Author Archives: derRaab

Removing comments in CSS, HTML and ECMAScript (JavaScript)

Posted on 26/11/2011 by derRaab

While working on an Adobe AIR based source code editor I was looking for an easy way to remove comments from different kind of source codes. What first seemed like an easy regular expression turned out to be much more … Continue reading →

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Adobe Tech Summit 2011 Berlin Notes

Posted on 29/10/2011 by derRaab

Currently I’m all day long busy learning more about JavaScript, webkit, iOS, web apps, browser differences and all the HTML 5 stuff while porting our SCORM based e-learning runtime. That kept me from following Adobe MAX and all the news … Continue reading →

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Ilias SCORM 2004 can’t read timestamp

Posted on 05/10/2011 by derRaab

If you’re working with Ilias LMS you might run into this issue as well, so I’ll share this here. We’re using SCORM 2004 with it’s cmi.comments_from_learner but it turned out that it wasn’t possible to read a previously set timestamp … Continue reading →

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JavaScript development – libraries and OOP coding conventions

Posted on 30/08/2011 by derRaab

As I wrote earlier I’m currently porting our ActionScript framework to JavaScript, which basically means I’m diving into JavaScript from and ActionScript developers perspective. Of course I’m still at the beginning of becoming a good JavaScript developer, but I made … Continue reading →

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JavaScript library development using ANT and YUICompressor

Posted on 07/07/2011 by derRaab

Since I need to port a huge ActionScript project to JavaScript I see myself confronted with different practices of code organization, workspace structures and a lot more JavaScript specific stuff. I’m used to big, strongly typed ActionScript library development with … Continue reading →

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Adobe AIR 2.7: Faster App Performance on iOS

Posted on 15/06/2011 by derRaab

Get a big performance boost on iOS using Adobe AIR 2.7 SDK! Adobe’s current release version includes a number of feature enhancements: Install AIR Runtime to SD (Android) Improved performance on iOS Media Measurement Acoustic Echo Cancellation (Desktop only) Enhanced … Continue reading →

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Flex compiler – application descriptor: invalid application identifier

Posted on 08/06/2011 by derRaab

Whenever your Flex compiler prompts “application descriptor: invalid application identifier“, you might check your application description XML file. Your application ID might contain underscores (in my case) or other invalid characters. Since I found a hint to the solution only … Continue reading →

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Safari Flash Player detection problems with ClickToFlash

Posted on 06/06/2011 by derRaab

I really like the concept of blocking Flash, mainly because I don’t see these unwanted, crappy developed Flash adds sucking performance, but also because it’s a nice way to recognise Flash parts in websites. You’ll have your own reasons. Safari … Continue reading →

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Linked List Performance Test using Getter or Interface

Posted on 21/04/2011 by derRaab

Another test regarding linked lists. Since I heavily use interfaces within the frameworks I’m working on I tried to define interfaces for my linked list items. I would love to use an abstract interface but with the full linked list … Continue reading →

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FFK11 – beyond tellerrand notes

Posted on 08/04/2011 by derRaab

I’m still not sure if “beyond tellerrand” is a subtitle or will become the new brand for the one and only Flashforum conference here in germany. Sascha Wolter and Marc Thiele did a great job as always and even I … Continue reading →

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