Valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk Better living through clean code. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:37:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Parsley Pomodoro http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=130 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=130#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:24:57 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=130 Continue reading →]]> I thought I’d create an AIR application based on the popular Pomodoro technique – or at least the timer component of it. This is a work in progress – soon it will have sound effects, volume control, and a better looking control mechanism (instead of two buttons). I also plan for it to tie into a local database.

Here is the installer (I just added the AIR mime-type to the server, please let me know if you have difficulty downloading it). The installation seems to work best with AIR 2.6 or 2.7. AIR 3.0 gave me an installation error on Windows 7, but when I installed AIR 2.7 (see archive link below), it was fine.

You can download older versions of the AIR runtime here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/853/cpsid_85304.html

]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=130 0 Simple Robotlegs Example http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=107 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=107#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:53:51 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=107 Continue reading →]]> Today I decided to do a very simple ‘application’ in Robotlegs and while no one in their right mind would apply a framework to such a simple application – I thought it might be useful for someone as a starting point – before the application becomes more complex.

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]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=107 0 Facade Pattern http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=93 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=93#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:59:32 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=93 This is an example based on the Home Theatre scenario in the Head First Design Patterns book.

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]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=93 0 Singleton Pattern http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=74 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=74#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:52:18 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=74 The one of a kind Singleton pattern divides opinion like Marmite.

This example is based on the use case of a boiler in a chocolate factory.

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]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=74 0 Decorator Pattern http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=63 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=63#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:40:41 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=63 An adaptation of the Starbuzz Coffee Decorator Pattern featured in the Head First Design Patterns book.

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]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=63 0 Command Pattern http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=51 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=51#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:35:08 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=51 Based on the Remote Control example featured in the Head First Design Patterns book.

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]]> http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?feed=rss2&p=51 0 Factory Method Pattern http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=7 http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=7#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:59:26 +0000 valicode http://blog.valicode.co.uk/?p=7 View working example (view source enabled)

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