Showing posts with label 30. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Creating a Flex AIR text editor Part 30

In this tutorial we will start working on the printing feature.

Go to the Declarations tags and add the Print menu item there:

<fx:XML id="windowMenu">
<root>
<menuitem label="File">
<menuitem label="New" key="n" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Open" key="o" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="Print" key="p" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Edit">
<menuitem label="Cut" key="x" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Copy" key="c" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Paste" key="v" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="Select all" key="a" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Settings">
<menuitem label="Word wrap" type="check" toggled="{pref_wrap}" />
<menuitem label="Font..."/>
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="View">
<menuitem label="Tool bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_toolbar}" />
<menuitem label="Status bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_status}" />
<menuitem label="Line count" type="check" toggled="{pref_linecount}" />
<menuitem label="Side pane" type="check" toggled="{pref_sidepane}" />
</menuitem>
</root>
</fx:XML>

Find the printing icon button on the toolbar and set its click property to a doPrint() function:

<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/printer.png)" toolTip="Print" click="doPrint();" />

Now find the menuSelect function and add a check for the Print label here, which also calls the doPrint() function:

private function menuSelect(evt:FlexNativeMenuEvent):void {
(evt.item.@label == "New")?(doNew()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Word wrap")?(pref_wrap = !pref_wrap):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Cut")?(doCut()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Copy")?(doCopy()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Paste")?(doPaste()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Select all")?(doSelectall()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Status bar")?(pref_status = !pref_status):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Tool bar")?(pref_toolbar = !pref_toolbar):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Side pane")?(pref_sidepane = !pref_sidepane):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Line count")?(pref_linecount = !pref_linecount):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Font...")?(doFont()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Print")?(doPrint()):(void);
savePreferences();
updateStatus();
if (pref_wrap) {
pref_linecount = false;
}
updateTextSize();
countLines();
}

The doPrint() function is where it gets complicated. For now, we are just going to have it create a FlexPrintJob object and pass a tempText text area object for it to print. Before we do that, we need to create the tempText object:

<s:TextArea id="tempText" borderVisible="false" visible="false"/>

The doPrint function:

private function doPrint():void {
var printJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob();
if (!printJob.start()) return;
tempText.visible = true;
tempText.setStyle("lineBreak", "toFit");
tempText.text = textArea.text;
tempText.width = printJob.pageWidth;
tempText.heightInLines = NaN;
tempText.setStyle("horizontalScrollPolicy", "off");
tempText.setStyle("verticalScrollPolicy", "off");
printJob.printAsBitmap = false;
printJob.addObject(tempText, "matchWidth");
printJob.send();
tempText.visible = false;
}

Full code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                       xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                       xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   xmlns:custom="*"
   creationComplete="init();" title="Kirpad" showStatusBar="{pref_status}"
   minWidth="400" minHeight="200" height="700" width="900">
   
<s:menu>
<mx:FlexNativeMenu dataProvider="{windowMenu}" showRoot="false" labelField="@label" keyEquivalentField="@key" itemClick="menuSelect(event);" />
</s:menu>

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.NativeWindowBoundsEvent;
import flash.net.SharedObject;
import flashx.textLayout.accessibility.TextAccImpl;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.controls.TextArea;
import mx.events.FlexNativeMenuEvent;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.Configuration;
import flash.system.System;
import flash.desktop.Clipboard;
import flash.desktop.ClipboardFormats;
import flash.ui.Mouse;
import mx.events.CloseEvent;
import flash.ui.ContextMenu;
import flash.ui.ContextMenuItem;
import flash.events.ContextMenuEvent;
import mx.events.ResizeEvent;
import mx.core.FlexGlobals;
import mx.printing.FlexPrintJob;
import mx.printing.FlexPrintJobScaleType;

private var preferences:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("kirpadPreferences");
[Bindable]
private var pref_wrap:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_status:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_toolbar:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_sidepane:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
private var pref_linecount:Boolean = true;
[Bindable]
public var pref_fontsettings:Object = new Object();

private var initHeight:Number;
private var heightFixed:Boolean = false;

private var statusMessage:String;
[Bindable]
private var textHeight:Number;
[Bindable]
private var textWidth:Number;
[Bindable]
private var textY:Number;
[Bindable]
private var textX:Number;
[Bindable]
private var tabY:Number;
[Bindable]
private var sidePaneY:Number;
[Bindable]
private var sidePaneX:Number;
[Bindable]
private var sidePaneHeight:Number;
[Bindable]
private var sidePaneWidth:Number = 180;
[Bindable]
private var sideContentWidth:Number = 170;
[Bindable]
private var tabWidth:Number;
[Bindable]
private var lineCountWidth:Number = 40;
[Bindable]
private var lineNumbers:String = "1";
[Bindable]
private var lineDisplayedNum:int = 1;

