After reading an example regarding TextFlow (full article here, definately check it out) i found myself having the need to add images to a TextFlow. In this example you'll find quick and easy way to enable a user to add an image via dragging and dropping.

Here are a few examples demonstrating how you can quickly style a basic component in Flash Builder 4 using some basic images and some CSS. This essentially also applies to Flex 3, as you can use the same method.

For the track skins, i've used scale9 images. If you havn't come across it before then i'd definately recommend checking it out, as it saves alot of time and allows your components to instantly adapt to different sizes without the need for any image alteration.

I recently stumbled across this absolute gem on the PHP Dev forums (you can find a link to your right) which generates random Sudoku tables! I've altered it abit and made a few of my own additions to make it more readable and familiar.

Needless to say there are far prettier ways of going about it, but if you're new to the language i'd definately recommend following it through purely for the practice.

One of the most annoying things anyone who has ever used a computer has found, is when they're busily working on something then accidentally hit the close button, losing everything they've done for the past hour. Not only can this be terrible for data integrity, it can quickly teach you how many profane words you have in your vocabulary.

Timers are most frequently used when you know a value is going to change beyond the users control over a period of time. They are thus used to automatically call functions to update them. I've used a simple timer in this example to update a date value; the current Time.