Well that's great it's going well for you. I personally don't see a lot of
Flash-based jobs out there anymore though. But great it's not dead to you. I do
miss it.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
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't agree with the "Flash isn't dead" idea.
Does it have to go away completely to be dead? No, but it's certainly lost 90%
of its relevance on the WWW, and that to me, is "dead".
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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New version of Flash just came out that claims to export to HTML5 Canvas and do
Actionscript to Javascript translations. Worth checking out?
https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/how-to/creating-publishing-html5-canvas-document.html
Jason Merrill
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e are also Javascript libraries out there that call Webservices and even
Sharepoint specific JS libraries. You can set up Javascript communication in
Flash to talk to these libraries to send and receive Sharepoint list data.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Globa
Does Figleaf have a Javascript/HTML/CSS mailing list like this? I'd love to
subscribe if there is. Or what lists are there out there for questions? I don't
mean website forums, I mean e-mail lists - I find those easier to use, more
accessible.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology
Thanks guys! We narrowed down our recommendations to O'Reilley Fluent, FITC,
and Adobe Max. I think I am leaning towards going to FITC. Fluent looks awesome
but expensive!
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
703.302.9265
Thanks Dave - I have found a few of my answers on Stack Overflow in the past, I
like it. Is it web browser only or can you subscribe like a mailing list? I
think I prefer that format.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
703.302.9265 (w/h
OK cool - yeah I am in Charlotte, so only a 5 hour drive to that conference in
Atlanta. And yeah, I miss this list too! It really dried up this past year
sadly.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
703.302.9265 (w/h)
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Oh, and as a side note, does Fig Leaf host a similar mailing list like this but
for Javascript / AJAX'y stuff?
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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From: flashcoders
Great, that's good info Dave!
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Thanks Randall!
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Randall Tinfow
Sent
Ha, well right now I am mostly just using Dreamweaver (don't ask, but to sum
up, I can't install other tools myself on my work machine) for
HTML/Javascript/CSS. I'm really more about learning the languages and
techniques rather than the tools though, but good question!
onferences for people in
our industry that use these technologies? Bascially, we were Flash developers
and now do most of our stuff with Javascript/HTML/CSS to build interactive
simulations and games for learning. What would be the equivalent of Adobe Max?
Thanks!
Jason Merrill
Instructional
http://pipwerks.com/laboratory/scorm/
Code, examples, and documentation there.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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To: '
Google Pipwerks SCORM - nice classes and files to make your Flash communicate
with an LMS via SCORM.
Jason Merrill
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Also Away3D and Alternativa support hardware acceleration. I don't know about
the others.
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Swift3D is a modeling tool and for Flash, it exports out as Papervision3D
files/classes.
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ssume), seemed harder to
get up and working when I tried it.
That said, if it was me, I would probably try out Away3D, even though I am well
versed in Papervision. Second choice would be Alternativa.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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>>I hate to say it, but AS3 is kind of dying.
It's the platform that is taking the big hit (Flash player) therefore AS3 is
decreasing in use because the platform is decreasing in use. It's not because
AS3 lost favorability, the player did.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Tech
TML you can do this after importing the above js file:
var jason = new Person("Jason Merrill", "123 Smith Street");
jason.sayHello();
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ears of Actionscript.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of R
e advanced language but it has
some pretty cool features.
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[mailto:flashc
Right, it's cool, we're on the same page, my only point is there is no
functional reason to use them (no pun intended) and in my personal opinion,
they have more potential to introduce problems.
Jason Merrill
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That still isn't an argument to use them in my opinion, personally I think the
code is much more convoluted that way. Your argument is essentially it's a
preference in coding style, not that there are situations that specifically
call for their use.
Jason Merrill
Instructional
Ok, what's a good case to use them? Just curious, I have never found a
situation where they were warranted.
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Plus, anonymous functions can throw off your scope, so your buttons could
fail...
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>> function() { gotoAndStop("divinedivers"); });
Yeah, this is weird and unnecessary. Anonymous functions are recommended
against in AS3.
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>> Make it an EMCA viable script language. Like Actionscript becoming
>> Javascripts competitor. Make it so Actionscript can control and manipulate
>> DOM.
Just sayin..
THAT would be AWESOME and make me VERY HAPPY.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect I
No problem!
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ted Lehr
Sent: Thursday
uld display a page that shows the XML for the list.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com]
SQL like abilities)
but it's also more complicated than just pulling the XML to set up and use.
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I haven't seen any resources out there, but I have done a LOT of it and still
do. Might be better off just asking your questions here.
