JUST GOOD DESIGN

When time is an issue, which method will you stick with? A recent article I read called Programming with Timers: Don’t be fooled had me thinking hard about my next project.

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XML and Flash

November 30, 2006 at 6:57 pm · Filed under Development, Flash, Actionscript, XML

In my travels I have heard of the glorious power XML commands. XHTML, XJAX, XAML, RSS, and the list goes on. But I only really care about XML with Flash and getting at my content as fast as possible while being able to traverse it rapidly. So here are a few good links to help speed things up:

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MDM Zinc Class

November 21, 2006 at 11:18 pm · Filed under Development, Flash, Actionscript

Rapid Application Development
Flash is great at application interaction, but falls short of producing an “real” application. For that, you can grab a few R.A.D apps to get you the rest of the way.

Recently for a project I purchased ZINC but needed to access it’s properties from an AS 2.0 perspective within the hour. So instead of looking around I decided to roll my own. It’s still a draft version written at midnight for an autorun CD. Most of the methods are either test functions or used only to run a file from an xml driven menu.

DRAFT VERSION: com.jgraup.rad.MDM.as

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FSCommand Class

November 21, 2006 at 9:58 pm · Filed under Development, Flash, Actionscript

In order to get a grasp on Flash’s fscommand, I rolled a class and tried to give enough documentation in the comments. I used the singleton style to keep track of system status and help with simple toggle commands.

DRAFT VERSION com.jgraup.system.jgFS

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