flash, Flash Player, Flex, Framework, Internet application development, PDF, reference, Rich Internet Applications, runtime, the Flash Player
Since the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) was released at the end of February, we now have a stable platform on which to build desktop applications with our existing web skills. A number of people have already started and the Adobe AIR Marketplace is filling with AIR applications by the day.
So what is the big deal?
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Integrated Runtime, Adobe Labs, AIR, AJAX, Analytics, api, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, bbc, Benjamin Dobler, ColdFusion, collaboration tool, designer, Desktop, desktop applications, ebay, Flash, Flex, Google, HTML, HTML & XHTML, Internet Applications, internet-ready, iphone, Kuler, less developer-centric tools, Mac, Marco Kaiser, Microsoft Vista, Nicolas Lierman, operating systems, Picnik image editor, RichFLV, Runtime ( AIR ), SearchCoders, social-interaction tool, Tweetr, Twitter, web applications, Web Browser, web screenshot tool, web skills, Web technologies, web-based suite, web-hosted application, WebKut, XML
For a long time now Adobe’s Flex IDE has been the only tool for developing ActionScript 3 applications. Now there is an alternative in the form of PowerFlasher’s FDT 3.0.
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, ColdFusion, development tool, Eclipse, FDT 3.0, Flash, Flex, ide, Java Development Tool, JDT, powerflasher
The Internet has emerged from obscurity to become a dominant platform for application development and is integral to the idea of Software as a Service (SaaS). Unfortunately the demand to build applications of increasing complexity has continued to outpace the ability of traditional Web applications to represent that complexity and expectation. Utilisation of AJAX technologies attempts to reconcile some of the issues, but frequently the result is a frustrating, confusing or disengaging user experience resulting in unhappy customers, lost sales, and increased costs.
Tags: ActionScript, Adobe, AJAX, enterprise architecture, Flash, Flex, gears, Google, HTML, Information Architecture, JavaScript, Microsoft, MXML, RIA, Rich Internet Applications, SaaS, Service Orientated Architecture, Silverlight, soa, Software as a Service, Usability, User Interface Design, Web 2.0, web services, Workflow, XML