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Link: Google creates programming language to simplify application development

Posted by Mark - 07/12/09 at 12:12:21 pm

http://blog.skitsanos.com/2009/11/google-creates-programming-language-to.html

Tracking Flash / Flex / AIR applications with Google Analytics

Posted by James - 24/06/09 at 09:06:31 am

In case you weren’t aware, a lot of the stuff you can do in a website you can also do in the Flash Player.  Prime example: Google Analytics tracking.

Now for a simple Flash movie, you’d traditionally host the Flash file in an external website, and add the tracking to the HTML pages.  If you’re doing something a little more different – or are obsessive about knowing how your users are interacting with the content – you might be interested to know that there is support for actionscript-initiated tracking, and that it’s supported by Google themselves (a good sign).

You can read all about the Google Analytics tracking component for Flash on the Google code website: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/flashTrackingIntro.html

Where this really comes into its own is in AIR applications.  Flash / Flex tracking in a HTML website isn’t really all that special – once you know the API a little, you can always use the ExternalInterface commands in the Flash Player to communicate with javascript functions on the host page, but that kind of option isn’t usually available to a pure Flash-based AIR application.  Using the component effectively removes the need for the external javascript file, and means that your desktop AIR application can communicate freely with Google Analytics – enabling application tracking.  The code is no different whether its an online Flash webpage, or a desktop AIR application.

Google Analytics Tracking for Adobe Flash

Posted by James - 10/02/09 at 10:02:09 am

http://www.swfgeek.net/2008/11/19/google-analytics-tracking-for-adobe-flash/

Adobe Developer Center – Creating a driving directions Flex app using the Google Maps API for Flash

Posted by James - 27/01/09 at 12:01:06 pm

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/googlemaps_api.html

Geocoding UK Postcodes with Google Map API

Posted by James - 20/01/09 at 11:01:49 am

http://www.tomanthony.co.uk/blog/geocoding-uk-postcodes-with-google-map-api/

Awesome news, you can actually Geocode UK Postcodes – without having to shell out on licensing costs to Royal Mail.

Ok, so the post may be 2 years old, but I’m a little slow on the uptake.