[Bindable]
private var tabSelectedIndex:int = 0;

private var previousIndex:int = 0;
private var rightclickTabIndex:int = 0;
private var untitledNum:int = 0;
private var tabsToClose:int = 0;
private var closeAfterConfirm:Boolean = false;

public var fontWindow:FontWindow = new FontWindow();

private function init():void {
// Create a listener for every frame
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, everyFrame);

// Set initHeight to the initial height value on start
initHeight = height;

// Set preferences if loaded for the first time
if (preferences.data.firsttime == null) {
preferences.data.firsttime = true;
preferences.data.wrap = false;
preferences.data.status = true;
preferences.data.toolbar = true;
preferences.data.sidepane = true;
preferences.data.linecount = true;
preferences.data.fontsettings = {fontfamily:"Lucida Console", fontsize:14, fontstyle:"normal", fontweight:"normal", fontcolor:0x000000, bgcolor:0xffffff};
preferences.flush();
}

// Set preferences loaded from local storage
pref_wrap = preferences.data.wrap;
pref_status = preferences.data.status;
pref_toolbar = preferences.data.toolbar;
pref_sidepane = preferences.data.sidepane;
pref_fontsettings = preferences.data.fontsettings;
pref_linecount = preferences.data.linecount;

// Allow insertion of tabs
var textFlow:TextFlow = textArea.textFlow;
var config:Configuration = Configuration(textFlow.configuration);
config.manageTabKey = true;

// Set status message
statusMessage = "[ " + new Date().toLocaleTimeString() + " ] Kirpad initialized";
updateStatus();

// Close all sub-windows if main window is closed
addEventListener(Event.CLOSING, onClose);

// Add listener for the event that is dispatched when new font settings are applied
fontWindow.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, fontChange);

// Update real fonts with the data from the settings values
updateFonts();

// Create a listener for resizing
addEventListener(NativeWindowBoundsEvent.RESIZE, onResize);

// Context menu declaration for the tabbar control
var cm_close:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close tab");
cm_close.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextClose);
var cm_closeother:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Close other tabs");
cm_closeother.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT, tabContextCloseOther);

var cm:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
cm.items = [cm_close, cm_closeother];
cm.hideBuiltInItems();
tabBar.contextMenu = cm;
tabBar.addEventListener(MouseEvent.RIGHT_MOUSE_DOWN, tabRightClick);

// Context menu declaration for the tab management list control
sideList.contextMenu = cm;
sideList.addEventListener(MouseEvent.RIGHT_MOUSE_DOWN, listRightClick);

// Listen to keyboard
addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);
}

private function menuSelect(evt:FlexNativeMenuEvent):void {
(evt.item.@label == "New")?(doNew()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Word wrap")?(pref_wrap = !pref_wrap):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Cut")?(doCut()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Copy")?(doCopy()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Paste")?(doPaste()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Select all")?(doSelectall()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Status bar")?(pref_status = !pref_status):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Tool bar")?(pref_toolbar = !pref_toolbar):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Side pane")?(pref_sidepane = !pref_sidepane):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Line count")?(pref_linecount = !pref_linecount):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Font...")?(doFont()):(void);
(evt.item.@label == "Print")?(doPrint()):(void);
savePreferences();
updateStatus();
if (pref_wrap) {
pref_linecount = false;
}
updateTextSize();
countLines();
}

private function savePreferences():void {
preferences.data.wrap = pref_wrap;
preferences.data.status = pref_status;
preferences.data.toolbar = pref_toolbar;
preferences.data.fontsettings = pref_fontsettings;
preferences.data.sidepane = pref_sidepane;
preferences.data.linecount = pref_linecount;
preferences.flush();
}

private function doCut():void {
var selectedText:String = textArea.text.substring(textArea.selectionActivePosition, textArea.selectionAnchorPosition);
System.setClipboard(selectedText);
insertText("");
}

