[Flashcoders] Union 1.0 is now shipping (free for 1000 users)
hi all, just thought i'd let you know that Union 1.0--a development platform i co-founded for creating multiuser applications--is now shipping and ready for production use in real-world deployments. Union is free for 1000 simultaneous client connections, with no strings attached. see: http://www.unionplatform.com/ Union has an elegant API for creating chat, whiteboards, real-time multiplayer games, meeting applications, collaborative editing tools, and shared interfaces that run in desktop and mobile web browsers (JavaScript/HTML5), Adobe Flash, Java, C#, or dozens of other languages. for an intro to Union, see the Union Quick Start guide here: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=1994 Union features are here: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=2446 examples are here: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=1216 if you make something neat, be sure to drop me an email! colin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 4?
in august 2008, the work on ecmascript 4 by the ecmascript committee was officially halted. see: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2008-August/006837.html http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2008/08/14/actionscript-3-and-ecmascript-4/ as adobe is no longer bound to ecmascript, both the current and aborted ecmascript specs may well not have any bearing on actionscript's future. the thing i liked most about ecmascript 4 was community transparency in the language design process. sadly, that transparency appears to have been lost for now. i lobby for it every chance i get. to anyone else who wants to see it return, it might help to post a comment on mike's blog (above). colin On 09/11/10 13:01, Kerry Thompson wrote: I think we have at least one ECMA Script committee member on the list, Kenneth Kawamoto (I think he works for Adobe). Maybe he'll chime in and tell us what he's allowed to say :-) Cordially, Kerry Thompson Thanks Kerry - yeah, I have seen that Moock article, but I'm looking for something more recent. Jason Merrill Instructional Technology Architect Bank of America Global Learning -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 4? Jason Merrill wrote: Anyone heard or know anything about Actionscript 4? I know I can look at the latest ECMA specs to get an idea of what may be coming, but I'm curious about what Adobe's doing and when. -- Colin Moock talked about it at FIT in Amsterdam, in 2008. A bit dated, but there are some tantalizing tidbits: http://moock.org/lectures/newInECMAScript4/ Or, if you want it straight from the horse's mouth, here's a 40-page pdf, also a couple of years old: http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf Cordially, Kerry Thompson ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] Apple changes their guidelines
adobe's current official response: http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/09/great-news-for-developers.html Apple’s announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool. This feature was created to enable Flash developers to quickly and easily deliver applications for iOS devices. The feature is available for developers to use today in Flash Professional CS5, and we will now resume development work on this feature for future releases. This is great news for developers and we’re hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store. We do want to point out that Apple’s restriction on Flash content running in the browser on iOS devices remains in place. Adobe will continue to work to bring full web browsing with Flash Player 10.1 as well as standalone applications on AIR to a broad range of devices, working with key industry partners including Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm/HP, RIM, Samsung and others. colin On 09/09/10 09:46, Henrik Andersson wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/09statement.html ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
if your brick can send dtmf, yup! by the way, for the record, this will *not* be the world's first ever massively multiplayer, on-location game of pong. it turns out that at SIGGRAPH in 1991, loren carpenter presented massively multiplayer pong to an audience of 5000 using an object-recognition system called cinematrix. the audience used painted wooden sticks as controllers. http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/history/timeline/cinematrix.html http://www.cinematrix.com/whatis.html formal retraction here: http://moock.org/pipermail/moock-updates/2010-July/63.html sorry for the confusion, colin Ktu wrote: Can I participate in pong using a brick as my controller? Sigh... On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:16 PM, co...@moock.org co...@moock.org wrote: you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses
you could tell them you'd get to be part of the world's first ever 600-player game of pong! http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000302.html this might help too: http://www.fitc.ca/participate/SF_convince_your_boss.zip : ) if you've never been to an fitc before, i think you will be shocked at the amount of inspiration and knowledge you get out of it, and the number of connections you make with presenters and other attendees. it's like a condensed year's worth of research and professional development in a 3-day bottle. imho, colin Ktu wrote: Hey list, I'm trying to convince the C levels why they should drop 3k on sending two of us to FITC. Currently, they are 'on the fence.' They need convincing that this event offers more than what we can get locally. So, who's going? Why? How did you convince your superiors? What are you looking forward to and why? I'm personally excited about the Android content, the talk on the evolution of flash on devices, resource management, mobile performance, and the Flex intro for Flash Purists ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] security notice: upgrade your flash player
time to upgrade to 10.1... http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html === A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-1297) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. The Flash Player 10.1 Release Candidate available at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/ is confirmed not vulnerable. === colin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)
greetings flashcoders. at fitc, we recently announced a free 1000-user licence for union: http://www.unionplatform.com/?p=1115 also, this week, we posted an online multiplayer pong game tutorial: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=1229 and a multiuser fridge magnets tutorial: http://www.unionplatform.com/?page_id=1159 both tutorials include all demo source code. what's union? Union is a development platform for creating multiuser applications. It includes the Union Server, a multiuser communications server, and Reactor, an ActionScript 3.0 framework for creating Adobe Flash client applications. sorry for the intrusion, but I'm trying to get the word out that there's now a free option for large-scale multiuser game and app projects. dave, please let me know if this type of announcement is inappropriate for flashcoders. kind regards, colin moock ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] ASDoc third party libraries
if your library is a .swc file, you should be able to just include it in
the -library-path without it being documented, like this:
-source-path ${build.working_root}/src
-library-path+=${build.working_root}/libs
in the case of source-based libraries, you could compile a .swc and link
to that in your code instead, then use the library-path for your docs.
