Category Archives: ActionScript

Making Things Move on Safari

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

Dominick just pointed this out: http://safari.oreilly.com/9781590597910

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Polar Distortion with Flash 10 drawTriangles

Posted on September 23, 2008 by keith

I was playing around with some of the new drawing API features for the new book and realized I could redo the Polar distortion class I did a while back. http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1167 http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1187 http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1194 It was amazingly easy: And it’s fast! … Continue reading →

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Non-Flex ActionScript Frameworks

Posted on September 9, 2008 by keith

Back in the day, I was a big fan of ARP and developed my own framework based on ARP and Cairngorm at a company I worked for, which was pretty cool. But I’ve gotten a bit rusty lately. Working at … Continue reading →

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Convex Hull

Posted on September 8, 2008 by keith

In my quest for information on Voronoi, I was led here: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jrs/274/, and found some stuff on Convex Hulls that looked interesting. So I created this, just click away, hit a key to clear: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/convexhull.swf” height=”500″ width=”500″ /] A … Continue reading →

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Things I want to learn

Posted on September 7, 2008 by keith

When I get done with this book, there are a few things I really want to wrap my poor brain around. 1. Quaternions. Apparently good for rotating things in 3D, avoids gimbal lock, which is something else I only vaguely … Continue reading →

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25-Line ActionScript Contest Prizes!

Posted on September 2, 2008 by keith

Just made a big announcement over at 25lines.com that should generate some serious excitement about the contest! http://www.25lines.com/?p=56

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25-Line AS Contest Rules Posted

Posted on September 2, 2008 by keith

http://www.25lines.com/?page_id=24 This is very much just an early draft of what I’m thinking of for the rules, based a lot on what I remember from the first contest. I’m posting it now for feedback and suggestions. I’m turning off the … Continue reading →

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Netvibes AS3 Language Reference

Posted on August 31, 2008 by keith

Quick hint if you use AS3 a lot, and use Netvibes. 1. Create a new tab in Netvibes. 2. Add a Web Page widget. Add Content -> Essential Widgets -> Web Page. 3. Configure the widget. Title: AS3 (or whatever). … Continue reading →

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The All New 25-Line ActionScript Contest!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by keith

Well, here I go again, starting a new project when I already have way too much to do, but sometimes I just can’t help myself. An idea gets into my head and until I let it have its way, it … Continue reading →

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Embedding whole SWFs in AS3

Posted on August 28, 2008 by keith

So I’ve been embedding stuff in AS3 for like 10 years. (give or take a few years 🙂 ) And I think I’ve pretty much always done it like: [as][Embed(source=”some.swf”, symbol=”someSymbol”)] private var SomeThing:Class;[/as] And never had a problem with … Continue reading →

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