private function doCopy():void {
var selectedText:String = textArea.text.substring(textArea.selectionActivePosition, textArea.selectionAnchorPosition);
System.setClipboard(selectedText);
}

private function doPaste():void{
var myClip:Clipboard = Clipboard.generalClipboard;
var pastedText:String = myClip.getData(ClipboardFormats.TEXT_FORMAT) as String;
insertText(pastedText);
}

private function doSelectall():void {
textArea.selectAll();
}

private function insertText(str:String):void {
var substrPositions:int = textArea.selectionActivePosition - textArea.selectionAnchorPosition;
var oldSel1:int = (substrPositions>0)?(textArea.selectionAnchorPosition):(textArea.selectionActivePosition);
var oldSel2:int = (substrPositions<0)?(textArea.selectionAnchorPosition):(textArea.selectionActivePosition);
var preText:String = textArea.text.substring(0, oldSel1);
var postText:String = textArea.text.substring(oldSel2);
var newSelectRange:int = preText.length + str.length;
textArea.text = preText + str + postText;
textArea.selectRange(newSelectRange, newSelectRange);
}

private function cursorFix():void{
Mouse.cursor = "ibeam";
}

private function everyFrame(evt:Event):void {
if (!heightFixed && height==initHeight) {
height = initHeight - 20;
if (height != initHeight) {
heightFixed = true;
updateTextSize();
}
}
updateLineScroll();
}

private function onResize(evt:ResizeEvent):void {
updateTextSize();
}

private function updateTextSize():void {
tabY = (toolBar.visible)?(toolBar.height):(0);
textX = (pref_linecount)?(lineCountWidth):(0);
var statusHeight:Number = (pref_status)?(statusBar.height):(0);
textWidth = (pref_sidepane)?(width - sidePaneWidth - textX):(width - textX);
tabWidth = textWidth + textX;
var tabbarScrollHeight:Number = (tabData.length * 170 > tabWidth)?(15):(0);
textY = tabBar.height + tabY + tabbarScrollHeight;
textHeight = height - textY - statusHeight;
focusManager.setFocus(textArea);
sidePaneHeight = textHeight + tabBar.height + tabbarScrollHeight;
sidePaneY = textY - tabBar.height - tabbarScrollHeight;
sidePaneX = width - sidePaneWidth;
}

private function updateStatus():void {
var str:String = new String();
str = (pref_wrap)?("Word wrapping on"):(caretPosition());
status = str + "	" + statusMessage;
}

private function caretPosition():String {
var pos:int = textArea.selectionActivePosition;
var str:String = textArea.text.substring(0, pos);
var lines:Array = str.split("
");
var line:int = lines.length;
var col:int = lines[lines.length - 1].length + 1;

return "Ln " + line + ", Col " + col;
}

private function doFont():void{
fontWindow.open();
fontWindow.activate();
fontWindow.visible = true;
fontWindow.setValues(pref_fontsettings.fontsize, pref_fontsettings.fontfamily, pref_fontsettings.fontstyle, pref_fontsettings.fontweight, pref_fontsettings.fontcolor, pref_fontsettings.bgcolor);
}

private function onClose(evt:Event):void {
if(!closeAfterConfirm){
evt.preventDefault();
var allWindows:Array = NativeApplication.nativeApplication.openedWindows;
for (var i:int = 1; i < allWindows.length; i++)
{
allWindows[i].close();
}

// Check if there are any unsaved tabs
var needSaving:Boolean = false;
tabsToClose = 0;

for (var u:int = 0; u < tabData.length; u++) {
if (tabData[u].saved == false) {
needSaving = true;
tabsToClose++;
}
}

