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Try Out The Drawing API... Without Compiling Anything!

Andrew Trice
March 20, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7)

My last few posts on the Flash/Flex/ActionScript drawing API gave me a few ideas... Everyone always says how it reminds them of old-school programming in BASIC or Pascal. I decided to make it easier for anyone to play with the drawing API, without having to compile any programs for themselves. I call this the "Drawing API Explorer". Using the drawing API explorer application, you don't have to override updateDisplayList or anything. All of the hard work is done.

More Lightweight ActionScript Goodies

Andrew Trice
March 18, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (5)

Here's fun little AcitonScript-only project that takes advantage of some of the concepts I've discussed recently. This is a great project for learning the drawing API, experimenting with Flash & math-based drawing, learning ActionScript-only projects, or seeing object caching in action. This application itself doesn't have a lot of business value, but its a great example to teach these principles so that you can use them in your own applications.

Effects and Animation - Hello! Flex 4
Peter Armstrong

This excerpt is from Chapter 4 (Spark containers, view states, effects, and styling) of Hello! Flex 4, by Peter Armstrong. This excerpt is published with permission. Session 18 - Effects and Animation - Hello! Flex 4 In this workshop... Continue Reading
Photo Gallery Mate Framework, With Photo Caching
Pete Mackie

I have been developing Adobe Flex-based RIA applications for nearly three years. My prominent need has been for capable RIA photo galleries. I observed over time that most Flex-based example photo galleries resourced photos—either locally or remotely—from photo files stashed... Continue Reading
Getting Free with GraniteDS
William Drai

A few weeks ago, Justin Shacklette published a very interesting two-part article describing the new features of Adobe LCDS 3 (part 1 and part 2). The first article described the model-driven development features, and the second article focused on data... Continue Reading
Inside HTML5: The Browser becomes a first class RIA citizen
Matthew David

Over the last decade HTML has been trying to be a better RIA solution. First came CSS, then came AJAX and Web 2.0; but, it is not until now with the rapid adoption of HTML5 that the lines are... Continue Reading

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