[Flashcoders] Union 1.0 is now shipping (free for 1000 users)

2011-05-12 Thread co...@moock.org
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:

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 4?

2010-11-10 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] Apple changes their guidelines

2010-09-09 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-23 Thread co...@moock.org
, 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

Re: [Flashcoders] FITC Excuses

2010-07-21 Thread co...@moock.org
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

[Flashcoders] security notice: upgrade your flash player

2010-06-08 Thread co...@moock.org
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

[Flashcoders] union 1000-user free licence announced (multiuser dev platform)

2010-05-27 Thread co...@moock.org
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:

Re: [Flashcoders] ASDoc third party libraries

2010-04-13 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread co...@moock.org
-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

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-29 Thread co...@moock.org
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?

Re: [Flashcoders] Events can be tedious, general thoughts on best practice?

2010-03-27 Thread co...@moock.org
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

[Flashcoders] flash builder 4 released

2010-03-27 Thread co...@moock.org
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,

Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)

2010-03-12 Thread co...@moock.org
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

Re: [Flashcoders] OOP Books (OT)

2010-03-11 Thread co...@moock.org
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/