Sunday, March 28, 2010

For Sale: The FlexAfterDark.com Website and Twitter account

The FlexAfterDark.com website and Twitter account (@FlexAfterDark) are for sale (along with this blog)!

This site started as a side project where I documented tons of tips and tricks as I was learning Flex. I haven't spent much time on the site lately, but search engine traffic has stayed pretty heavy, averaging around 12,000+ visits a month.

I'm looking for a buyer who wants to take over the site and continue to grow it, perhaps to feed leads for Flex/RIA professional services or related tools.

The Twitter account has not been very active but still has 190+ followers off just 21 tweets.

Please contact flexafterdark (gmail) for offers and inquiries.

Technology behind the site: the site is written in Python/Django (excellent, free, open-source) and is extremely easy to operate. It could be up and running for a new owner within a few days.


Saturday, June 20, 2009

Flex Drag-and-Drop: The Definitive Tutorial

Flex After Dark has just published a new (our first) tutorial on how to Drag-and-Drop in Flex.

Drag-and-drop
lets you move components and transfer data in a Flex application via the mouse and ubiquitous "click-drag-drop" paradigm. All Flex components support drag-and-drop operations with the proper enablement.

We're going to follow these steps to learn about Drag-and-Drop in Flex:

  1. Create a Project and Application
  2. Create some Boxes (one for dragging, one for dropping)
  3. Make the Red Box Draggable
  4. Make the Blue Box a Drop Target
  5. Handle the Drop
  6. Show Feedback
  7. Use Drag Source
Click here to learn how to Drag-and-Drop in Flex at Flex After Dark...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Updated Documentation

The following documentation has been updated...

Google Maps API for Flex/Flash

The Google Maps API for Flash lets Flex developers embed Google Maps in Flash applications. Similar to the JavaScript version, this ActionScript API provides a number of utilities for manipulating and adding content to maps through a variety of services, enabling you to embed robust, interactive maps applications on your website.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009