This post is an attempt to gather in one place links to all of the official Adobe pages containing error codes for ActionScript, Flash, Flex and AIR. Flex 3 Runtime Errors Flex Error Codes Wiki ActionScript Compiler Error Codes AIR Developer Tool (ADT) error codes AIR ApplicationUpdater error codes (scroll down to the downloadError event) [...]
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More Flash, Flex and Ruby E-Zines
In search of ever more content to clog up my Kindle, I’ve come across the following two e-zines worth checking out. Both are free downloads in PDF format. The Rubyist feels a little bit like the Pragmatic Programmer e-zine, but focused entirely on the world of Ruby. It has the same kind of smorgasboard of [...]
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Functional testing AIR applications with FlexMonkey, Part 3
In previous posts in this series, we looked at the best overall approach for AIR applications with FlexMonkey, as well as building your AIR application and getting it to run with the FlexMonkey Console. In this part, we present tips and tricks for authoring tests with the FlexMonkey Console. Although you can put together some [...]
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Functional testing AIR applications with FlexMonkey, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we examined the best overall approach for testing your AIR application with FlexMonkey. In this article, we take a look at building an instrumented version of your AIR application and getting it working with the FlexMonkey IDE Console. A note about versions I originally did this work using FlexMonkey [...]
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Functional testing AIR applications with FlexMonkey, Part 1
FlexMonkey is probably the best tool going for functional testing on Flex and AIR applications. It’s free (that’s a good start), comes with an AIR-based test authoring tool, integrates nicely with both FlexUnit and Fluint unit-test frameworks, and all the source code is available for you to try. I recently set up a functional testing [...]
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Top 10 things new Flex developers should know
While helping a coworker get started with Flash and Flex development, I thought it would be a good time to cover the list of things that I have found pretty essential to know about Flex development, coming into it as a new developer. Some of these items are simple details that you need to know. [...]
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ActionScript and Flex Screencasts
Previously I pointed out some excellent video resources for learning Ruby and Rails. Not to be outdone, the Flex community (well, Adobe actually) has their own set of training materials in video form as well. And they are available for free. The Adobe Flex in a Week Video Training series is like attending a week-long [...]
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Creating a Mac Desktop Icon in AIR
My company offers a Kid Browser, an AIR application downloaded and installed by parents, then used by their children. Adobe’s AIR installer on the whole provides a good user experience, and it creates a nice icon on the desktop for Windows users. But it does not create a desktop icon for Mac users, who then [...]
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Automating Unit Tests in Flex
My company’s development culture is very test-driven, enabled in large part by our use of Rails on the server side. But we also feature an Adobe AIR application as part of our customer offering. Until now, it’s been the “ugly stepchild” compared to the server app, with a minimal set of unit tests and no [...]
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