Apps

As time allows or need dictates I have created various applications to fill a void, solve a problem or just plain experiment . Hopefully this list will continue to grow. These are all AIR based applications so you will need the AIR Runtime installed.

Data Import Tool

As they say necessity is the mother of all invention. In this case I need a simple tool to prep comma delimited files before importing them into a MySQL database. I had tried using the tools provided in PhpMyAdmin for importing csv and tab delimited text files without any luck. Each file required some tweaks for string delimiting, column names, etc. After a few hours of frustration I decided to create a tool to convert csv and tab delimited text files into import or update SQL statements, which can easily be used in any RDBMS.

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Value Object Creator

One of the tedious tasks in creating a data intensive application is having to create value objects for all the business objects the application needs to work with. Typically these objects originate in a database somewhere and there is no easy way to automatically generate value objects that correspond to the database entities ... until now. The Value Object Creator allows you to easily convert database entities to AS3 classes. Run a simple SQL query (samples are provided in the application), go through 3 simple steps, and presto, you have nicely formatted AS3 value object classes.

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Photo Mosaic

I have always thought image mosaics were pretty neat, not just because of the way they look, but because of the processes that are used to create the mosaic. With a better grasp on what is possible with images using the BitmapData class in Flash and a plethora of images available via the Flickr API I decided to try developing a Flash based image mosaic application.

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