(you also could ask the library developer to offer a .swc...seems like a
good thing to do.)
lower-level -doc-sources entries might do the trick too. e.g.,
-doc-sources /src/com/yourpackageA/ /src/com/yourpackageB/
instead of:
-doc-sources /src/
another option might be to explicitly list all your own classes in the
doc-classes, then set -exclude-dependencies to true.
i don't believe there's a way to exclude a package from docs.
sadly, asdoc is pretty primitive. i have a laundry list of feature
requests that i'll post here when i've entered bugs so people can help
vote them up.
colin
Merrill, Jason wrote:
Those of you who use ASDoc I'm sure have come across this before. If you
use FlashDevelop and ASDoc - then even better as that is my setup.
How do you handle running ASDoc on a Flash or Flex project where you are
also using other third party libraries? If you run ASDoc on a project
that uses a third party library like Greensock's TweenLite or
Papervision3D, as I am, you can get all kinds of compiler errors because
it tries to include those in the documentation as well (since they are
imported into your classes), and those are not necessarily set up for
ASDoc. I know in FlashDevelop, the Actionscript Documentation Generator
has a field for classes to exclude - but it would be impossible to list
out all those third party classes - is there a way to exclude an entire
package?
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
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Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
i'm not a full-time fdt user, but i think it's commonly accepted that fdt's actionscript editing assistants are still better than fb4. see: http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/developer-tools/fdt-3/whats-new/new-quick-fixes/ http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/developer-tools/fdt-3/features/unique-features/ colin John McCormack wrote: I will be buying it shortly. It's a great product. I was interested to see that you mentioned FDT on the blog. Does FDT offer significant coding enhancements as an IDE? John co...@moock.org wrote: i didn't see anyone post an announcement about fb4 to flashcoders, so i figure it's worth spreading the news a bit. here's my take on the new version: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000300.html and i guess i should check: dave do you mind posts about actionscript ide releases (fdt, flashdevelop, fb, etc) on flashcoders? colin ___ 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 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
creating a method from a usage: sadly, still no. navigating to a method from its usage: if i understand what you're referring to correctly, that feature was in fb3 and is in fb4 too. mouse over the method name and press the command key to bring up a hyperlink to the method definition. command+[ will take you back to the last edit location. another set of eclipse shortcuts i couldn't live without: command+uparrow: move a line up command+downarrow: move a line down command+shift+uparrow: duplicate a line up command+shift+downarrow: duplicate a line down that's in fb3/4, and i assume it's in fdt too as they're both based on eclipse, but i don't know for sure. colin allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) wrote: also does it include some of the great shortcut stuff from fdt and fd like the shortcuts for creating methods or jumping to a method / variable implementation from it's usage which fb3 was sorely missing? a On 29 March 2010 09:51, John McCormack j...@easypeasy.co.uk wrote: I will be buying it shortly. It's a great product. I was interested to see that you mentioned FDT on the blog. Does FDT offer significant coding enhancements as an IDE? John co...@moock.org wrote: i didn't see anyone post an announcement about fb4 to flashcoders, so i figure it's worth spreading the news a bit. here's my take on the new version: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000300.html and i guess i should check: dave do you mind posts about actionscript ide releases (fdt, flashdevelop, fb, etc) on flashcoders? colin ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
ps. for those using fb4, it looks like sourcemate offers a potential workaround for many of the missing editing assistants: http://www.elementriver.com/sourcemate/features/ colin co...@moock.org wrote: i'm not a full-time fdt user, but i think it's commonly accepted that fdt's actionscript editing assistants are still better than fb4. see: http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/developer-tools/fdt-3/whats-new/new-quick-fixes/ http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/developer-tools/fdt-3/features/unique-features/ colin John McCormack wrote: I will be buying it shortly. It's a great product. I was interested to see that you mentioned FDT on the blog. Does FDT offer significant coding enhancements as an IDE? John co...@moock.org wrote: i didn't see anyone post an announcement about fb4 to flashcoders, so i figure it's worth spreading the news a bit. here's my take on the new version: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000300.html and i guess i should check: dave do you mind posts about actionscript ide releases (fdt, flashdevelop, fb, etc) on flashcoders? colin ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
I've just started working with FB4 in the past couple of weeks, and I love it. I think Adobe got it right. Well, except for the help system. I keep the CS4 Flash help open for my AS3 reference. -- have you seen the new ActionScript 3.0 unified reference? http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform//reference/actionscript/3/class-summary.html it's faster, and has a bunch of improvements over the old online reference. colin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?
