Portfolio Source Code Updated

May 14th, 2010 · 19 Comments

I spent the night updating the source code to my portfolio project.  This new version is broken out into a much easier to understand architecture than the previous version.  I have also went through and commented a lot of the functionality, but at some point I would like to go back and make sure I […]

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Tags: ActionScript · Flash · Flash Builder 4 · Flex 4 Framework · Personal

Portfolio Source Code Available

December 14th, 2009 · 7 Comments

I have been receiving a lot of e-mails lately regarding the release of my portfolio source code.  I still haven’t had time to clean it up, but I have decided to just post it out here anyway.  There may be unused methods and classes and even some debug trace statements strewn about the code but […]

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Tags: ActionScript · Flash · Flash Builder 4 · Flex · PaperVision 3D · Personal

Portfolio made in Flex 4 with Papervision 3D

October 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments

A few weeks ago I posted my online portfolio. I casually tweeted about it and mentioned it to some friends on Facebook. After some tweeks, I’ve decided to post it on my blog for the world to see. I’d like to eventually make the source code available, but it will definitely require some cleanup as […]

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Tags: ActionScript · Flash · Flash Builder 4 · Flex · Flex 4 Framework · Gumbo · PaperVision 3D · Personal · xml

PagedLayout Part 3: Flickr Mashup

September 18th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Over the last few days I have been posting about my first custom layout in the Spark component architecture, PagedLayout (day 1, day 2).  Today I thought I’d post a real world mashup using the layout as well as take a little more time to explain what’s going on with the class and how you […]

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Mac Style Button Skin for Flash Builder 4 (Flex Gumbo)

September 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments

I had to create some mock-ups for a project the other day and I did a quick skin of a button that I thought  I’d share. Thanks to Zach O. for the graphic assets.  Feel free to use this in any projects, personal or commercial, I just ask that you send me an e-mail and […]

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Flex 4 (Gumbo) Skinning with States and Animation

June 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Yesterday, I wanted to get a feel for how skinning was changing in the new Flex 4 framework. I thought Catalyst was going to be the best route, but after staring at a blank artboard in Illustrator for a few minutes I decided it might be good to just code some things by hand see […]

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Application Background Gradients in Flash Builder 4 (Flex Gumbo)

June 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments

I was playing around with the beta release of Flex Builder 4 (now called Flash Builder 4 or Gumbo while it’s in beta) and I was astonished to see the linear background gradient options removed from CSS styles.  After some research I found an article by Peter deHaan over at flexexamples.com.  His article was somewhat […]

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