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Mozilla Thunderhead: A Language For User Interfaces

Ben Longoria
February 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (10)

By now most of us have seen the amazing work that Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith over at Mozilla have created. The incredible web-based code editor built from scratch using the HTML canvas tag. A project embedded in the Bespin...

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Introducing TubeLoc: AS3/Flex YouTube Player API

Ben Longoria
February 12, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (9)

Almost a year ago the YouTube APIs and Tools team released the YouTube Player API. The SWF that exposed the player functionality was and still is written in ActionScript 2. To make this easier to use in ActionScript 3, there...

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Why Mozilla Deserves Our Attention - Part 3

Ben Longoria
March 5, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)

In the previous two articles we looked at who Mozilla is, what technologies they have, and attempted to answer the statement in the title. To be well-rounded, we will look at some core issues that may be hampering adoption of Mozilla technologies, and what could help.

Why Mozilla Deserves Our Attention - Part 2

Ben Longoria
February 27, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)

In the first part of this series I gave an introductory look at Mozilla, and started to answer the statement posed in the title. In this article we'll look at the various RIA technologies and runtimes that Mozilla has to offer. First we'll look at the building blocks, or what one would use to build applications. Then we'll look at runtimes, what you use to run your applications.

Why Mozilla Deserves Our Attention - Part 1

Ben Longoria
February 20, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (6)

In this series of articles I will be looking at why RIA developers should be interested in Mozilla. This is an important topic, especially if you're one of those wise and pragmatic developers who likes to pick the right tool for the job, which we all are right? Learning about the breadth of the technologies that Mozilla's projects cover can potentially save you a lot of work for your next project!

Using Flash Remoting for Authentication to your AFCS/Facebook AIR Application
Russ Ferguson

If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Decorator Design Pattern
Sean Moore

Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
Flash to iPhone
Veronique Brossier

The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview
Elad Elrom

Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading

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Mozilla Thunderhead: A Language For User Interfaces

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