ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 hosting to work with Flex 2

I have not been following who is providing the latest ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 hosting, but its important if you are trying to use Flex 2’s RPC services.

I picked up a google news alert that says “CrystalTech Offering ColdFusion MX 7 Web Hosting With Adobe Flex 2″.

Continue Reading Add comment September 27th, 2006

The Power of a Flex Component market

There is true power in creating and extending Flex components.  As Flex progresses we’ll see more and more components.  The interesting thing is a lot of components are created for a specific need a developer has.  The slightly smaller set of components being made are ones that allow developers to create new components and applications more easily.

Creating components takes alot of engery and time, I know I have created a few myself which you can find by clicking on the components link up top.  There is alot of time spent making sure the code is solid as well as creating documentation and examples.  To be able to support the growth of good components there needs to be a commerical market for Flex components.

After reading some of Mike’s latest news on teotigraphix.com I am excited to see some progress in this area.  Currently Mike is offering two components, the CheckBoxTreeFX and the ResizeManagerFX.  The resize manager it self is crazy, check it out for your self with his component explorer appliaction.
To use it select one of the tabs on the right and then change the “clientOverlayAlpha” to 1 on the left.  You’ll see blue boxes around any of the components, the blue boxes allow you to resize the component.  There are animated effects on the resize and you custom overlay skins to just mention a few of the features.  This is really powerful and easy to use as all you have to do is add any child component that you want to resize into the ResizeManager.

Mike has also planned a RuleCanvas component, you can take a sneek peak at it here.

More and more components will become available for the Flex community that provide high quality experiences for the users and developers.

6 comments September 27th, 2006