Jonathan Broquist

Salesforce, Flex, Actionscript & more …

Using Trigger.old & Trigger.new to detect when field values change

On a recent post in the Apex Development forums a user was trying to have an Account trigger automatically create a Case record when certain IF criteria were met. His main dilemma was trying to figure out how to ensure the case is only created once while still allowing other fields on the account record [...]

Actionscript WITH Statement

I recently discovered a nice little time saver in Actionscript, the WITH statement. Too often, do I find myself having to type the same object names over and over (many times I often use copy/paste) when assigning properties. The WITH statement though allows you shorten your syntax up. Say you have an object, myObjectName, and [...]

OOOii Interview on Flash & AIR in Hollywood

Enemy Of The State, Minority Report, The Island, Star Trek … what do they all have in common? Well besides the fact that they are all blockbuster successes, they all share one common thread … OOOii.  What is OOOii? Well to say the least, they are Hollywood’s go-to guys when it comes to creating those [...]

Flex Component Explorer on Steroids

I find myself going back to the flex component explorer from time to time for reference on how to do certain things with components. Well today while browsing twitter I came across an interesting adobe AIR app called TourDeFlex. It picks up where the original component explorer left off and adds soooo much more.

INSPIRE – A publication from the Adobe Experience Design team

I’ve recently been getting more involved with UI Design and working on creative user experiences. This is a pretty decent blog / site with great articles, resources, and techniques on how to improve our applications through user experience.

Actionscript Error Repository

A library of solutions to Actionscript, Flash, Flex, and AIR errors. Pretty sweet site … those mysterious compiler errors in Flex always drive me nuts!!!

Resource Management for Actionscript 3.0

In Actionscript 3.0, resource management and performance optimization or more important than ever. Check out this slide presentation to see common ways you can improve your own coding standards. Click Here to View the Presentation

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