One of the cool things I enjoy about developing on a Mac is the amount of usefulness I can eek out of my machine. And, with Automator, I can do just that. The name alone indicates its purpose so all one has to do is figure out what it is he/she would like to automate. …
Upgrading Flash Builder
Whether you’re upgrading because you’re using BETA versions that change rather frequently or upgrading to the next major release, you don’t want to lose all your hard work invested in configuring your setup. Here’s how I handle it and hopefully it’s useful to you. If you have other cool ways to persist workflows between upgrades, …
FITC Amsterdam 2010 Recap
First, this will be a rather lengthy pictorial of the last few days here in Amsterdam. For those that have never been, I’ll also share my insights and tips on visiting the city since I’m a seasoned pro now, LOL (4th time). The City Amsterdam is a really cool city. It hasn’t changed that much …
GitX Update: Remote Selector
Previously, I implemented toolbar buttons where each button was tied to a specific remote repository. This was/is fine if you’ll only be working with one or two hosts but becomes cumbersome when dealing with multiple hosts.
Enter the NSPopUpButton. By switching to this UI element I’m able to allow a user to select a remote from …
Double-headed Arrows with GraphicsUtil
I recently ran across this awesome utility class, GraphicsUtil, created by Noel Billig. It allows the ability to draw lines with an arrow on one end using the drawing API in AS3. This proved useful for a project I was working on. In addition to its default behavior however, I needed the utility class to …