// If there are unsaved tabs, dont close window yet, set closeAfterConfirm to true and close all tabs
if (needSaving) {
closeAfterConfirm = true;
for (var t:int = 0; t < tabData.length; t++) {
closeTab(t);
}
}
if (!needSaving) {
FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.close();
}
}
}

private function fontChange(evt:Event):void{
pref_fontsettings.fontfamily = fontWindow.fontCombo.selectedItem.fontName;
pref_fontsettings.fontsize = fontWindow.sizeStepper.value;

if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 0) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "normal";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "normal";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 1) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "italic";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "normal";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 2) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "normal";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "bold";
}
if (fontWindow.styleCombo.selectedIndex == 3) {
pref_fontsettings.fontstyle = "italic";
pref_fontsettings.fontweight = "bold";
}

pref_fontsettings.fontcolor = fontWindow.colorPicker.selectedColor;
pref_fontsettings.bgcolor = fontWindow.bgColorPicker.selectedColor;

savePreferences();
updateFonts();
}

private function updateFonts():void{
textArea.setStyle("fontFamily", pref_fontsettings.fontfamily);
textArea.setStyle("fontSize", pref_fontsettings.fontsize);
textArea.setStyle("fontStyle", pref_fontsettings.fontstyle);
textArea.setStyle("fontWeight", pref_fontsettings.fontweight);
textArea.setStyle("color", pref_fontsettings.fontcolor);
textArea.setStyle("contentBackgroundColor", pref_fontsettings.bgcolor);

lineCount.setStyle("fontFamily", pref_fontsettings.fontfamily);
lineCount.setStyle("fontSize", pref_fontsettings.fontsize);
lineCount.setStyle("fontStyle", pref_fontsettings.fontstyle);
lineCount.setStyle("fontWeight", pref_fontsettings.fontweight);
lineCount.setStyle("color", pref_fontsettings.fontcolor);
lineCount.setStyle("contentBackgroundColor", pref_fontsettings.bgcolor);
}

private function onTabClose(evt:Event):void {
var tabWidth:Number = tabBar.width / tabData.length;
var cIndex:int = Math.floor(tabBar.mouseX / tabWidth);
tabSelectedIndex = cIndex;
tabChange();
closeTab(tabSelectedIndex);
}

private function onListClose(evt:Event):void {
tabSelectedIndex = sideList.selectedIndex;
tabChange();
closeTab(tabSelectedIndex);
}

private function closeTab(index:int):void {
if (tabData[index].saved) {
removeTab(index);
}
if (!tabData[index].saved) {
Alert.show("Save " + tabData[index].title + " before closing?", "Confirmation", Alert.YES | Alert.NO, null, confirmClose);
}
function confirmClose(evt:CloseEvent):void {
tabsToClose--;
if (evt.detail == Alert.YES) {
// TODO: call saving function here
removeTab(index);
}else {
removeTab(index);
}
}
}

private function removeTab(index:int):void {
// if this is the last tab, create a new empty tab
if (tabData.length == 1) {
tabData.addItem( { title:"Untitled", textData:"", saved:false } );
}
statusMessage = "[ " + new Date().toLocaleTimeString() + " ] Tab closed: " + tabData[index].title;
updateStatus();
tabData.removeItemAt(index);
tabSelectedIndex = tabBar.selectedIndex;
previousIndex = tabSelectedIndex;
textArea.text = tabData[tabSelectedIndex].textData;
textArea.selectRange(tabData[tabSelectedIndex].selectedAnchor, tabData[tabSelectedIndex].selectedActive);
if (closeAfterConfirm && tabsToClose == 0) {
FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.close();
}
countLines();
updateTextSize();
}

private function doNew():void {
statusMessage = "[ " + new Date().toLocaleTimeString() + " ] New tab created";
updateStatus();
untitledNum++;
tabData.addItem( { title:"Untitled("+untitledNum+")", textData:"", saved:false } );
tabSelectedIndex = tabData.length - 1;
tabChange();
updateTextSize();
}

private function tabChange(from:String = "none"):void {
if (from == "tabbar") {
tabSelectedIndex = tabBar.selectedIndex;
}
if (from == "sidelist") {
tabSelectedIndex = sideList.selectedIndex;
}
tabData[previousIndex].textData = textArea.text;
tabData[previousIndex].selectedActive = textArea.selectionActivePosition;
tabData[previousIndex].selectedAnchor = textArea.selectionAnchorPosition;
previousIndex = tabSelectedIndex;
textArea.text = tabData[tabSelectedIndex].textData;
textArea.selectRange(tabData[tabSelectedIndex].selectedAnchor, tabData[tabSelectedIndex].selectedActive);
updateStatus();
countLines();
}

private function tabContextClose(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void{
closeTab(rightclickTabIndex);
}

private function tabContextCloseOther(evt:ContextMenuEvent):void {
var len:int = tabData.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (i != rightclickTabIndex) {
closeTab(i);
}
}
}

