Tutorials

Advice on how to structure your Flash and Flash Lite code in an MVC way, also taking principles of build from Java’s ANT tool. Aimed at those already using classes to develop Flash Lite code.

How to access the shared object in Device Central for debugging purposes. Not a simple method, but one that works nonetheless.

Advice on writing a Flash Lite client for a REST API. Covers limitations of Flash Lite, changes you might need to make to your API, reasons someone else’s API might not work, and pointers on how to GET and POST data.

How to set up ASUnit for unit testing Flash Lite. Works with FlashLite 2.x and above. We focus on how to install the ASUnit framework, where to place your tests and how to run the tests, along with links to how to write the tests.

A simple guide to crafting standards compliant XML. Covers structuring XML documents, defining XML elements and how to best use attributes.

Installing PHPUnit with MAMP – enabling unit testing within the MAMP environment

A quick tutorial on setting up the Zend Framework on a Webfaction host. The problem I ran into was that Zend requires the domain point to the public subfolder, but Webfaction requires the domain point to the root of the application, otherwise the error “Not application mounted at the root of this domain” is shown.
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We found the SlideShare code for WordPress is no longer working out of the box. Its because there is one variable you need to add, the width. They used to add a default width of 425 in the code, this is now missing.
Therefore, make:
[code lang="bash"]
slideshare id=1068027&doc=ribotmobiledesignuk
[/code]
[code lang="bash"]
slideshare id=1068027&doc=ribotmobiledesignuk&w=425
[/code]

I’ve been using the MIR technique for image replacement for a while now, but always have to use a fix for IE6. In IE6 the method causes the first letter of the text being replaced to be displayed. Since I keep searching my email for the fix which was sent to me by Jay Gooby, [...]

It can be hard to clean up your old bookmarks from your delicious account – if you have a large amount you want to get rid of, this provides a possible solution, although only for the more technical among you.