Differences between invalidateList and invalidateDisplayList

invalidateList -tells the component that the data has changed, and it needs to reload it and re-render it.

invalidateDisplayList - tells the component that it needs to redraw itself (but not necessarily reload its data).

Flex Blogs

• • http://blogs.adobe.com/auhlmann/
  • http://blogs.adobe.com/paulw/
  • http://flexmonkey.blogspot.com/
  • http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/
  • http://www.adobe.com/content/dotcom/en/devnet/flex.html
  • http://www.cflex.net
  • http://www.gskinner.com/blog/
  • http://www.moock.org/blog/
  • http://www.tink.ws/blog/

Getting Started with Maven Flex

What is Maven?

Maven is java tool for project management and build automation based on concept of POM(Project Object Model).

• Maven projects are configured using POM, stored in pom.xml.

• Maven project needs some coordinates to allow it to be identified by other Maven projects. These are called the group ID, artifact ID, and version

What is groupId?

groupId is a unique identifier of the group that created project, typically it is fully qualified name of the organization.

What is artifactId?

artifactId is unique base name of the primary artifact being generated by this project. A typical artifact produced by Maven would have the form <artifactId>-<version>.<extension> (for example, myapp-1.0.jar).

What is Archetype?

Archetype is a maven set of template projects.

Creating a Maven Flex Project:

Executing the command mvn archetype:generate will generate a project and pom file from the predefined template project.

After Executing the command on command line following screen is shown to select the one of the template project, version, groupId, artifactId of the created project.

A project will be created with the following structure:

my-app
|-- pom.xml
`-- src
    |-- main
    |   `|-- flex
    |    |  `-- Main.mxml
    |    |-- resources
    `-- test
        `-- flex
            `-- com
                `-- mycompany
                    `-- TestApp.as

POM:

<project>
  <!-- model version is always 4.0.0 for Maven 2.x POMs -->
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <!-- project coordinates, i.e. a group of values which uniquely identify this project -->

  <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
  <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <packaging>swf</packaging>
  <!-- library dependencies -->

  <dependencies>
      <dependency>
            <!-- coordinates of the required library -->
            <groupId>com.adobe.flex.framework</groupId>
            <artifactId>flex-framework</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.0.3958</version>
            <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
            <!-- this dependency is only used for running and compiling tests -->
            <groupId>com.adobe.flexunit</groupId>
            <artifactId>flexunit</artifactId>
            <version>0.85</version>
            <type>swc</type>
            <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>src/main/flex</sourceDirectory>
    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/flex</testSourceDirectory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.sonatype.flexmojos</groupId>
        <artifactId>flexmojos-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.8</version>
        <extensions>true</extensions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
 <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>m2e</id>
      <activation>
        <property>
          <name>m2e.version</name>
        </property>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <pluginManagement>
          <plugins>
            <plugin>
              <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
              <version>2.4</version>
            </plugin>
          </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.maven.ide.eclipse</groupId>
            <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
            <version>0.9.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <configuration>
              <mappingId>customizable</mappingId>
              <configurators>
                <configurator id="org.maven.ide.eclipse.configuration.flex.configurator" />
              </configurators>
              <mojoExecutions>
                <mojoExecution>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin::</mojoExecution>
              </mojoExecutions>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
 </project>

Ref:

http://maven.apache.org/

Maven: The Definitive Guide (Readable HTML and Free PDF Download)

Apache Maven 2: Effective Implementation

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FlexLib project

FlexLib is a wonderful library . U can find the usage in many places while u code. Visit the link below and see the examples and experience it . Happy Flexing ...

http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/wiki/ComponentList

I Love Flex

Adobe® Flex® is a highly productive, free, open source framework for building expressive web applications that deploy consistently across browsers, desktops, and operating systems by leveraging the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR® runtimes.

Adobe has announced the following new technologies and initiatives, which are now available to explore, download and try on Adobe Labs:

• Adobe Flash Builder "Burrito"
• Adobe Flash Catalyst "Panini"
• Adobe Flex SDK "Hero"
• Mobile Application Development with Flex and Flash Builder