Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-19 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
In place of void? so like... function someFunc():Number { //return a number } function someFunc():String { //return a string } Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com On May 19, 2013, at 12:26 AM, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: Void was AS2 and wasn't really

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-19 Thread Hans Wichman
Karl, no harm intended, but do yourself and us a favor and get something like Essential Actionscript 3 from Moock, it will save you lots and lots of unnecessary self inflicted punishment :). That said, AS3 is much more about (strong) typing than AS2 was. In that line of thinking, you need to

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-19 Thread Henrik Andersson
Hans Wichman skriver: That said, AS3 is much more about (strong) typing than AS2 was. In that line of thinking, you need to specify exactly what types of parameters go into a method/function and what it returns, even if that what is nothing. The type of Nothing is this respect is void.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-19 Thread Paul A.
On 19/05/2013 09:18, Hans Wichman wrote: Karl, no harm intended, but do yourself and us a favor and get something like Essential Actionscript 3 from Moock, it will save you lots and lots of unnecessary self inflicted punishment :). Excellent advice. Don't try and get to grips with the

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 finally..

2013-05-19 Thread mike g
Just wondering, has Colin Moock put forward any thoughts re. Flash/Actionscript's future direction? On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Paul A. p...@ipauland.com wrote: On 19/05/2013 09:18, Hans Wichman wrote: Karl, no harm intended, but do yourself and us a favor and get something like

[Flashcoders] AIR

2013-05-19 Thread John McCormack
Hi there. I would like to produce some educational material using AIR but am feeling very insecure about its future. Could you possibly let me know how active you are in producing content deliverable through AIR. Thanks John ___ Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] AIR

2013-05-19 Thread Hans Wichman
Hi John, content created today will still run in the future, independent of where air itself is going. I wouldnt worry too much bout it, but that might be just me :) best h Sent from my iPad On 19 mei 2013, at 14:39, John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.uk wrote: Hi there. I would like to