Viewing by month: May 2010
ColdFusion Open-Source Update - May 7, 2010
Posted on May 07, 2010
Three new projects and one update this week in ColdFusion open source. For years this post ran always on a Monday then for some months moved to Tuesday and now its literally whatever day of the week I get around to it. This isn't just to keep my readers on their toes but because I have just been crazy busy outside work lately with side projects, articles and more. One of those side projects that simply keeps growing is RIA Unleashed, the conference I organize each year here in Boston. I just announced the dates for this year yesterday and the fact that I am adding a second day of hands-on sessions. I am working really hard to officially open ticket sales before Flash and the City next week. If you want to keep up with the latest news on RIA Unleashed follow riaunleashed on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
Continue Reading →Spell checking in Flex with Squiggly - Part 2
Posted on May 05, 2010
In part 1 of my Squiggly for Flex tutorial, we discussed how easy it is to use the check-as-you-type spell checking for any TextInput or TextArea. This works great for most scenarios. However, sometimes you're requirements may ask for more customized spell-checking behavior. For example, perhaps you need to persist user custom dictionary items to a database or you need to build a custom spelling suggestion UI - these were just a couple of the requirements I faced. Thankfully, Squiggly provides most of the tools you will need to get these tasks done...with some caveats.
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