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AS3 Concurrency/Workers use cases, best practices, and link roundup 8 Nov 2012 | 01:31 am
Leif Wells responded to my presentation slides on ActionScript 3 Workers/Concurrency with a great question: Is there a discussion somewhere on practical use cases for AS3 Workers? Best Practices? (Le...
Slides and code: Concurrent programming with ActionScript workers 1 Nov 2012 | 01:21 am
Several weeks ago, I gave a presentation to the D-Flex users’ group about the new ActionScript workers features in Flash Player 11.4/AIR 3.4. Although I’m a few weeks behind on this, I wanted to share...
…and, I’m back! 5 Jun 2012 | 11:40 pm
I’ve been silent on this blog for a long time. There are several reasons for this: Technical (the admin part of my WordPress installation wasn’t working) Content (there weren’t any new Flash Builder r...
Flash Builder 4.5 tip: easy method override 28 Jun 2011 | 06:57 am
Here’s another trick I use quite often in Flash Builder 4.5. To be honest, this feature may have been in Flash Builder 4 and I just didn’t notice it, but I discovered it with Flash Builder 4.5 (and I’...
Flash Builder 4.5’s “Flash Builder” templates 28 Jun 2011 | 06:50 am
I’ve written several articles about Flash Builder 4.5’s code templates feature. However, I got a question by email today that made me realize another aspect of templates that’s potentially confusing. ...
Coding Productivity Features in Flash Builder 4.5 recording, notes, etc. 24 Jun 2011 | 07:29 am
Yesterday I had the privilege of giving a session as part of Adobe Developer Week 2011, on the topic of “Coding Productivity Features in Flash Builder 4.5.” It’s pretty obvious from my recent posts th...
Notes from D-Flex “AIR SQLite for the real world” 24 May 2011 | 02:38 pm
Last week I presented to D-Flex (the Dallas Flex Users’ Group) on the topic of AIR SQLite for the real world. This is the description of the presentation: Almost any real application needs to store da...
Flash Builder 4.5 tip: Supercharge your code hints and code completion 18 May 2011 | 04:40 pm
I was a C# programmer for a while and I have to admit, I was spoiled by Visual Studio. Some people don’t like lots of code assistance. I’m not one of those people. Since I moved to mostly ActionScript...
Flash Builder 4.5 Tip: Using “selection” templates 18 May 2011 | 04:05 pm
I’ve already written about how to use the code templates feature in Flash Builder 4.5. One less-obvious aspect of templates is that some templates behave differently if you have some characters or lin...
Flash Builder 4.5 tip: Share code templates 18 May 2011 | 03:53 pm
Last fall when the Flash Builder “Burrito” beta was released at MAX, I shared several templates that I created. It’s easy to share templates with others, which is great for teams or just for helping o...
