Debugging PHP for the first time in 10 years, and loving it! I have been writing PHP code for 10 years now and have used a variety of ways to debug my code – except the actual runtime debugging! I have used echo statements and log files to debug and solve problems. I knew there is XDebug and Zend Debugger, but never tried them. Today, I downloaded, […]
Intelligent Time Duration / Estimate Slider in Flex (inspired from The Hit List) I wrote yesterday that I am working on a time estimate slider like The Hit List. It’s finally ready! Here’s how it looks in The Hit List. And here’s how it looks in my Flex application: Want to see how it works? Here’s the live example. Want the source code? Download source MXML here. What […]
Building a time estimate slider like The Hit List The estimates slider in The Hit List is smart. Its tick marks are equidistant, but values are not. The snap between each tick varies according to its context. Building this in Flex! It’s been 1.5 hours, still figuring out the exact logic! My fascination of The Hit List goes on!
Scrolling with mouse wheel in Flex application – even on Mac By default Flex components do not scroll as you scroll using the wheel on your mouse. You can achieve this by writing a mouseWheel event handler, checked the delta value and scrolling up or down depending on whether it’s positive or negative. But that does not work on Mac OS X. The solution involves tracking […]
Card Deck Animation in Flex I was trying out a GTD application the other day called The Hit List. The application is superb, and I was really impressed with their attention to detail. One thing that excited me was their card view – and especially how they animated card swaps. You see a deck of cards, and as you navigate […]
