Jack Herrington
Jack Herrington is an engineer, author, and presenter who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives with his wife, daughter and two adopted dogs. When he's not writing software, books, or articles you can find him cycling, running, or in the pool training for triathlons. You can keep up with Jack's work and his writing at http://jackherrington.com.
Jack Herrington
Part of the appeal of mobile services is that they are relevant to where you are right now. Most phones support GPS and a connection to the network. And when you combine those you get a convenient... Read More
Throughout this three part tutorial we have been building a space game for the iPad. In the first two instalments we created the application, added the drawing of the spaceship, added flight and... Read More
In the first phase of the Padsteroids tutorials we created the iPad application and added some simple drawing to it. In phase two we will add interactivity by adding controls for the player to... Read More
In the first phase of the Padsteroids tutorials we created the iPad application and added some simple drawing to it. In phase two we will add interactivity by adding controls for the player to... Read More
How will your web application scale? When you reach millions of users, it's likely you'll need to rethink parts of your application's architecture. In this article, Jack gives us a quick tour and... Read More
In this tutorial, Jack demonstrates how to create a small Flex widget to display a set of location-based Flickr photos, and embed it so that it doesn't interfere with your web page content.Read More
Whether you're searching for extra terrestrials or decoding DNA, cross-platform distributed processing has never been easier with Adobe AIR! In this tutorial, Jack shows you how to easily dispatch a... Read More
The emerging OpenSocial standard is a powerful new API for creating exciting new mashups. In this tutorial, Jack shows how to mix Google Maps, Flickr, and OpenSocial using Adobe Flex. Take the quiz... Read More
Ever wanted to do more with your iTunes library? In this tutorial, Jack shows you how you can leverage the Yahoo Music API to create video timelines of your favorite artists—and get your hands... Read More
More Flex quizzes, and more book giveaways! In Part II of this series, Jack expands on our voting widget in Flex 3, and once again provides a quiz for you to test your knowledge at the end—and... Read More
In this hands-on tutorial, Jack lays the foundation for building a voting widget in Flex 3. Take the quiz at the end of the article, and score a copy of his book, Getting Started With Flex 3,... Read More
If you're going to experiment with Flex 3, you might as well create something cool, right? With only a small amount of code, Jack shows you how to create an awesome 3D model of a light cycle from the... Read More