private function tabRightClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var tabWidth:Number = tabBar.width / tabData.length;
var rcIndex:int = Math.floor(tabBar.mouseX / tabWidth);
rightclickTabIndex = rcIndex;
}

private function listRightClick(evt:MouseEvent):void {
var tabHeight:Number = 20;
var rcIndex:int = Math.floor((sideList.mouseY + sideList.scroller.verticalScrollBar.value) / tabHeight);
rightclickTabIndex = rcIndex;
}

private function onKeyDown(evt:KeyboardEvent):void{
if (evt.ctrlKey) {
// Ctrl+TAB - next tab
if (evt.keyCode == 9 && !evt.shiftKey) {
if (tabData.length - tabSelectedIndex > 1) {
tabSelectedIndex++;
tabChange();
}
}
// Ctrl+Shift+TAB - previous tab
if (evt.keyCode == 9 && evt.shiftKey) {
if (tabSelectedIndex > 0) {
tabSelectedIndex--;
tabChange();
}
}
// Ctrl+number (1-8) - go to numbered tab
if (evt.keyCode >= 49 && evt.keyCode <= 56) {
var num:int = evt.keyCode - 48;
if (tabData.length > num - 1) {
tabSelectedIndex = num - 1;
tabChange();
}
}
// Ctrl+9 - go to last tab
if (evt.keyCode == 57) {
tabSelectedIndex = tabData.length - 1;
tabChange();
}
}
}

private function closeSidePane():void{
pref_sidepane = !pref_sidepane
savePreferences();
updateTextSize();
}

private function countLines():void {
if (pref_linecount && !pref_wrap) {
var totalLines:int = textArea.text.split("
").length;
if (totalLines != lineDisplayedNum) {
updateTextSize();
updateLineCount(totalLines, totalLines-lineDisplayedNum, lineDisplayedNum);
lineDisplayedNum = totalLines;
}
}
}

private function updateLineCount(total:int, difference:int, current:int):void {
if (difference > 0) {
for (var i:int = current + 1; i < (total+1); i++) {
lineNumbers += "
" + (i);
}
}
if (difference < 0) {
var charsInTheEnd:int = 0;
for (var u:int = 0; u < -difference; u++) {
charsInTheEnd += ((current - u).toString().length + 1);
}
lineNumbers = lineCount.text.substring(0, lineCount.text.length - charsInTheEnd);
}
}

private function updateLineScroll():void{
lineCount.scroller.verticalScrollBar.value = textArea.scroller.verticalScrollBar.value;
}

private function doPrint():void {
var printJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob();
if (!printJob.start()) return;
tempText.visible = true;
tempText.setStyle("lineBreak", "toFit");
tempText.text = textArea.text;
tempText.width = printJob.pageWidth;
tempText.heightInLines = NaN;
tempText.setStyle("horizontalScrollPolicy", "off");
tempText.setStyle("verticalScrollPolicy", "off");
printJob.printAsBitmap = false;
printJob.addObject(tempText, "matchWidth");
printJob.send();
tempText.visible = false;
}
]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>
<fx:XML id="windowMenu">
<root>
<menuitem label="File">
<menuitem label="New" key="n" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Open" key="o" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="Print" key="p" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Edit">
<menuitem label="Cut" key="x" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Copy" key="c" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem label="Paste" key="v" controlKey="true" />
<menuitem type="separator"/>
<menuitem label="Select all" key="a" controlKey="true" />
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="Settings">
<menuitem label="Word wrap" type="check" toggled="{pref_wrap}" />
<menuitem label="Font..."/>
</menuitem>
<menuitem label="View">
<menuitem label="Tool bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_toolbar}" />
<menuitem label="Status bar" type="check" toggled="{pref_status}" />
<menuitem label="Line count" type="check" toggled="{pref_linecount}" />
<menuitem label="Side pane" type="check" toggled="{pref_sidepane}" />
</menuitem>
</root>
</fx:XML>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="tabData">
<fx:Object title="Untitled" textData="" saved="false" seletedActive="0" selectedAnchor="0" />
</mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="sidePaneData">
<fx:Object icon="@Embed(../lib/page.png)" tip="Tab management" />
<fx:Object icon="@Embed(../lib/folder_magnify.png)" tip="File browsing" />
<fx:Object icon="@Embed(../lib/book.png)" tip="Snippets" />
</mx:ArrayCollection>
<mx:ArrayCollection id="sidePaneTabHeadings">
<fx:String>Tab management</fx:String>
<fx:String>File browsing</fx:String>
<fx:String>Snippets</fx:String>
</mx:ArrayCollection>
</fx:Declarations>

