@Sidney: That's really interesting because at all the places I've worked (which isn't many - I've always done coding as a sideline and have only recently gone full-time), they seem to be utterly entrenched in FP8 (i guess using the old 'work to the last player' thinking). I personally would love to move the (non-banner) work to AS3 as it's a far more elegant way of working. I find that the clients tend to dictate it based on whatever plugin their IT department have set them up with.
a NOTE: This is taken from the interview thread and I thought it might be worth having it's own one On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Sidney de Koning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi allandt, > > As agencies we also have a advising role to play towards the customer, so > we only do AS3 projects, hardly any AS2 (maybee some banners in FP8). So we > try to advice/push the client towards AS3 projects, which, most of the > times, is better for all parties invloved. > > Sid > > > On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:24 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) > wrote: > > hmmm - i didn't do bad (without looking stuff up) but i must say that i've >> not been asked to do a single as3 project since i started doing agency >> work >> - the only time i've done an as3 project was for an interactive cd so i >> could set my own target for the projector file. Most of the work i do in >> digital agencies has been targeted at flash player 8 or (even worse) 6 so >> AS2 has been more important than AS3. >> >> Under what sort of circumstances do you find that AS3 is used? >> >> a >> >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Sidney de Koning >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >> The list of questions i always ask interviewees are the following, and >>> this >>> gives me a pretty good example of what they are like and what their >>> skillset >>> is. >>> >>> Test is always accompanied with a practical test we make up on the spot. >>> The XML in Q16 is made up, you can create your own for this. >>> >>> Feel free to use this, >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Sid >>> >>> 1 - write an event listener (normal and weak referenced) and handling >>> function for a Sprite >>> named 'beginQuestions' and listen for a mouse click. >>> 2 - what does weak referenced mean in regards to event listeners? >>> 3 - what is the difference between an object an an array? >>> 4 - how doe you get cue point from vidio in AS3? And in AS2? >>> 5 - briefly explain the various datatypes for numbers. >>> 6 - how do you load an external file? >>> 7 - draw a 20px by 20px Rectangle using the graphics API. >>> 8 - which of the following cannot contain other display objects? >>> Sprite, Shape, MovieClip, DisplayObjectContainer. >>> 9 - which properties can you use to change the size of DisplayObjects? >>> 10 - ENTER_FRAME is independant of an SWF's frame rate? True or false? >>> 11 - XP is a type of which programming methology? >>> 12 - why would you use a Singleton? >>> 13 - what is the Document Class? >>> 14 - create a new TextField instance, then add text it, then add some >>> more >>> text. >>> 15 - what is the difference between public, private and protected. >>> 16 - look at the piece of XML (see other sheet). How do i: >>> - Get all of the page nodes as an XMLList. >>> - Get node in showcase where the attribute id=1. >>> 17 - listen for when the 'enter key' is pressed and >>> trace out "all questions are now done" when the event happens. >>> >>> >>> Sidney de Koning >>> Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl >>> Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> > Sidney de Koning > Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl > Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
