I'm in the process of learning Flex, but I learn best by example. Where can I find open source examples of Flex applets? In particular, I'm trying to reproduce the functionality of the JavaScript based Simile timeline, so a timeline example would be sweet.
You must check out Tour de Flex. There are >300 examples maintained by Adobe running in the AIR app.
There is a specific category called "data visualization".
Check out flexlib.scheduling here
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I am looking for instructions on using Mobile Services for Xamarin.Forms? I am especially interested in how to get the device's current location. I know that there is sample code here, https://github.com/aritchie/acr-xamarin-forms, that showcases everything that you can do with the library, the only problem being it is way too complicated for a newbie to understand, and there are no comments
Links to any comprehensive tutes or sample code with comments would be appreciated. I have searched but have not come up with anything good.
Cheers
There are a good set of examples for learning Xamarin.Forms with some descriptions at the following link http://blog.falafel.com/learning-xamarin/.
With Xamarin.Forms being rather new you will have to search around for good snippets etc however.
There are a number of projects for Xamarin.Forms in https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples. Try to looking at the following two for easier to understand short examples in Xamarin.Forms:-
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/tree/master/FormsGallery
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/tree/master/XAMLSamples
The examples are short enough that should help you to learn from them.
There is a specific map related example at the following that also shows your current location on a map that you may like to look at further also:-
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/tree/8b9bbe853263f1eb29faca499619b0b757d8fbfd/WorkingWithMaps
Run the applications, make small modifications and experiment - a great way to learning.
Have fun!
If you want to find out a users location via shared code, look at the Geolocator plugin from the component store. super easy to use
I am developing WebApps with Backbone, node, jQuery and so on.
In my beginnings I have used Twitter Bootstrap for designs.
Then I started to use own designs which I have created with the Chrome Addon Stylebit which allows to modify CSS in real time.
Unfortunately this is very time expensive at the end.
So I decided to develope the design by side with some editor and then rewrite this design per hand as CSS. I have read this is a common practice and most use photoshop for this task.
Is photoshop still recommend or are there other tools which should be used?
(I actually do not want a full WYSIWYG. Just something to test designs and layouts in general)
Cheers and happy new year,
Bodo
For the short answer no. There isn't a tool that I know of that will allow you to build layouts in code easily that isn't a full WSIWIG solution like Dreamweaver, Aptana etc.
For testing out designs you would normally build wire frames such as the ones you see from Balsamiq. There are other tools as well, Axure, Pencil and others. Do a search for wire frame software.
As a Sr. UX Architect I've heard and seen people mockup what they're building in Html and CSS. While this can work. You might as well continue and just build it if you're going to invest the time, effort and money into writing code.
Spin over to my "User Experience" group on Linkedin and ask the question there. Your going to get a ton of answers.
If you're searching to find Wireframing and Mockup tools.Then you can use Balsamiq Mockups
It's having features like
Low-Fi Sketch Wireframes
Click-Through Prototypes
UI Components & Icons
Export to PNG or PDF etc
You can get more details from Balsamiq Mockups Here
I hope this will help you.
You can try out ForeUI (http://www.ForeUI.com/), which allows you to build layouts visually and export your design to HTML5 simulation. You can also manually modify the generated code to fit your needs.
Some interesting examples are available on http://www.foreui.com/store/
I'm working for Pidoco.
It's a german company based in Berlin and we develop a online prototyping tool.
We have nice features like:
Interactive prototypes
Collaboration and invitations
iOS App to simulate mobile prototypes (Android is coming soon)
You can start with a 30 days free trial and then plans are starting at 9$ per month.
Here is the complete list of mockup tools:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GuiPrototypingTools
Since I need to start working on flex within a week for my firm, I started learning flex.
I did watch some of the starting videos from Adobe (here).
But, I found those videos too slow for my learning process and they don't seem to provide with much practical application programs to try out with.
Though, I will continue with those videos over the week, can anyone suggest some good website/online resource that could provide me with some practical examples, that would easy to work out on Flex Builder. It would also ease my learning process.
Thanks.
Try Flex 3 Essential Training. It will give you pretty good overview of Flex in a few hours.
There was a topic which possible contains useful links.
Tour De Flex - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex.html Is a walkthrough of all the basic API's, simple examples that will get you up and started. It's an AIR app, just click the INSTALL button and it wil be installed on your machine.
Currently I work on localization for a Flex application. From an article I know that you can control the localization with the following FlashVars:
resourceModuleURLs
localeChain
Are there any other FlashVars reserved by Adobe that a Flash/Flex Developer should know about?
I recently was playing with ContextMenuItem and found a list of words that cannot be used for a caption or label in a ContextMenuItem. Not sure if it helps.
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Also a hack was suggested here, although I never tried it personally.
This article has a fairly easy tutorial. The conversation in the comments will cover a few best practices for you as well.
Here is an adobe livedoc on runtime localization that you may not have seen yet either.
This final link provides an update on the changes in the localization API made in Flex 3 and documents the deprecated and new classes/methods, etc. (a list with examples is at the bottom of the document).
On a side note if anyone is looking for a tool to help out with translations David Deraedt wrote some nice air apps called Lupo Localization Studio that are reasonably inexpensive.
I would like to know about the LCDS. What it does? How to configure it? Do I need to know Java?
Can I get some sort of tutorial pdf for it?
I am a new flex developer.I would like
to know about the LCDS. What it does?
One of the major feature of LCDS is it provides a server side push implementation to your flex app.
How to configure it? Would not know, since it does not work in sync with c# have not explored it as much as I would have liked.
Do I need to know Java?
Yes, unfortunately Java is the major player in supported language, else I would be all over it.
Adobe® LiveCycle Data Services ES is a powerful solution for creating data-intensive rich Internet applications (RIAs) that integrate with J2EE applications and business logic.
That is from the adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=lcds26_td
Can I get some sort of tutorial pdf
for it?
Best way is to go through the tutorials on the adobe web pages. If you are using hibernate here is an extra example. http://blog.comtaste.com/2007/07/livecycle_data_services_and_hi.html and http://iamjosh.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/building-a-livecycle-data-service-application/
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and welcome to the great world of Flex. One thing is for sure - your going to enjoy it.
It is always good to satrt with the official site: http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle/dataservices/
if you want to see what can be done with Flex in general and with LCDS, install Tour-de-flex: http://gregsramblings.com/2008/12/12/livecycle-data-services-and-tour-de-flex/
This Blog was a good start point to new guys where I work. The most important suggestions he made was to:
1. Get to know google
2. Check out this lynda course.
Last but not least, AdobeTV have great videos to watch! see: AdobeTV Data services search page
By the way, AdobeTV itself is fully build with Flex.
Be sure what LCDS can do for you with respect to Coldfusion and Flex/AIR.
There is likely something there that will save you a great deal of time, money and coding.