<s:Group width="100%" height="100%">
<s:TextArea id="textArea" width="{textWidth}" height="{textHeight}" y="{textY}" x="{textX}" lineBreak="{(pref_wrap)?(toFit):(explicit)}"  click="cursorFix(); updateStatus();" change="updateStatus(); countLines();" keyDown="updateStatus();" borderVisible="false" focusThickness="0" />
<s:Scroller horizontalScrollPolicy="auto" verticalScrollPolicy="off" width="{tabWidth}" y="{tabY}">
<s:Group>
<custom:CustomTabBar id="tabBar" dataProvider="{tabData}" itemRenderer="CustomTab" height="22" tabClose="onTabClose(event);" change="tabChange(tabbar);" selectedIndex="{tabSelectedIndex}">
<custom:layout>
<s:HorizontalLayout gap="-1" columnWidth="170" variableColumnWidth="false"/>
</custom:layout>
</custom:CustomTabBar>
</s:Group>
</s:Scroller>
<s:TextArea id="lineCount" width="{lineCountWidth}" text="{lineNumbers}" visible="{pref_linecount}" height="{textHeight}" y="{textY}" editable="false" selectable="false" mouseEnabled="false" textAlign="right" verticalScrollPolicy="off" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" />
<mx:HBox id="toolBar" width="100%" backgroundColor="#dddddd" height="30" visible="{pref_toolbar}" paddingTop="2" paddingLeft="3">
<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/page.png)" toolTip="New document" click="doNew();" />
<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/folder_page.png)" toolTip="Open" />
<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/disk.png)" toolTip="Save" />
<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/disk_multiple.png)" toolTip="Save all" />
<custom:IconButton icon="@Embed(../lib/printer.png)" toolTip="Print" click="doPrint();" />
<s:Label text="|" fontSize="18" color="#bbbbbb" paddingTop="4" />
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Friday, January 30, 2015

The 30 day blog fitness challenge

At work, we recently started the 100 day burpee challenge. The rules are simple: on the first day, you do 1 burpee, on the second day, 2 burpees, on third day, 3 burpees, and so on up to day 100. If you miss a day, you have to make it up the next day: for example, if you miss day 50, you have to do 101 (50 + 51) burpees on day 51. The point of the challenge is to increase general fitness (burpees use the entire body), develop good habits, and learn the virtue of consistency.

Suffering through burpees near the end of a workout at the 10 Crossfit Games NorCal Qualifier


When Adam Nash found out about the burpee challenge, he laughed at me. Im not sure if he was put off more by the word "burpee" or the sight of me jumping around like crazy next to my cubical. As a response, Adam, along with Mario Sundar, proposed a different challenge: a 30 day blog fitness challenge. The rules are, again, very simple: write one blog post, every day, for 30 days straight. If you miss a day, you have to make it up the next day. The purpose of this challenge is analogous: develop mental fitness (writing uses the entire brain), develop good habits, and learn the virtue of consistency.

It sounded nice until I realized that Im supposed to keep pace with:
  • Adam, a VP of Product, who already has a very active personal blog (1.7M hits!) and is a regular on the LinkedIn Blog 
  • Mario, whose job title involves the phrase "Chief Blogger" and who isnt exactly a slouch on his personal blog 
And Im supposed to do this all while writing code, winning hackdays and doing burpees? Ive given it much deliberation, realized Ive barely written 30 blog posts in the last 4 years, tallied up all 3 people that read my blog (hi mom!), checked my busy schedule, and made a decision.



Bring it on.



Im unquestionably the dark horse in the race, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve.
  1. The fact that almost no one reads my blog is a benefit: I can afford to write crap and no one will notice.
  2. I have a very high pain tolerance. See burpee video above.
  3. I fully intend on cheating. Meta-posts of this sort are just the beginning.

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And so, dear reader(s), prepare yourselves for 29 more consecutive days of blog posts, featuring exciting topics ranging from Crossfit, to game mechanics, to open source software. Oh, and burpees.
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