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I got 96% in the geek test! I was like what the hell… Go ahead and do the test. But don’t forget to let me know your result 🙂

Switch blog has a new tutorial post which shows how to create shadows for UI components in Flex. Shadows have become more popular after the release of Visa and Leopard with their ‘shadowed’ dialogs and windows.

As many of you know, Flex is mainly for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) using Flash technology. Anything done in Flex can be also done in Flash. But Adobe wants to make life easier for web developers by making Flex a more coding environment and more easy to programmatically create your UI.

While surfing the web and trying to find the meaning of a word I usually use Google Translate. Today I noticed that the English to Arabic and the Arabic to English translator no longer have the word “BETA” next to them. Does that means it’s out of beta? However, the logo still has the sign BETA as you can see on the picture.

I have posted this video before. But I’d like to share it again.

If you’re one of the YouTube’s surfers, you’ll know many of the characters in this video.

I’ve already read this book as previously stated and I’m a fan of it. I loved this book and I’d read it over and over. I think it is one of the best books out there for web developers. I have already read this book as an E-Book, but now SitePoint has a Special Limited Edition of this book with Hard Cover. The limited edition includes a free PDF file and a free Hexadecimal Color Card. Hurry and purchase this awesome book, there will only be 1000 copy for the signature edition. Luckily I was one of those 1000!

Big news for the Flash community, developers can now download the new Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition stand alone player. This is a prerelease version for developers to test their Flash applications before mobile phones start shipping with full version of Flash Lite 3.

Technically it should work on any Nokia S60 3rd edition or later devices. Adobe has not certified Flash Lite 3 Developer Edition on any other Nokia S60 3rd edition devices and cannot guarantee that the player will work on them. Other Nokia S60 3rd edition or newer models include: 3250, 5500 Sport, 5700, 6110 Navigator, 6120 Classic, 6121 Classic, 6290, E50, E51, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E65, E70, E90, N71, N73, N73 Music Edition, N75, N76, N77, N80, N80 IE, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N91, N91 8GB, N92, N93, N93i, N95, N95 US 3G, N95 8GB.

Sure we know you can do YouTube mash-up with Flex but ever thought of doing it using Java?! Here’s a great article shows how to interact with YouTube from Java. The same simple Web 2.0 mash-up concept applies here when you use Flash and PHP to interact with YouTube as shown in my previous post [I can’t find it, it’s somehwere on my blog]. It’s all about reading XML and fetching the information from it. However, the “fetching” process happens on the background when you write your program using an API like the Google’s YouTube Data API.

I really gotta stop… my keyboard is running out of batteries! I had to press every letter for a bit longer to actually appear on the screen! Why I got the feeling that’s a wrong title for the post?!

While I was surfing the web I came across this comic. Then a thought popped in my brainless brain (Is it?)… I was like “Crap! don’t I always write my codes in a hurry?!”. Yes, that’s a disease I got problem with. I’m sure in few years from now, when I’ll see my old codes again, I’ll feel embarrassed.

My point is, write a beautiful code. Oh man! Now 2 more thoughts popped on my mind. One of them is the Beautiful Code book from Oreilly!. Okay that’s enough, my brain is gonna be packed with new thoughts!

Great article I found on the web shows the best six Java frameworks for web developers. The unfocused energy on Java frameworks has forced many developers to select a framework path they are unsure off. This article is so helpful for whoever want to get a small idea of best six Java web frameworks out there. If you are one of them, fasten your seat belt and start reading!