Monthly Archives: May 2010

Advanced MXML Components: About interfaces

Posted on May 30, 2010 by tmh

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=mxmlcomponents_advanced_5.html Interfaces are a type of class that you design to act as an outline for your components. When you write an interface, you provide only the names of public methods rather than any implementation. For example, if you define … Continue reading →

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AS3 — on the lack of private and protected constructors

Posted on May 30, 2010 by tmh

http://kuwamoto.org/2006/04/05/as3-on-the-lack-of-private-and-protected-constructors/ As I was talking about using objects as enums, someone made a comment about the lack of private and protected constructors. I know that the this is a sore spot, so I thought I’d explain my view of how … Continue reading →

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Singletons – we’re better off without them

Posted on May 30, 2010 by tmh

http://www.richardlord.net/blog/better-without-singletons Singletons in AS3 With the introduction of Actionscript 3 there was a lot of discussion about how to implement the singleton design pattern. This happened because Actionscript 3 doesn’t allow private or protected constructors and this prevents the most … Continue reading →

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Singletons and Abstract Classes: AS3 just doesn’t play like that

Posted on May 30, 2010 by tmh

http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1121 There’s a common thread of posts that have been running on blogs in the Flash community since the first beta releast of ActionScript 3.0. These have to do with making AS3 do stuff that it just doesn’t do, notably, … Continue reading →

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Time-Savers: Code Beautifier And Formatter

Posted on May 28, 2010 by tmh

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/12/time-savers-code-beautifier-and-formatter/ Well-documented and readable source code is essential for every collaborative project. Logically structured, well organized and nicely formatted, the code can speed up the bug hunting and help to keep the code clean, minimal and still functional. These aspects … Continue reading →

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Combining animation and ActionScript using Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Builder 4

Posted on May 25, 2010 by tmh

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/animation_flash_fbuilder.html The introduction of Adobe Flash Builder 4, an Eclipse-based IDE for ActionScript 3 and Flex framework development, has given Flash developers the opportunity to take advantage of a highly productive code development environment while continuing to use Adobe Flash … Continue reading →

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Flash and Flex Developer Magazine

Posted on May 25, 2010 by tmh

http://ffdmag.com/magazine

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Flash and math

Posted on May 25, 2010 by tmh

http://www.flashandmath.com/

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An Explanation of Illustrator Blending Modes

Posted on May 20, 2010 by tmh

http://designorati.com/articles/t1/illustration/934/how-to-an-explanation-of-illustrator%E2%80%99s-blending-modes.php Illustrator’s Transparency palette sets the opacity of objects, and allows you to use blending modes determine how the colors of objects mix with the colors of objects they cross. (…) Illustrator’s Transparency palette sets the opacity of objects, and … Continue reading →

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Javascript Compressor

Posted on May 19, 2010 by tmh

http://javascriptcompressor.com/

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