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Matt Chotin blogged tips about Flex Builder performance tuning.
I am using Windows and Eclipse 3.2.2 with Flex Builder Plugin. I have a shortcut to the eclipse.exe on my desktop.
In the shortcut properties you can set the complete command line:
D:\tools\eclipse\eclipse.exe -vm “C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\javaw.exe” -refresh -clean -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx768m
like in this screenshot:
If you are interested in the combination Flex & Java there is a new Adobe devnet article: From Java to Flex
There is also an older article covering Flex & Java: Flex and Java - A perfect technological marriage
Boom! Flash Video will go to a new level.
Today Adobe anounced “the latest update for Adobe® Flash® Player 9 software, code-named Moviestar, which includes H.264 standard video support - the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray® and HD-DVD® high definition video players - and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support, as well as hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback.”
For a detailed introduction check Tinic’s blog!
The Flash Player Update 3 Beta 2 will be available on labs today.
Claus Wahlers released an AIR Remote Updater:
“It transparently checks version numbers, downloads the .AIR installer file if needed and triggers the AIR-native update process.”
Josh Tynjala wrote an article about “How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines“.
[via onflex.org/ted]
There are two new Extensions on Adobe Labs which are very interesting.
If you want to design and animate in Flash and you want to use this in Flex the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 is the thing you are looking for.
The AIR Extension for Dreamweaver will allow you to package and preview .air application files directly within Adobe Dreamweaver CS3–leveraging your existing web development skills to build desktop-enabled distributed applications and experiences with the Adobe AIR framework.
Modules are a very important concept to separate different aspects in your application and for later re usage in other applications. Last but not least Modules will save compilation time as only the Module and not the complete project is being compiled.
Modules were introduce in Flex 2.01 Hotfix 2 and Moxie (Flex Builder 3 beta) also supports creating and controlling Modules within Flex Builder.
Learn more about Modules in Alex 360 Flex presentation and check the livedocs. About the new Moxie features also check BK Flex blog entry.
When you develop with AS3 and/or Flex 2/3 be sure to read the articles of Grant Skinner about
Flash Player 9 Garbage Collection and Resource Management.
I was looking for a Flex component which acts like the iTunes view where you can browse through your covers.
Ely Greenfield made a wonderful component which exactly does it. He calls the component DisplayShelf and you find his blog post here with source and example.
