February 2011

Last week I posted an article showing how to create type-safe lists for use as Flex List-based DataProviders. This week I’m enhancing that example to dispatch events when items are added to or removed from the collection. This will allow Lists to update their displays automatically whenever the contents of the DataProvider change. If you [...]

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Update, 2/25/11: I’ve updated the code to provide both complete type-safety and event dispatching so that Lists will update their views automatically when the list contents are changed. If you’re interested in this topic, you will probably still want to start by reading this post. But be sure to continue with my follow-up post An [...]

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Update 2/12/2011: Based on feedback from Jens, the creator of the Parsley framework, I’ve updated this post and the downloadable sample code. Last year I posted an example of a Flex sliding menu component along with a simple project that shows its use. Here, I present a variation of the menu using the Parsley application [...]

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Flex 4 Version of Art’s Flex Notes Project

by David Salahi on February 5, 2011

Arturo Alvarado has a very nice series of tutorials on the Parsley application framework but they’re in Flex 3. A couple of them have been translated into Flex 4 by other blog readers but not the code for his Quick Dive into Parsley (Nested Contexts & Object lifecycle methods – Part 6). I’ve done that [...]

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