The Spark skinning docs have been updated. They include sections on the skinning contract between Spark components and their skins, how to skin Spark components and containers, and how to package your custom skins as a library for distribution.
Please check out the new docs below and send feedback to me:
Hi everyone,
Today we shipped public beta 2 of Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 on Adobe Labs. Even though it's kind of been a moving target, we have a pretty full set of learning resources and I'd like to take a minute to lay them out for you.
As before, you should start by reading the introductions from our Product Managers:
Also, if you are a Flex 3 customer, you should read Joan Lafferty's Differences between Flex 3 SDK and Flex 4 SDK beta article, which (as of today) has more information than the Features and Migration guide.
Although we still have a lot of work to do, we've provided a fairly rich set of beta documentation.
Also, we have a few new things in Beta 2:
And, as always, I need to acknowledge and thank the Flex Learning Resources team: Erich Champion, Janice Campbell, Linda Adler, Matt Horn, Pam Araki, Shimi Rahim, Stephen Gilson, and Vince Genovese. I also need to thank Akshay Madan, Mark Nichoson, Laura Kersell, Helen Whelan, and Tanya Knoop for all the work they put into the Adobe Community Help client and the Labs Beta release.
Regards,
Randy Nielsen
We've generated a new set of docs for the Beta release of Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4.
When checking out the Beta documentation, notice that the TOC of the docs has been reorganized to make it easier to find topics. Of course, your feedback on the organization and content of the docs is always welcome.
The Flex 4 Beta Language Reference is also available online.
If you want to refresh the docs in your installation of Flash Builder, download flex4_beta_help_refresh.zip (26MB). In the Flash Builder help plugin directory, replace the html folder and toc.xml file with the contents in this file.
Here is the path to the Flash Builder help plugin directory:
<InstallDir>/Flash Builder Beta/plugins/com.adobe.flexbuilder.help_4.0.0.235740/
I want to tell you about Blueprint, which we released on Adobe Labs last week and just last night updated to include support for Mac, Windows, Flex Builder 3, and Flash Builder 4.
Blueprint is an innovative code-centric search application, initially delivered as an Eclipse plug-in. It is a custom search tool that searches only for code (for now, it searches just for MXML and ActionScript). So, for example, if you search for DataGrid, it returns a set of code examples that use the Flex DataGrid control. But what's really cool is that you can easily highlight, copy, and paste chunks of code right into your application, all without leaving Flex/Flash Builder.
For more information, see the Blueprint page on Adobe Labs
Here is new documentation on Flex Gumbo view states, including the new syntax for defining states in Gumbo.
Download the PDF: Using States
