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The Value of Value Objects

February 23, 2010 by Lance Jones

Over the past year, I’ve been working on an enterprise level application utilizing a large number of Value Objects (VO). I have developed, dare I say, a fond admiration of VO’s. VO’s have had a tremendous impact on the development of the project, and in numerous way

The Flex ItemRenderer – What is It and Why Use It

August 17, 2009 by Lance Jones

If you are looking to add any degree of style or complexity to any of these objects above the default “out-of-the-box” capabilities, then item renderers are a must.

The itemRenderer object is available in different flavors, and depending on what you would like to accomplish, there is a flavor for you.

Cross-Browser CSS Testing

April 30, 2009 by Patrick Ashamalla

WIth so many browsers out there, it can get very challenging to test CSS across all the different ones. Fixing a layout problem in one can end up causing errors in another. Anyone who has spent anytime doing any CSS work knows that this can be a bear of a task to handle.

Over the years browsers have become increasingly standardized with some key exceptions to the rule. In order to accommodate for these variants we’ve set up a standard process to check for browser compatibility.