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Yes. Javascript can call Flash functions. Flash functions can return data to
Javascript.
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ML page, you can:
Call an ActionScript function.
Pass arguments using standard function call notation.
Return a value to the JavaScript function.
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You would have to add code to the .swf, but yes, Javascript can listen for
Flash events and vice versa.
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Weird because I used to do it that way all the time.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun
My memory is foggy, but I always thought you just access the FlashVars variable
you created in the HTML straight away in the swf, in this case, appUrl. Have
you tried a trace on appUrl?
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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I wouldn't put it in the controller, it a data thing. I create a class that
loads in XML as a service class, and have the model load the service,
dispatching an event when done that the controller picks up on. MVCS.
Jason Merrill
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>> Fair enough, but they do sell cigarettes with a health warning these days..
>> ;-)
Trolling is so 2 years ago. :)
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It's the simplest form of MVC. I didn't say it was the best, I was just giving
the man what he asked for. :)
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someViewInstance.update();
}
//In the view:
public function update():void
{
//Do stuff to change the view
}
Hope that helps.
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No rules, you're right, just having the controller manipulate data just seems
to go against the "spirit" of what MVC is all about. Controllers are usually
used as communication busses in my experience.
Jason Merrill
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Maybe I'm off, but I don't think the controller should manipulate data.
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[mailto:flashc
>> Karl DeSaulniers skriver:
>> If I had anything to say about the future of flash, it would be, sell
>> it back to Macromedia if you can't fill the position.
>Adobe didn't buy Flash. They bought Macromedia.
And they bought Macromedia because Macromedia
;t make it the best option.
Most of my friends in the interactive space tell me while they can do most
"Flash like" stuff in HTML 5/Canvas/CSS3/Javascript, it takes about three times
longer than it does in Flash/Flex/Actionscript and they don't get the same OOP
benefits when prog
Haha, no worries - when I first glanced at his post, I first thought, "Did I
write that?"
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>> Jason Merrill wrote:
>> A new version of AS3 will be nice,
Jason Merrill did NOT write that, that was JAMES Merrill... easy mistake :)
just wanted to clarify...
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
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Calculations would not be in the controller, they would be in the Model.
Sometimes you can justify them being in the view if it's related to the view.
Calculations are also in a Service class if they are part of a service in some
way.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Archite
"flex is just adobe trying to make flash like html and its almost useless."
Wow, that's a pretty bold and incorrect statement, which makes me think it was
made in either bitterness/spite or in ignorance, or both.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of
Flex has a layout management system guess it depends on how you define
that.
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Nice! Hadn't heard about that one!
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Beha
bt capabilities, but it feels a little kludgy and hackish,
despite it's power. Doesn't mean I wouldn't use it though when the situation
called for it. I'm more interested in learning Java or C# and exporting to
JS/HTML solutions just for the pure sake of staying in a rea
Javascript is sad.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Gustavo Duenas
Sent
>> I'll settle for actionscript 3 replacing JavaScript in the browser :)
Second that!
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Facebook to see if she
married some loser and has let herself go.
Oh wait, I know why.
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ects? Just
curious. Thanks,
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of tom rho
red in the
function arguments, but the signal's payload, whatever that is:
onMySignal(myDataVO:MyDataVO):void {}
That's my understanding anyway. I know very little about how slots are done in
C#, only from what I have read.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect
FlashDevelop IDE support HaXe, though I don't know how far it goes. But
FlashDevelop does have many of those features, like refactoring for example.
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Ooh - awesome. Compiling to Java and C# also - so it produces the actual class
files for the languages - not just compiles down to the executable runtimes
right? Like it produces .as files not just a .swf?
Jason Merrill
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e any syntactical / features that give it an advantage
over haXe or is haXe just a better language overall in your opinion(s)?
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r very weak. I think Javascript, despite all the great
third party libraries and options out there, is just too old and outdated for
my tastes.
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more interested
in it given what's happening with Adobe and HTML5. Anyone done that and does it
work well for that? Can you have a single source base and export for AS3 apps
and Javascript for HTML 5 or are there caveats?
Jason Merrill
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Zajac
Sent: Thursday, November 10
>> Either everyone is busy or unemployed.
I would guess it's both, plus the list has likely matured (many of have grown
our skills enough and don't need as much help), and others have moved into
other technology areas.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
t an option for you and you
need to stick with XML all the way, just ignore.
