Alain Hufkens
From the monthly archives: April 2008
If you are a Flash developer then you will be familiar to the concept of Tweening. I have used the Tweener library for action script in the past and it worked out great for me. In Silverlight you have by default the Storyboard available if you want to create animations. This [...]
Yesterday I went to the Mix Essentials organized by Microsoft accompanied by my colleagues from Nascom. Mix Essentials is the local version of the Mix08 that was held in Vegas. It was a nice opportunity to meet new people and some old acquaintances.
The day started with the [...]
Today Microsoft released the technology preview of a new services platform called Live Mesh. Live Mesh is a new platform that helps your devices (PC’s, Macs and Mobile devices) act together through the internet enabling users to manage, access, and share their files and applications from anywhere.
Now you can synchronize your [...]
There is a new feature in Flex 3 that might not be that well known. By default a Flash/Flex application does not support deep linking and the use of the back and forward buttons from the browser. There are libraries available to enable this. The best known libraries are UrlKit and
Google recently released a new version of their YouTube API. Now you can integrate a full range of YouTube functionality in your website or rich internet application. This looks like a cool opportunity to build an Adobe AIR desktop application that plays videos in a customized environment. There are already libraries available for [...]
I found some time to add a couple of new features to my Airbob application. The beta 2 version now has the following improvements:
Application checks for updates. When the status of one of your favorite projects changes a small window pops up at the bottom right corner of your screen. Updated some [...]
This article explains the Adobe AIR Security model. Before you start developing your application you should read it. It gives a nice overview about the different security sandboxes, HTML security considerations, and lots of other stuff.
Your application will have more privileges than a standard web application, but still the runtime does not [...]
As you might know Adobe AIR has build in support for SQLite databases. This means that as a front-end developer you now have to write SQL statements again. When I write back-end code using Java or .NET I always try to avoid writing boiler code. And I am not the only one. Projects [...]
When developing software you find yourself writing similar things over and over again. A good solution for this is using design patterns. The guys at this site provide a nice overview of existing design patterns. There are also code examples in C++, Java, Delphi and PHP. There is also a section about refactoring [...]
Yesterday was a beautiful day (against all odds). I went for a 70km drive with my Vespa and 138 other Vespa enthusiasts. The trip was organized by Squadra Veloce (Vespa Club Hasselt) and we drove through the orchards in Sint Truiden.
It was a spectacular sight, seeing almost 140 Vespa scooters [...]
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Checking out CocoaPods - an Objective-C library manager > https://t.co/xdLU5OgO— February 1st via Twitter
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Finally found some time to dive into iOS5 Storyboarding.— February 1st via Twitter
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RT @robbedoes: Fun to watch: an interview w/ the sound designer of Angry Birds: http://t.co/lDARIGbB— February 1st via Twitter
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@wuotr Also, check this out: Flood Fill > http://t.co/SpweLK0N ;)— January 30th via Twitter
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Love it! Timesaver++ CocosBuilder, a tool for graphically laying out sprites, layers and scenes for @cocos2d > http://t.co/Jrb8233D— January 30th via Twitter
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RT @rwenderlich: Awesome list of Cocos2D source code projects, extensions and code from @iuridium: http://t.co/ovwLYhCv— January 29th via Twitter
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Moo! @ Kinderboerderij kiewit http://t.co/tYBlLsvH— January 29th via Twitter
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I've been doing my epic chores and just leveled-up. I'm a Level 8 Well-groomed Clansman now! #EpicWinApp— January 27th via Twitter
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