Review: Flash Game Development by Example
So I finished reading Flash Game Development by Example, and here’s my verdict: it’s not really that good!
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Posted on May 31st, 2011
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Winner Announced: Flash Game Development by Example
In my contest for winning a free copy of the book Flash Game Development by Example, we’ve found a winner!
It’s Daniel from VaragtP, congrats!
For the rest of you, it’s still possible to get the book here.
Posted on May 25th, 2011
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Preview: Flash Game Development by Example + Free Giveaway!
I’ve been so lucky to get a free copy of Emanuele Feronato‘s book, Flash Game Development by Example!
Posted on May 18th, 2011
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Putting Your Flash Application on Facebook (iFrame)
After I read the book “Facebook Graph API Development with Flash“, I wanted to make a little application to test out what I had learned.
If you want to see what I came up with, you can try it here: http://apps.facebook.com/jello-friends/ (you’ll need a Facebook account)
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- Review: Facebook Graph API Book
- Putting Your Flash Application on Facebook (iFrame)
Posted on February 24th, 2011
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QucikTip: Trace an Array With Correct Formatting
If you’re using arrays to dynamically store information that you need to embed in your project later on, I got just the thing for you: A class that will keep the formatting of the array!
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- QuickTip: Execute Code After Animaiton
- QuickTip: Scrolling Only in SWF, not on Page.
- QuickTip: Managing Saved Data (SharedObject)
- QuickTip: Understanding Right Click Menus (ContextMenu)
- QuickTip: Stopping an Event
- QuickTip: Avoid Firefox popup-blocker When Using navigateToUrl
- QuickTip: Inline If-Then-Else Statement
- QucikTip: Trace an Array With Correct Formatting
Posted on February 1st, 2011
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QuickTip: Inline If-Then-Else Statement
If you have to do a simple If-Then-Else Statement, it can be tedious to do it this way:
var answer:String; if ( isCreative) { answer = "Aww.. I don't know what to do!"; } else { answer = "Ha, I know just what I'm going to do!"; } |
Here is the easy way:
var answer:String = isCreative ? "Aww.. I don't know what to do!" : "Ha, I know just what I'm going to do!"; |
This is only really useful for simple things, so if you’re checking lots of conditions or performing lots of operations inside the curly brackets, it might be not be a good idea to use this!
- QuickTip: Execute Code After Animaiton
- QuickTip: Scrolling Only in SWF, not on Page.
- QuickTip: Managing Saved Data (SharedObject)
- QuickTip: Understanding Right Click Menus (ContextMenu)
- QuickTip: Stopping an Event
- QuickTip: Avoid Firefox popup-blocker When Using navigateToUrl
- QuickTip: Inline If-Then-Else Statement
- QucikTip: Trace an Array With Correct Formatting
Posted on January 24th, 2011
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Preview: Facebook Graph API Book
As you might have heard Michael James Williams just published his first book; Facebook Graph API Development with Flash
Posted on January 17th, 2011
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Rant: Don’t call Mouse.hide() each frame!
Here is a little rant!
If you’re using a custom cursor, don’t freaking call Mouse.hide() each frame!
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Posted on January 13th, 2011
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QuickTip: Avoid Firefox popup-blocker When Using navigateToUrl
Being faced with this when you’re trying to launch an other site is not good! Read on to learn how to fix it.
- QuickTip: Execute Code After Animaiton
- QuickTip: Scrolling Only in SWF, not on Page.
- QuickTip: Managing Saved Data (SharedObject)
- QuickTip: Understanding Right Click Menus (ContextMenu)
- QuickTip: Stopping an Event
- QuickTip: Avoid Firefox popup-blocker When Using navigateToUrl
- QuickTip: Inline If-Then-Else Statement
- QucikTip: Trace an Array With Correct Formatting
Posted on December 7th, 2010
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Creating Gradients With AS3
I wrote an article for ActiveTuts+ about creating gradients with code.
It features an explanation of all the different parameters you can use, as well as an interactive app that lets you play around with them.
So go check it out here.
Posted on November 23rd, 2010
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