http://jerrydon.com/blog rich internet application development - web, desktop and mobile Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:26:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Toobler and a couple of its employees have been active promoters of Gods Own Developers, the Kerala Adobe User group since its inception. The group has until now organized many meetings and successfully brought together more than a few developers and designers who share a passion for technology. I have always ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/adobe-launch-event-at-cochin/ Coldfusion really takes the cake when it comes to generating graphs and charts. The CFchart tag in coldfusion is a simple and efficient way to generate charts. The output is highly customizable. You can check out the article Using Cfchart for charts and graphs in Coldfusion for a brief introduction ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/coldfusion/cfchart-in-coldfusion/ There are happy endings and there are sad endings... but the best ending is one that is the starting of something even better. That, I hope is what my transition from a full time freelance developer to entrepreneur is all about. Just over a year ago, I posted on this blog ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/from-flex-freelancer-to-entrepreneur/ Last saturday, I had the good fortune to be a part of the first Kerala Adobe user group meet. It was a small but great one, held in a very informal manner, all credit for which goes to Juwal Bose, the user group admin who oranized the meeting. A report ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/first-adobe-ug-meeting-raises-high-hopes/ The first ever Kerala Adobe user group meeting has been announced. The event is scheduled to be held at  the Oberon mall food court, Cochin on 12th December 2009(Saturday) at 4:00 PM. More details about the event can be found on the user group website http://godsowndevelopers.com/. The user group aims to ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/first-kerala-adobe-user-group-meeting/ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion9/ Office file interoperability to easily read, write and update spreadsheets Server Manager to centrally manage multiple ColdFusion servers, simplifying administration of your environment across clusters ColdFusion as a Service to access ColdFusion services through AMF and SOAP without writing CFCs Built in Adobe AIR Local/Remote Database Synchronization Object Relational Mapping to build database independent ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/coldfusion/new-features-in-coldfusion-9/ Last week I started my new career as a fulltime freelance flex developer and designer. If anyone looking for a flex developer/designer I'm ready to work. My email id is jerry[at]jerrydon[dot]com. My technical knowledge: Flex, AIR, Actionscript 3.0, Cairngorm, Remoting, Livecycle DS, Blaze DS, Skinning, Custom component development, Flash, Silverlight, UI design, ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/i-am-a-fulltime-flex-freelancer/ The following code converts a value object to an XML private function convertToXML():void { var product:ProductVO = new ProductVO(); product.id = 12; product.name = 'test product'; product.description = 'test desc'; product.price = 100; product.thumbnail = 'image1.jpg'; var xmlProduct:XML = voToXml(product, 'product'); } private static function voToXml(vo:Object, qName:String):XML { var qn:QName = new QName(qName); var xmlDocument:XMLDocument = new XMLDocument(); var simpleXMLEncoder:SimpleXMLEncoder = new SimpleXMLEncoder(xmlDocument); var xmlNode:XMLNode = ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/actionscript/vo-to-xml-converter/ My scalenine contest entry Vista Remix theme is listed on the scalenine gallery. Congrats to the winners of the contest. Brownie rocks!!. Many thanks to Juan Sanchez, Adobe and EffectiveUI :) Download UPDATE : You can download the flash source file from this link http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/flex/vista-remix-flex-theme-my-scalenine-contest-entry/   This is a copy paste from adobe flashplayer features page   3D effects New Create more intuitive, engaging interfaces using built-in support for 3D effects. Get started quickly without being a 3D master by designing in 2D and easily transforming and animating in 3D. Fast, extremely lightweight, and simple-to-use APIs, along with 3D ... http://jerrydon.com/blog/index.php/actionscript/flash-player-10-top-features/