Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 SDK released
Flash Builder 4 and the Flex 4 SDK have just been both released! You can read more about the new features on the official release blog post:
Flex 4 SDK and Flash Builder 4 final releases are here...
And here come the download pages:
rSoul v0.1b
rSoul is my very first public AIR application. It is an open-source NetSoul client. Since NetSoul is not a commonly used protocol it won't be useful for many people. Still, the NetSoul protocol is mandatory when you want to have access to the PIE (Parc Informatique de l'EPITA). And the source might help anyone willing to build his very first AIR application. The user interface is very light and I tried to keep it as simple and as intuitive as possible.
Like any other AIR application, rSoul is cross-platform and works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. You can install it and get the sources from the rSoul website:
Here are a few screenshots:
Features
This first release includes the following features:
- Online/Away/Busy status
- Location configuration
- "Remember Password" option
- Auto-connect option
- Contacts list
- Add/Remove contacts
- Tabbed chat
- Auto-update
- Connection errors handling
Known issues
- Some special characters are not handled correctly
- The application does not (yet) minimize itself to the system tray
- Contacts status is not updated
If you found any bug or have any suggestion please feel free to add a comment...
AIR 2.0 Sneak Peek
Tonight I attended the "TonTon Flexeurs" (TTFX) meeting with Lee Brimelow and Mike Chambers. While Lee explained all the things that can be done to extend the Flash Platform using the ByteArray class, Mike presented a few of the latest as3corelib library features and a sneak peek of AIR 2.0. AIR 2.0 - codename "Athena" - will feature a lot of new system related updates. Discover a few of them (including a worldwide exclusive!) right after the jump...
You can also look at Michael Chaize's event photo album on Flickr!
Read more...
Rich User Interface design with Balsamiq Mockups and Napkee
Creating a rich and efficient User Interface (UI) is the Saint Graal of every Rich Internet Application (RIA) developer. As Michael Chaize said it in his RIA introduction conference he made this year at EPITA, we call it "Rich" Internet Application because the software takes advantage of a rich User Interface and offers a rich user experience.
Flex developers can use the "Design" view of Flash Builder to design their UI. But this method requires to already have the components you want to work with and make sure they are full MXML. Because the WYSIWYG editor of Flash Builder does not interpret ActionScript components, it is more of a "What You See Is ore Or Less What You Get". If you need more than the Flash Builder WYSIMOLWYG editor -- and I certainly hope you do 
-- here are two awesome tools to create and export UI mockups.
More details right after the jump...
Compile Flash 10 libraries in Flex Builder 3
In a previous post (cf. Work with Flash 10 in Flex Builder 3), I explained how to start using Flash 10 with Flex Builder 3 in a "classic" Flex Project. But if you want to create a Flash 10 Flex Library Project, it is a little bit more tricky.
Work with Flash 10 in Flex Builder 3
UPDATE: you can also read the new "Build Flash 10.1 applications with Flex Builder 3 or Flash Builder 4" tutorial.
Flash 10 Beta is a good occasion to test some of the new features that the next version of this incredible piece of software will provide. This short step-by-step "how to" tutorial will teach you how to install the new Flex SDK and configure Flex Builder 3 in order to use it.