Attention AIR developers: Are you interested in learning about caching images in binary format, SQLite database migration, re-using existing view components, memory fragmentation and general tips / tricks about developing your application using Adobe AIR? If you answered YES than you should attend Minh Vu and Chris Black’s session at Flashbelt on June 8th at […]
Re-Learning ActionScript 2
It’s amazing how easy it is to forget the little niches in programming languages after going almost a year without using them. I recently had the pleasure of working on an ActionScript 2 project after almost a year of doing primarily ActionScript 3 development. This post will highlight a few things that can make ActionScript […]
Prevent Scaling in ActionScript Projects
Problem: The scale mode for ActionScript projects is set to allow zooming by default even when the width and height are set to fixed sizes. This can distort your website when the user uses ctrl-mouse scroll wheel or hits ctrl-plus / ctrl-minus. Solution: Set the stage scaleMode to “noScale” and configure the containing div to […]
Live Blogging TC Code Camp VI
This is my first time attending the Twin Cities Code Camp and first impressions have been great! Here are the presentations I’ve attended so far today: Increasing your Productivity with Visual Studio by Jeff Klawiter I haven’t developed in Visual Studio for a number of years but this talk was still very engaging. Seeing all […]