n8o » Flash Builder http://n8o.org the geeks sandbox Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:13:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Creating an app for the Playbook. http://n8o.org/creating-an-app-for-the-playbook/ http://n8o.org/creating-an-app-for-the-playbook/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:49:05 +0000 n8o http://n8o.org/?p=388
Back a few months ago at max. BlackBerry announced they would be giving away free PlayBooks to developers who develop an application for their platform. I for one am all about free stuff. So I set out to develop a tool that I thought would be useful and I would use regularly. The app I decided to create was a programming calculator.

Today the application is finally complete and has been accepted into the app store.

While creating this app I used the latest version of Flash Builder Burrito. I found it a lot easier to use vs Flash Builder 4. The new built-in mobile wizards and device simulators were very helpful. Also the flex framework really worked great with layout and positioning as it always does. The only real gotcha with flex was how skinning works on mobile devices vs desktop apps. Everything else was a breeze.

Thanks Adobe and Blackberry for making such great tools that work!

]]> http://n8o.org/creating-an-app-for-the-playbook/feed/ 0 Manage your AS3 Libs in Eclipse / Flash Builder http://n8o.org/manage-as3-libs-eclipse-flash-builder/ http://n8o.org/manage-as3-libs-eclipse-flash-builder/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:57 +0000 n8o http://www.n8o.org/?p=72 One of the things I hate doing is managing all the different libraries I may use in a project. Luckily Dennis @ rozengain.com has made a plugin for Eclipse / Flash builder that works like a charm called the ActionScript Framework Downloader. All you need to make it work is:

  • Eclipse 3.2 or greater
  • SVN Command line tool

Once you have SVN all setup you can download the JAR file and place it in your Eclipse plugin folder and restart Eclipse .

To use it up first go to Preferences > ActionScript Framework Downloader and add the libraries you want to use. Then close the preferences window and navigate to the folder you want to download the libraries to. Right click on the folder and click download ActionScript framework here. Select the libs you want to download and then click finish.

That’s it. A very easy and slick plugin to manage all your library files. I’ve used it with the latest Beta of Flash Builder and it works great!

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