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Entries from August 27th, 2008

FlashDevelop 3 Beta 8 Released!

August 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · News, Softwares

After several months of waiting, FlashDevelop 3 Beta 8 is now out! I’m a fan of this awesome editor, and I almost couldn’t imagine myself coding in any other environment now without FlashDevelop. After installation and running through, all I can say is that it’s definitely worth the time to upgrade. Don’t take my word [...]

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The Erik Natzke Effect

August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off · Community, Flash Platform

The Flash Forward Conference always happens too far away from where I live, and since I don’t have the luxury of deep pockets, I’m really glad the community always posts up information to keep the rest of us updated. After reading Lee Brimelow‘s coverage, especially on the part where “Natzke Always Inspires”, I do feel [...]

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Will ActionScript 4 Be Completely Different… Again?

August 15th, 2008 · 22 Comments · ActionScript, News

That’s basically my concern after reading this article by Hank Williams that The EcmaScript language standards body has killed the draft 4.0 version two days back. What will Adobe do now with its (suddenly proprietary) ActionScript? If AS3 is now no longer base on an open standard, and if Adobe wants to adopt another standard, [...]

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Review: FDT Vs FlashDevelop

August 14th, 2008 · 14 Comments · FDT, Reviews, Softwares

For my recent presentation on the Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash, I chose to steer away from my usual FlashDevelop editor to use FDT. Since I never code in Flash IDE anymore, and that I use FlashDevelop daily, in this review of FDT I shall present a view that’s unique by comparing the two. I [...]

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My Gaia Presentation At Flex Usergroup

August 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Gaia Framework, Presentations

Right, so yesterday I did a presentation at the local Flex Usergroup about Gaia, titled “What’s Gaia?” It’s kinda a last-minute-decision title, but I guess since the majority of the attendees are Flex programmers, they may not know the existence of the powerful Gaia Framework for Adobe Flash. What was really cool was that Steven [...]

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Skin Your Flex And Win (BIG)!

August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Competitions, Flex, News

Here’s a new contest organised by ScaleNine to challenge and show off your Flex skinning prowess! Jump over to take a look at the contest details, some pretty cool video tutorials, and get started with it. This contest packs some really awesome prizes too. I see this as yet another chance for me to work [...]

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