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[mailto:f
This, what you are saying you want to turn it into:
That actually is valid, sorry, but you just want to have any empty node in
there? Check out this thread:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?318159-AS3-XML-How-to-add-element-nodes
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology
< row id="c" />
And
< row id="c" />
Are not valid XML. Therefore, I'm not clear on what you want to do. :)
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If you want to do bubbling with Signals, then read this post first:
http://www.dehash.com/2010/03/07/as3-signals-bubbling-note/
You can do it, it's just not automatic.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect II
Bank of America Global Learning
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Yeah man, AS3Signals are awesome!
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of
>> What I need it to target a specific sequence of nodes.
You can do that with my function as well - just pass in the sequence you want
to target.
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Campo Fatigua
Harpo Oprah
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>> Then I think I hit on what Jason was suggesting:
Not really. :) I think you're over complicating this. This is all I was
suggesting you do from my original suggestion, it's pretty straightforward
(this is a test case you could copy paste and run):
//DUMMY DAT
) {"
Yeah, understood. I was just responding to his request for something that "does
it better". So given that, I think both our approaches satisfy that request.
:)
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technolo
hat, or only check certain specific levels.
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Be
Ingenious idea, but that would be limited to you hard coding the number of
levels to go down to. If the XML gets larger and deeper, that function would
fail... I think it would be better to check if the node has children, and if
so, recursively dig deeper.
Jason Merrill
Instructional
, passing in the
child XML node as an argument, and does the count the node, adding to the
_totalItems private class property. The function then does not call itself
again if the XML node does not have any children. No switch statement would be
needed. Make sense?
Jason Merrill
at said, I'm only on my third Robotlegs project now).
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From: David Wilcox [mailto:dwgoldfi...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:27 AM
To: Merrill, Jason
Subject: Re: [Flashcod
>>(fyi It's missing the closing tag on the third node.)
I meant the second node, not third...
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Sent: Friday, July 22
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>> That's not valid XML
(fyi It's missing the closing tag on the third node.)
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se Command) and
SignalContext instead of Context, and I set the signalCommandMap.mapSignalClass
method inside of SignalContext to map Signals in my SignalContext.
>From there, everything works as you would expect for Signals and Robotlegs.
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architec
I'll second that, Robotlegs is really nice - we love it here. We did an
evaluation of AS3 frameworks to implement as a team, and for the moment, have
decided to go with Robotlegs for all of our medium to large projects as a basis
for architecture.
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icElement class, but that doesn't appear to be the same
thing.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Joel Stransky
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:37 AM
To: Flash Coders List
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] PureMVC vs Cairngorm // who's better?
I hav
- 6 months might be just outside that window, but wouldn't hurt to
contact them and ask (or maybe someone here knows).
Jason Merrill
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>> If you have a CS5 suite do you get a free upgrade to CS5.5?
Can't help you with your other questions, but I do know the answer to that one
is unfortunately no.
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Yeah, I mean in that case, just call the text() node of the XML node. Much
simpler and you'd get the same result.
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ring:String = xmlData[0].text();
Can you post some sample XML?
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figl
ion seems an unnecessary way around - like
going out the front door of a house, walking around to the back and then going
in the back door just to get to the kitchen.
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>> var kids = xmlData.children(); // gets me the CDATA content without the
>>
>> var kidscdata:String = kids[0].toString();
That seems unnecessary unless I don't understand your question. Wouldn't var
kids:String = theXMLNode.text() work?
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y via Actionscript?
Seems nuts - unless it's a known bug or I am missing something obvious.
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>> When you work in the Flash IDE though (sorry Jason)
Ugh. :)
I agree though, using "this" has an advantage of code hinting for the class, in
other tools tool like Flashbuilder. However, I never use it, it's redundant
and agree with Moock it only adds visual clutter.
>> but I need to have the fla source file to modify the code
I think a better approach is to:
1. Learn how to load XML and get the data.
2. Learn how to create display objects with code, animate and present them.
3. Learn how to load external images.
Jason Merrill
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itor/
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From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ktu
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 3:2
ww.jetbrains.com/idea/download/ (awesome++)
http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/ (awesome++)
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-builder.html (awesome, maybe you have
this already?)
)
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect
Bank of America
Oh, and to add on to that requirements list, a 6th item would be:
6. Community support/popularity and documentation/tutorials
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect
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libraries like Away3D or Alternativa3D - I'm talking about isometric
game engines.
Thanks,
Jason Merrill
Instructional Technology Architect
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Cool - thanks Peter.
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[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Peter Ginneberge
You've never heard of the color (:)? Kinda inbetween fuschia and midnight
blue.
;)
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