hey cor,
i'm guessing jason's example is modern ActionScript 3.0, but if you're
looking for a range of examples, here's one in ActionScript 2.0, showing
how to implement a clock using mvc:
http://www.moock.org/lectures/mvc/
other than little syntactic details, the only aspect of the code that is
obviously outdated is the Observer pattern implementation. in
ActionScript 3.0, you'd use events rather than Observer to send
updates from the model to the view(s), but the example is pretty much
still applicable otherwise. it might even make an interesting study
project to update it to ActionScript 3.0.
have fun!
colin
Cor wrote:
Thanks Jason,
I understand the theory, but have a problem creating a MVC myself.
I don't want to use other frameworks, I want to learn to OOP in Flash and
how to create an MVC from scratch.
I am really looking for some simple, but completely working examples.
Regards
Cor
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: vrijdag 26 maart 2010 17:04
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best
practice?
In basic MVC, the controller listens to both the model and view for events.
Since Flash doesn't have data binding like Flex has, the model might
dispatch an event when a value changes, and the controller would then tell
the view how to change and might send a value to it. Also, the view might
dispatch an event that the controller would be listening for, and the
controller might then tell another view or the model (or both) to change.
So the controller controls the view and the model, but the controller does
not get controlled.
In more advanced patterns and frameworks, you have things like commands
(like in Cairngorm), façades, proxies etc. to also facilitate these
communications.
Jason Merrill
Bank of America Global Learning
Learning Performance Solutions
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Cor
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:41 AM
To: 'Flash Coders List'
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious,general thoughts on best
practice?
Thanks Jason,
I am still investigating/trying to learn the MVC pattern and I noticed the
same handling as far as the model aspect.
So if you can elaborate on that too, it is highly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Cor
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Merrill,
Jason
Sent: vrijdag 26 maart 2010 16:10
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best
practice?
I missed the beginning of this thread somehow, but FWIW, FlashDevelop
has an Add New Event menu option in the project pane when you right
click on a package folder which makes creating custom events a snap.
All you really have to do is enter the static event constants you want
the event to have and you're done. When you select this option, it
auto-generates a file with this in it:
package events
{
import flash.events.Event;
/**
* ...
