Archive for the ‘ActionScript’Category

Preparing for Multi-touch in Flash – A Link Dump

While doing research for my InsideRIA post, I came across a bevy of awe-inspiring examples of multi-touch. Note that not all of these are Flash-based, but still amazing nonetheless. I’ve tried to categorize them as best I could, though admittedly I have been through so many, that I may have mislabeled or improperly linked some. Don’t shoot me if  I did! Read the rest of this entry →

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10 2009

Why ‘Convenience Methods’ Exist in ActionScript 3

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I’ll keep this short, but the Flash Player team gets a lot of requests for “convenience methods”, functions that save you time, typing, or calculation. Unfortunately, they can’t implement every one. But, while watching Colin Moock’s Lost ActionScript 3 Weekend (which I highly recommend you buy if you’re just starting out), Jim Corbett, primary author of the DisplayList API, answers the question of why certain convenience methods get implemented and others don’t. Read the rest of this entry →

23

09 2009

The Typography of My ActionScript

ColorCodeCroppedEveryone codes differently and has their own way that they like to program, myself included. So, I thought I would take a second to share the typography choices I made for coding ActionScript and why.
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06 2009