Siavash Ghamaty

Debugging issues in Flash can be tricky. Especially if you are not using the Flex Compiler. If getting to your flash log is not an option then Gordon is your choice. I decided to create a flash tracer for the Mac. It is in its infancy but should do the job. I’ll have a dedicated page shortly, for now you can download it here. It is written in Cocoa and is supported on both Snow Leopord and Leopard. Eventually I will probably open source this.

Here are some features:

Filter
Growl Support
Status Item Visibility

There are many known issues with this build involving … Continue Reading

Cairngorm is a useful micro architecture for Flex. Its a basic framework on building applications. Many of you have adopted Cairngorm and given it a try in your apps. Here are some useful tips that could help aid in your development.

Constants

Create a constants folder in your apps package contents under com.companyname.applicationname.constants. This folder will hold all your constants in your application. This doesn’t include any event constants, keep those in your event classes. We are talking about your media library, application states, and so forth. This is also a … Continue Reading

Version control is a absolute necessity these days, especially in software and web development. It helps manage a the life cycle of the software top down. The process can optimize development, releases, fixes, and enhancements. I personally cannot live with out it on any project, how big or small.

Many developers are writing applications for the Apple App Store in their spare time. Not managed by a team of QA and SCM, these projects could get hairy once put in a large scale platform like the App Store. As your code … Continue Reading

The Adobe Cairngorm Site screen shot.

Adobe has finally updated their Cairngorm Open Source Site. Included in their updates, they have added a nice section for tutorials and external documentation. The overall design of the site has gotten a facelift as well.

For those who haven’t used the Cairngorm microarchitecture, give it a try. Personally speaking, it has saved my loads of time in maintenance work.

For a good start, search for a good Cairngorm tutorial. Another great link on Cairngorm, … Continue Reading

Firefox 3 for the Mac

It looks like Adobe or Mozilla fixed some issues with the Flash plugin for Firefox 3 on the Mac, along with adding the “Awesome Bar”. One main issue was disappearing Flash in Firefox 3 where opacity would effect the embed. There is a fix for that particular bug by using a transparent PNG instead of the CSS opacity style. That fix works great, except that IE 6 does not like transparent PNG files, remember to use a PNG fix or … Continue Reading