Category Archives: flex

Getting started with Glare-DataServices

Posted on May 26, 2009 by ernest

Glare-DataServices is a framework for building Flex Remoting services in VisualWorks Smalltalk. In this post, I will guide you through the steps for creating a small application that demonstrates the use of the framework. Install the bundle First, you have … Continue reading →

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Executable operation specifcations in Glare-DataServices

Posted on April 5, 2009 by ernest

Glare is a Flex Remoting and Messaging server written in VisualWorks Smalltalk by Philipp Bunge. I am extending his work with Glare-DataServices which basically provides a HttpServlet that dispatches operation invocations send from a AMF client (Flex,AIR) to Smalltalk objects. … Continue reading →

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Flex Remoting ignores class mapping

Posted on March 15, 2009 by ernest

if your application does not yet actually use that client Class.  In my application, the result of a remote invocation kept returning a dynamic Object instead of the intended ValueObject class “Slot” although I specified the mapping and the RemoteClass … Continue reading →

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Tiny, single-purpose class: ResultToFunctionAdaptor

Posted on March 14, 2009 by ernest

Every now and then I need a small piece of functionality that perfectly fits into a single, minimal-behavior thus single-purpose class. Continue reading →

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Sorting XMLListCollection by attribute

Posted on April 23, 2008 by ernest

Just want to share the result of a small puzzle I had about sorting elements of an XMLListCollection by one of the attributes of such an element. At first, I tried sorting the elements of the XMLList I had, but … Continue reading →

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Flex Project version and buildnumber

Posted on September 6, 2007 by ernest

I wanted to associate version and build information with every compilation of a Flex project. Such information is useful when deploying to different staging environments (e.g. are you sure you uploaded the correct SWF ?) and helps tracking feedback (e.g. … Continue reading →

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Deploying Flex using Capistrano

Posted on August 2, 2007 by ernest

Capistrano is a deployment tool initially created to support the remote installation of Rails applications. One of the assumptions Capistrano makes is that the application (source) can be pulled out of a source code management system such as Subversion. In … Continue reading →

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Flex Bindable Hash

Posted on July 17, 2007 by ernest

For the Dunelox library, I needed a simplified Flex version of the Spring ApplicationContext which is a generic Hash object containing model objects accessed by a key (String). Visual components that are wired to these models objects need to be … Continue reading →

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