* @author Jason Merrill
*/
public class NewEvent extends Event
{
public function NewEvent(type:String,
bubbles:Boolean=false, cancelable:Boolean=false)
{
super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
}
public override function clone():Event
{
return new NewEvent(type, bubbles, cancelable);
}
public override function toString():String
{
return formatToString(NewEvent, type,
bubbles, cancelable, eventPhase);
}
}
}
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[Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released
i didn't see anyone post an announcement about fb4 to flashcoders, so i figure it's worth spreading the news a bit. here's my take on the new version: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000300.html and i guess i should check: dave do you mind posts about actionscript ide releases (fdt, flashdevelop, fb, etc) on flashcoders? colin ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
hi helmut, ya, i think it's unfortunately still not very widely known. it was a new venture for o'reilly, and actually quite a risky undertaking due to the log-cabin setting, but i was determined to capture the learning from a friend approach that i've found so helpful in my own career. if anyone has any feedback on the content (or the pricing), o'reilly and i would love to hear it. o'reilly is constantly trying to evaluate new forms of training, and viewer/reader feedback could help decide whether they do more videos in a similar style. colin Helmut Granda wrote: Great information and thanks for sharing. I didn't know The Lost Actionscript 3.0 Weekend even existed. On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:29 PM, co...@moock.org wrote: hi all, as the author of an oop book myself, i have to admit that books aren't always the right learning tool for everyone. i agree with benny...i've liked the video training that's been emerging over the last few years. here are a bunch of other free options: http://gotoandlearn.com/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/ http://tv.adobe.com/channel/development/actionscript http://tv.adobe.com/show/max-2009-develop/ in fact, there's also a video version of Essential ActionScript 3.0 available called The Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend. it's a commercial product, but lots of it is freely available online here: oop overview: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-oriented-programming-overview/ making a class: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player inheritance http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801564/i17 garbage collection (very important in oop ActionScript 3.0!) http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-references-and-garbage-collection/ datatypes: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801557.VIDEO#embedded_player graphics and oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/graphics-programming/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/the-display-list/ debugging and profiling oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-debugging-mode/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-profiling/ flash/flex workflow http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801588/i20 course introduction: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/course-1-introduction/ 3d effects with adobe's chris nuuja: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=20video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player the full video is available at: http://www.oreilly.com/go/law once you're up to speed on the basics, examples, practice, and a helping community like flashcoders should take you the rest of the way. if you're doing any flex work, i find peter dehaan's examples to be a fantastic resource: http://flexexamples.com/ and for targeted questions, the stackoverflow community is really helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/actionscript happy coding! colin Benny wrote: Hi Susan I cannot recommend any OOP book but I can recommend Lynda.com. Lynda.com has some great video courses, like http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=759 Which amongst other covers OOP fundamentals and common design patterns. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Susan Day Verzonden: woensdag 10 maart 2010 19:29 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: I got AS 3 w/Design Patterns right when I delved into AS3 and I found the examples too long and complicated to follow. I would not recommend it as an introduction to OOP. Noted. And your thoughts, if any, on The Object-Oriented Thought Process? Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 4932 (20100310) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman
Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)
hi all, as the author of an oop book myself, i have to admit that books aren't always the right learning tool for everyone. i agree with benny...i've liked the video training that's been emerging over the last few years. here are a bunch of other free options: http://gotoandlearn.com/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/actionscript-11-with-doug-winnie/ http://tv.adobe.com/channel/development/actionscript http://tv.adobe.com/show/max-2009-develop/ in fact, there's also a video version of Essential ActionScript 3.0 available called The Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend. it's a commercial product, but lots of it is freely available online here: oop overview: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-oriented-programming-overview/ making a class: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player inheritance http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801564/i17 garbage collection (very important in oop ActionScript 3.0!) http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/object-references-and-garbage-collection/ datatypes: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=4video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801557.VIDEO#embedded_player graphics and oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/graphics-programming/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/the-display-list/ debugging and profiling oop: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-debugging-mode/ http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/production-topics-flex-profiling/ flash/flex workflow http://my.safaribooksonline.com/player?xmlid=9780596801588/i20 course introduction: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/colin-moocks-lost-actionscript-weekend/course-1-introduction/ 3d effects with adobe's chris nuuja: http://vplayer.oreilly.com/?chapter=20video_product=urn%3Ax-domain%3Aoreilly.com%3Aproduct%3A9780596801540.VIDEO#embedded_player the full video is available at: http://www.oreilly.com/go/law once you're up to speed on the basics, examples, practice, and a helping community like flashcoders should take you the rest of the way. if you're doing any flex work, i find peter dehaan's examples to be a fantastic resource: http://flexexamples.com/ and for targeted questions, the stackoverflow community is really helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/actionscript happy coding! colin Benny wrote: Hi Susan I cannot recommend any OOP book but I can recommend Lynda.com. Lynda.com has some great video courses, like http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=759 Which amongst other covers OOP fundamentals and common design patterns. - Benny -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] Namens Susan Day Verzonden: woensdag 10 maart 2010 19:29 Aan: Flash Coders List Onderwerp: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT) On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) ematth...@webershandwick.com wrote: I got AS 3 w/Design Patterns right when I delved into AS3 and I found the examples too long and complicated to follow. I would not recommend it as an introduction to OOP. Noted. And your thoughts, if any, on The Object-Oriented Thought Process? Susan ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders __ Informatie van ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versie van database viruskenmerken 4932 (20100310) __ Het bericht is gecontroleerd door ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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
