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When you implement a new feature somewhere, when you change just some bits of your code, when you fix a bug, or you just change a common text in an app… What do you do afterwards? Do you really check the result or do you trust yourself that it works fine 100%. It is an interesting thing to talk about… Continue reading ‘Testing code changes, bugfixes, new features, …’ »

If you have ever used the Flex introspection method describeType(), you certainly have noticed it doesn’t output any style metadata. The only way I found so far was to instantiate the UIComponent type I’m looking at and call the function regenerateStyleCache(false). The entire list of available styles is then accessible via the properties inheritingStyles and nonInheritingStyles. Generating the style cache is computation-intensive so like most reflection and introspection operations make effective use of it :)

Some code example after the jump… Continue reading ‘Flex Style Introspection’ »

I’ve been struggling with this one a couple of times, so I thought I should share how I solved it.

Problem:
You are hosting or contributing to an open-source project on code.google.com using SVN as source control.
You would like share Flex applications (and View Source) by accessing their public SVN URL.
Applications pages (HTML) show raw text.

Solution:
Make sure you set the SVN property svn:mime-type for each file:

• *.html: “text/html”
• *.css: “text/css”
• *.zip, *.swf, *.png: “application/octet-stream”

A new release of Siam is available today!
Check out the latest version on the official project page: http://code.google.com/p/siam-flex/.

The main highlight is that developers can now describe how data models are rendered across their application. Flex renderers can be configured via XML (properties and styles are supported for Object and all primitive types).

The Android platform is gaining popularity every day and so are its applications. More and more applications are being added and keeping track of them can be really difficult. Especially if you are looking for apps which are useful and not only fun.

I have been using my Android (HTC Magic) for almost 3 months now and would like to present you my 10 must-have applications. Continue reading ‘9 free must-have apps to pimp your Android phone’ »

Today I released the first version of Siam Flex Framework! The project can be found at http://code.google.com/p/siam-flex/. Please try it out and let me know what you think. It’s an Alpha release, in other words it’s not fully tested and there is little documentation. But starting with the Getting Started section on the project page should help you get an understanding of the framework.

Today I want to share my VS2005 color scheme with you guys. I call it “calm down” as it is not that aggressive compared to the original VS settings. Enjoy! Btw, the used font is Anonymous 9pt.

Download “calm down” color scheme Visual Studio 2005

Download “calm down” color scheme Visual Studio 2008

Siam Flex framework aims to provide usability and rapid application development changes to the existing Adobe Flex data representation support. Siam is a lightweight framework that enables you to quickly represent your application data models regardless of their type or origin.

This preview introduces the envisioned features of the framework and contains also code examples and ideas for future releases. Siam is still in early phase, so your feedback is highly appreciated!

The project can be found at http://code.google.com/p/siam-flex/.

Continue reading ‘Siam Flex framework | Preview’ »

I was having trouble to differentiate between both nor could I 100% explain to someone what’s the real difference between a Service and a Component. Today I’ve found a really nice definition by Martin Fowler which I would like to share with you:

Component

I use component to mean a glob of software that’s intended to be used, without change, by application that is out of the control of the writers of the component. By ‘without change’ I mean that the using application doesn’t change the source code of the components, although they may alter the component’s behavior by extending it in ways allowed by the component writers. – Martin Fowler, Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern

Service

A service is similar to a component in that it’s used by foreign applications. The main difference is that I expect a component to be used locally (think jar file, assembly, dll, or a source import). A service will be used remotely through some remote interface, either synchronous or asynchronous (eg web service, messaging system, RPC, or socket.) – Martin Fowler, Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern

Here is a list of questions which I (!!) consider as TOP 3 C# (Visual Studio) questions (although the answers are probably the most interesting) on stackoverflow. Yes, I do love STO :)

1. Hidden Features of C#
2. Visual Studio Optimizations
3. Which C#/.Net blogs do you read?

If you need more see the most voted C# questions. Would be nice to see some more lists like that (Julien, what about Flex?, Fab PHP?).