Yakov Fain of Farta systems has posted a great list of information that any Flex developer should check out before jummping head-first into enterprise (or any, actually) flex project.
Setting up Cruisecontrol is a pretty simple process. Make sure you check out the Cruisecontrol site for info on getting started and installation. The basic steps are:
Download the Cruisecontrol ZIP file (cruisecontrol-src-x.x.x.zip) and unzip the files to a directory on your computer. I’ve un-ziped the files to C:/cruisecontrol271
Then build the Cruisecontrol code using the BAT file build.bat in {INSTALL_DIR}/main/
Verify the install by running the following command in the command prompt:java -jar {INSTALL_DIR}/cruisecontrol-launcher.jarYou should get a error about a missing config file. If there are any other errors, you’ll need to figure out what’s missing (I’ve seen the missing tools.jar). Usually pretty easy things to fix though.
Cruise control is set up and ready to run.
*There is also a windows installer but I like the command line install, it gives the feeling of more control.
Now you’ve got Cruisecontrol installed. In my next post, I’ll show you how we set up an ActionScript 2.0 project and build loop in Cruisecontrol.
There are a bunch of tools out there for all of use to use and abuse…mostly they are time killers for us procrastinators. Thanks to Freelanceswitch.com for their list of 101 resources for productivity and management. The list is categorized and described. There are some well known items, but also a few things that I’ve not run into yet.
Darron Shall announced on his blog that FlexLib is now launched.
FlexLib is a Google Code project that aims at being a concentrated effort by the Flex 2 community for creating high quality user interface components. FlexLib provides a standard component namespace, package structure, code and naming conventions, and common reusable base classes to unify the various efforts people have put forth on their own.
Also mentioned it FlexBox which Jun Heider brought to my attention yesterday. FlexBox is directory of Adobe Flex components available for developers.
Darron Shall’s full post includes some additional Flex resources. Check it out and get Flexified!
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Adobe labs has released the AJAX Data Services - AJAX Data Services is a JavaScript library that lets AJAX developers access the messaging and data management capabilities of Flex Data Services directly from JavaScript. It lets you use Flex clients and AJAX clients that share data in the same messaging application or distributed data application.
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