Increase the amount of heap used by Eclipse/FlexBuilder by adding the following command line options:
-vmargs -Xms256M -Xmx512M
Shortcut Example: "C:\Program Files\eclipse\eclipse.exe" -vmargs -Xms256M -Xmx512M
Alternatively, you can update your eclipse.ini file.
More information can be found on Ryan Phelan’s site.
These examples have been tested on a Windows XP PC with 2GB RAM.
If you’ve attempted to use subclipse with a secure session, you may well have experienced the dreaded error message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
svn: Can't create tunnel: The system cannot find the file specified.
Typically, you experience it when using a url with the following structure:
svn+ssh://myfancy.svnserver.com/repo
Thankfully there is a very simple fix. All you need to do is More »
Working with Eclipse is a great experience with lots of powerful features at your fingertips. Unfortunately, for a beginner it can be a little difficult to get used to and not immediately obvious how to do certain tasks. Setting up projects can be particularly challenging, especially if you have a lot of extra development requirements (for example, using Maven, Ant, Sping, etc.). Using the standard Adobe getting started guide gives you a gentle introduction to remotiing and messaging, but doesn’t give you details on how to set up a clean “bare bones” application.
This article lists the steps to create a bare bones BlazeDS server configuration using the turnkey solution. More »
Flash Player 10 has been out for a while now, so I decided to test the claims that Google and other search engines can now effectively crawl the Text inside a SWF. Historically, I found that a SWF would be identified but would not be displayed correctly in the search results. This has now been solved. More »
There are some very generous souls out there on the interweb thingy, and one of them has offered up a solution on how to make a very nifty TabNavigator. Take a look at this link for details.
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Part 1 – Creating a Shadow Site
Creating a beautiful web 2.0 website in Flash/Flex is very satisfying. I really enjoy the development time savings of Flex versus that of general HTML/javascript solutions and the crispness of the interfaces created. The pleasure of Flex development is something I can talk about for hours and I have even been known to evangelise in my local bar on a Friday night.
It’s not all roses though, as Flex solutions do come with one major flaw; They are not search engine friendly (for a number of reasons). Part 1 of this article explores a solution using a “Shadow Site“, which is a term I surfed across recently and feel it accurately describes the subject. More »