https://github.com/szimmers/mock-indexeddb I recently wrote an AngularJS service that wraps IndexedDB and needed to mock it when writing the unit tests. We had the basics for such a mock in-house and I extended it for more in-depth testing. See the github page for the mock. The README contains examples of writing Continue Reading
Overview I recently created an AngularJS-based framework and webapp for a client. The main requirement for this app was that the user be able to have a workflow like this: while at work, log in against a server download documents to fill out quit the browser relaunch the browser in Continue Reading
With each passing year, web technologies are moving to more open standards, and this is a good thing. For decades, many industries have relied on Open standards to facilitate interoperability, but have often been frustrated by their attempts to modernize and bring their business to the web because of the Continue Reading
When publishing your app to the app store the process of debugging issues can be a little painful. The particular issue I was dealing with was the dreaded (and super vague) “Application failed codesign verification. The signature was invalid, contains disallowed entitlements, or it was not signed with an iPhone Continue Reading
While building a phonegap app I encountered an issue with my Android build. When I would select a text input and trigger the opening of the keyboard it would quickly close before I was able to type. This issue appeared following my addition of an AdMob Plugin so I assumed Continue Reading
A few weeks ago Google released Chromecast, a device which plugs into the HDMI port of a TV, and can stream content directly to the TV, with controls from either a mobile device or a computer. The Chromecast device is a powerful tool that utilizes the latest features HTML5 to Continue Reading
I had the opportunity to present about HTML Streaming solutions to the cf.objective conference today. I was thrilled to have a very engaged audience, who asked lots of intelligent, thought provoking questions. As promised, the slides are available here. Streaming video to html from jeff tapper
SearchContentManagement wrote a great article today about TVOne’s quest for a viable content Management solution, and how DigitalPrimates were able to help solve their problems. You can read the article here.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted something so I thought I would take some time to do a series on working with SharpKit and developing a plug-in. I’ve been working with SharpKit while developing a plug-in for the Randori Framework and RandoriGuiceJs project the last few weeks here at Digital Continue Reading
**Updated with fixed links. Sorry about that! GitHub I’ve recently started work on a side project. It’s going to be a front end client for a media management server (Plex), which means it’s going to serve up lists of content and play back videos/music. One of the things that makes Continue Reading
In my previous posts about writing native extensions for iOS, I pointed out that it’s important to tell Flash Builder where the iOS SDK is located. When I installed Xcode on a Snow Leopard machine the SDK was located at: [sourcecode] /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.0.sdk [/sourcecode] I set up a brand new Macbook Continue Reading
This is the last step of the native extension build process. Did you miss something or are you late to the party? Jump back to step 1. Now that all of the supporting projects have been built and compiled, it’s time to put it all together. For native extensions, that Continue Reading
Building the Android library was very interesting. It was easier for me to write Java as it was more similar to ActionScript. Some amount of debugging (log statements) is actually possible with zero work on the developer’s part which is a great addition (more on that later). Also, using the Continue Reading
The iOS project is the part that, in my opinion, is the hardest. There are plenty of mistakes that are very easy to accidentally make. Hopefully this post will help everyone else avoid the same mistakes that I made. The iOS Library 1. Open Xcode and make a new project. Continue Reading
In this post we’ll discuss the parts of the native extension that are written in ActionScript. This includes in the main library and the default implementation. The ActionScript Library The main library is an ActionScript library which serves as an interface to the AIR application. This library is also responsible Continue Reading
I’ve been writing a lot of native extensions lately. The project I’m working on now requires all kinds of custom behavior. It’s been an interesting ride. I’ve learned a lot, for sure, particularly since I haven’t coded extensively with iOS or Android. I’ve learned some things and I’d like to Continue Reading
Okay, so, I have been a little behind schedule actually posting content. Here is my first attempt at reconcilliation. These are the slides from my garbage collection talk at flash and the city this year. They go into moderate depth about the internals of garbage collection on the Flash Player Continue Reading
Flex has a lot of great facilities for styling and skinning, including custom scrollbars. Unfortunately, I’ve discovered that Flex really wants your vertical scrollbars to be 16 pixels wide. When it isn’t, Flex can make some strange layout decisions when first putting it on screen.
I’ve been experimenting with the Flash CS5 JSFL API lately and ran across these handy methods adding and removing event listeners to the fl object. However, I discovered that the functionality has changed from what the documentation states. After digging around the internet for some answers with no luck, I Continue Reading
