In ActionScript Puzzlers I presented a list of 10 puzzlers meant to test your knowledge of the language. Without starting there, this post isn’t going to make a lot of sense. I also encourage you to try running the puzzler code yourself before coming back here. If it doesn’t do what you expect, try stepping through [...]
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ActionScript Puzzlers Answers
Posted in Flex, Java on 20 January, 2010 | 2 Comments »
ActionScript Puzzlers
Posted in Flex, Java on 17 January, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Joshua Bloch is well known for his work on several Java APIs and the excellent book Effective Java. He is also co-author of Java Puzzlers, a catalogue of the less well traveled quirks and corner cases of the language. This is invaluable reading for enthusiastic Java specification pedants, and sadistic job interviewers. If you are not caught [...]
Flex data binding pitfalls
Posted in Flex, tagged Data Binding, Flex on 12 April, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Flex data binding provides a powerful mechanism for reacting to data changes, but it can be exceptionally tricky to debug when it goes wrong. This post is an accumulation of advice gleaned from colleagues, blogs and painful personal experience into how to avoid some of the nastiest of binding woes. The best place to start [...]