Tag Archive for Gumbo

Flex 4 – Controlling a custom component’s skin states

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The new Flex 4 skinning architecture makes it easier for developers to completely change the look and feel of an application, while providing better separation between components and their skins. In this blogpost, by using FXG and the new states syntax, we’ll write a basic MXML skin that reflects it’s hostcomponent states. For those of [...]

How to create your first application in Flex 4 using Flex Builder 3

A couple of days ago, I wanted to try and make a Flex 4 project using Flex Builder 3. I anticipated some minor changes, but didn’t really know what trouble I was getting into. So, to save all of you from having the same problems, I wrote down how to get it right. First of [...]

Adobe announces Flex 4 SDK, codename Gumbo

A couple of days ago I discovered that the changes for new Flex 4 SDK are already being released. So of course I had to take a look to see what they are up to. You can also view the presentation of Matt Chotin at http://flexorg.wip3.adobe.com/gumbo/gumboplan.htm. Things I saw and heard that were very interesting are [...]