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Author Archives: Christophe Coenraets

Android Trader Application with Flex 4 and AIR

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: May 20, 2010
I recently blogged about building a Real Time Trader Desktop Application using Flex 4 and LiveCycle Data Services. I posted the source code for the AIR version and the Browser version of the application. The next logical step was to build a Mobile version. I used Flex 4 and the prerelease version of AIR for [...]
Posted in Air, Android, Flex | 10 Comments

Using the Flash Builder 4 Data Centric Features with Parsley (and other frameworks)

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: May 5, 2010
I have blogged about the new data-centric features in Flash Builder 4 here and here. One question people often ask me is: “Can I use this feature if I use a Framework (Cairngorm, Mate, Parsley, Spring ActionScript, Swiz, etc)?” The answer is yes: The classes generated by Flash Builder (Value Objects and Service Stubs) are [...]
Posted in BlazeDS, Flex, LCDS, Parsley | 13 Comments

Trader Desktop Performance Console: Fix, Source Code, and Fast DataGrid

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: April 26, 2010
I fixed a problem in the Trader Desktop Performance console I posted last week: Using the AIR client and the RTMP channel, the message latency started to increase when the application was deactivated (lost focus)… Background: When an AIR application loses focus, the AIR 2 runtime lowers the frame rate of the application to a [...]
Posted in Flex | 4 Comments

Performance Tuning: Real Time Trader Desktop with Flex and LCDS

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: April 22, 2010
In the last few months, I’ve seen an explosion in the number of Financial Services firms interested in building Real Time Trader Desktop applications using Flex and LiveCycle Data Services. The new Quality of Service features available in LCDS 3.x (guaranteed message delivery, message throttling, etc) have contributed to this intensified interest. But for many [...]
Posted in Flex | 11 Comments

Speaking at Skills Matter in London this Thursday Night (Free Event)

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: April 14, 2010
I’m in London this week and will make a stop at Skills Matter on Thursday for a free event at 6:30pm… I’ll be presenting on Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst, LCDS 3.1, Mosaic, etc. More info here. No, I didn’t come up with the title of the session :) I hope to see [...]
Posted in Flex | 4 Comments

Video: Using the Flash Builder 4 Data Wizards with BlazeDS 4

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: March 23, 2010
In this video, I demonstrate how to build Flex 4 applications with a Java back-end using the new “Data-Centric Development” features of Flash Builder 4 (including service introspection, value object and service stub generation, etc). If you want to try it yourself, the environment I used for the demo is part of a new Test [...]
Posted in Flex | 8 Comments

Flex 4 Sample Application using a Java Back-End, BlazeDS 4 and Flash Builder 4 Data Wizards

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: March 23, 2010
I put together a new Test Drive environment to allow you to explore the development of Flex 4 applications with a Java back-end using the new “Data-Centric Development” features of Flash Builder 4. These features include service introspection, value object and service stub generation, etc. This Test Drive is still work in progress: it currently [...]
Posted in BlazeDS, Flex, Flex4, Java | 14 Comments

New Flex 4 / Spring Integration Article

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: March 22, 2010
Along with the new Spring / BlazeDS Test Drive, I also updated my Flex / Spring integration article for Flex 4. It also reflects the changes in the latest version of the Spring / BlazeDS Integration Project (version 1.0.3). The article is available here. Check it out… Flex + Spring is really a great platform [...]
Posted in Flex | 4 Comments

New Spring / BlazeDS Test Drive Available: Flex 4, BlazeDS 4, and Spring / BlazeDS Integration 1.0.3

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: March 22, 2010
For the Flex 4 launch, I created a new version of the Spring / BlazeDS Test Drive. All the sample applications are now built with Flex 4. By popular demand, I also recreated an out-of-the-box “Test Drive Server”. This new Test Drive Server consists of a minimal version of Tomcat with BlazeDS 4 and the [...]
Posted in Flex | 13 Comments

Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 Released!

By Christophe Coenraets | Published: March 22, 2010
Flex 4 and Flash Builder (previously known as Flex Builder) 4 have been released. You can download the products here. Also check out the brand new flex.org, and the reorganized Tour de Flex with a lot of new Flex 4 samples. In addition to the new Spark component model which enables a new level of [...]
Posted in Flex | 2 Comments