Whilst working on an update to snippet manager, I was looking for the easiest way to introduce syntax highlighting and came up with one solution. I did not want to write syntax colouring procedures entirely in ActionScript, this seems like a bad idea to me as there are existing highlighting libraries available in JavaScript. So, [...]
I recently released an AIR application called ‘Snippet Manager‘ which was build using Flex (in a basic text editor, not Flex Builder). Today I decided to see if it would work on Linux. I’m happy to report snippet manager works just as well as it does in Windows. Here are the steps I used to [...]
Today Ext LLC, the authors of the popular ExtJS JavaScript Library, released an updated version of Ext.AIR. The update includes many enhancements to sound support, windowing and database. They also include some new features for Ext AIR dealing with notifications, clipboard usage and the file system interactions. Here is a brief introduction to some of [...]
Sitepen, the authors of the popular open source javascript library Dojo, have released a new set of extentions specifically designed for Adobe AIR. Dojo Extensions for Adobe AIR is available right now. Sample Application: “Created by SitePen and co-sponsored by Adobe®, the Dojo Toolbox was developed using the Dojo Toolkit and Adobe® AIR™. The Dojo [...]