Category Archives: Flash

Grant Skinners 50 reasons why AS 3 kicks ass

Posted on 31/05/2008 by derRaab

I found great slides on Grant Skinners blog. They give a quick introduction in AS 3 and it’s core benefits! 50 reasons why AS 3 kicks ass (Grant Skinner) Also a must read for developers! Update: And he also added … Continue reading →

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Adobe technology platform RIA guide

Posted on 20/03/2008 by derRaab

This is simply the link list contained in the recently released Adobe technology platform ActionScript Reference PDF. API References Adobe ActionScript 3 Language Reference Adobe AIR JavaScript Language Reference Documentation Flex 3 Documentation Adobe AIR Documentation Developer Centers Adobe Developer … Continue reading →

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Running Adobe AsDoc on my Mac using ANT!

Posted on 23/11/2007 by derRaab

Wow, this was really challenging! But now, finally, I found out how to use AsDoc on my Mac.There must be another solution out there, but I simply want to document this workaround hoping that this also works on your Mac. … Continue reading →

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AVM1 _globals are still global.

Posted on 19/11/2007 by derRaab

This is one of this quicknotes just for not forgetting a simple issue:While developing a “AS2Wrapper” for embeding AS2 contents in AS3 applications I recognised that _globals within the loaded AS2 SWFs still exist when you unload this SWF and … Continue reading →

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FOAM Rigid Body Physics Engine Alpha

Posted on 10/11/2007 by derRaab

Wow again! Drew Cummins recently released a alpha version of his FOAM calles physics engine. You definitely should check it out here. It runs really stable…

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ActionScript Performance Test

Posted on 10/11/2007 by derRaab

This performance test shows how fast the ActionScript AVM2 runs compared to the AVM1, Java(!) and JavaScript: See it

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Adobe MAX Chicago – Pacifica Sneak Peek

Posted on 10/11/2007 by derRaab

Wow! I found another great Sneak Peek. Imagine you integrate your own skype like service on your website which enables costumers to call you on your cellphone using this little app. Great: Video

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Adobe MAX Chicago – Flash on C Sneak Peek

Posted on 10/11/2007 by derRaab

Today I found a real interessting Sneak Peak Video about porting C / C++ or other librarys to ActionScript 3. This will make a lot of librarys available to ActionScript 3 without rewriting anything. Thing about different file formats and … Continue reading →

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Video – Aral Balkan talk on Flashforum Konferenz 2007

Posted on 06/11/2007 by derRaab

I really enjoyed Arals talk on the Flashforum Konferenz about SWX this september. And now you can also enjoy it right here. He’s a great guy!

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How to add MouseWheel support on Mac OS Flash Player

Posted on 29/10/2007 by derRaab

Gabriel Bucknail created almost a year ago a SWFObject add-on to bring MouseWheel support to the Mac OS X Flash Player. Seems to be still up to date: AS2-Solution or AS3-Solution

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