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Looks like Flex data binding is not bidirectional

Monday, April 9, 2007

I have a AS3 class Loan that is being fetched from the server and the whole Loan class is marked as [Bindable]
Now in the Form I have a: <mx:TextInput text=”{currenLoan.loanAmount}” />
The problem is that user modifies the text in the textInput, it does not automatically update the variable that the control is bound to. I’m [...]

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Flex Builder 2 as Eclipse plugin — unsuccessfully

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

I’ve tried using the Flex Builder 2 as Eclipse plugin and failed.
I have 3.2 WTP with J2EE and Hibernate Tools plugins. After installing the Flex Builder 2 as plugin into my existing Eclipse I had problems.
Every second time flexbuilder tries to compile the flex project it would crash with OutOfMemoryException. I even tried to increase [...]

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Feedback on RIA book

Thursday, March 15, 2007

I’m going through the “Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java” by guys from Farata Systems.
Overall I like that authors are hardcore consultants with deep knowledge of Java, so it is very easy to understand the concepts that book presents as they are targeted to Java developers specifically. I also like the fact that there [...]

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Flex2 feedback

Sunday, March 11, 2007

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been going through Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source book and playing with Flex Builder2.
Overall Flex looks as a very solid platform and I look forward using it this year. Though flex builder, that is the IDE that Adobe sells for 499$ is not worth your dollars. [...]

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