Strategy Pattern is my favorite one, and why?
because it’s so simple for implamentation; it’s based on polymorphism, an the basic idea is to encapsulate the code that you think is gonna change.
for example let’s say that you have and Encryptor Class:
Yearly Archives: 2009
Strategy Pattern
More on Regular Expressions!
i was trying to understand what’s happening behind scenes in the Log Class in Flex Framework
if you digg a little bit in their Classes you’ll find something like this
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public function debug(msg:String, … rest):void
{
if (hasEventListener(LogEvent.LOG))
{
// replace all of the parameters [...]
Signals
Robert Penner shows to the world his new Event System called Signals
it’s a cool way for managing Events in AS3 inspired by C# events and signals/slots in Qt.
Concept
A Signal is essentially a mini-dispatcher specific to one event, with its own array of listeners.
A Signal gives an event a concrete membership in a class.
Listeners subscribe to [...]
FlashDevelop Plugins
Today we just found two great plugins for FlashDevelop
first: Reopen closed tab plugin
just press Ctlr + Shift + T and your last closed tab would be open again (firefox style! XD)
second: FlashdevelopPMD
integrates the new flexPMD from Adobe Labs to FlashDevelop
FlashDevelop is a great tool for coding and of course is our “battle horse” here at [...]
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Sound Pitch
i was talking with Caleb (the sound expert here at Grupow) a few days ago about how the Pitch works behind the scenes
i saw a great usage of the Pitch effect in Braid Game and i wanted to give a try in the Flash’s new Sound API
…………. but then Andre Michelle came with this!!!
man………. [...]
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Conways Game Of Life
is an old AS2 experiment that i made some time ago
the rules are:
1. Any live cell with fewer than two neighbours dies, as if by loneliness.
2. Any live cell with more than three neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
3. Any live cell with two or three neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation.
4. Any dead [...]
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Playing with Pixels
i was just playing with pixels and BitmapData
the code is a little messy and is not optimized
at the end we didn’t use it on production but is a really nice mouse trial
hope you like it!
source files
Mouse Trap
ppiiiiuuuuuf! it’s been a whilee uh!!
now that we release the Energy Lab we have some time to post something!
if you go there you’ll find a really cool mouse effect
and here is a quick prototype in AS2 of how we build it
(just try to get inside of the box)
source files
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Grupow is hiring!
Location: Saltillo, Coah. Mexico
Position: Flash ActionScript/Flex developer
Information:
Mandatory technical skills:
• 3+ years experience in ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0 for Flash applications integrated with server-side web applications and CMS
• Papervision knowledge
• Experience implementing OOP concepts with ActionScript
• Experience integrating streaming media
• Building integrated data-driven applications
• Source control
Communication skills:
• Outstanding problem-solving and communication skills
• Available to work in-house [...]
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Flash CS4 update (10.0.2)
yei!!! finally the desired update arrived ! =D
no more crashes for bad fonts =D
you can read the full list of changes at: swfgeek
by the way is a huge list!!
and more info at: Richard Galvan post
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