Labs

here’s a demostration of using robotlegs with Twitter API and the new features of Flint v2.2
thanks to Richarld Lord for the updates they’re really great!

enjoy: http://github.com/rauluranga/robotlegs-examples-TwitterFlint.

i can explain all the code, step by step but i think it’s more interesting
if you go and put your dirty hands on it!

http://github.com/rauluranga/robotlegs-modular-example

just remember Mr. ModuleEventDispathcer it’s the movie star.

i’m going to start a personal project using an isometric view, and i just find about as3isolib
it´s a very useful library that could help you in building your own isometric game.

i uploaded already a few examples on GitHub, and i will continue uploading more examples on the road.
http://github.com/rauluranga/as3isolib-demos-bundle

you can find more info here and here.

cheers!

i want to share all these links with you, helps you to start playing with RobotLegs from the very begining.

• http://www.robotlegs.org/

i’ve been waiting this for months!!!
now the Realaxy Actionscript Editor (RASE) goes public beta

download and test it now!!

for more info, you can follow Den Ivanov’s blog.

cheers!

i been using the Sound Manager from Matt Przybylski
for a while and added some little updates:
first make it work with the latest TweenLite Framework and to do that, you just need to make these changes:

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i was trying to find a solution for compiling Robotlegs from Flash IDE (CS3 or CS4)
and found two approaches:
the first one comes from Jesse Warden combining mxmlc & Flash CS4 or CS3 with GAIA Framework.
the second one (that i think is a lot easier) i found it at Helmut Granda post using XML configuration to initialize the injection from the SwiftSuspendersInjector, you can find more info here and in the SwiftSuspenders README file.

so, i tried the second one and here’s the Hello Flash example compiled from flash CS3

download here.

enjoy.

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 in the msg string
				for (var i:int = 0; i < rest.length; i++)
				{
					msg = msg.replace(new RegExp("\\{"+i+"\\}", "g"), rest[i]);
				}
 
				dispatchEvent(new LogEvent(msg, LogEventLevel.DEBUG));
			}
		}

so what’s means msg = msg.replace(new RegExp(”\\{”+i+”\\}”, “g”), rest[i]); ??????
that means whenever you find “{0}” …. “{n}” replace it by the string rest[0] … rest[n]

so you can use

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Log.debug("the song says {0} little {1} little {2} little-endians" , 'zero','one','two');
//outputs:  the song says zero little one little two little-endians

for me is so hard to read a Regular Expressions especially because i always forget
all means of meta characters and meta secquencies hehehe

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 real objects, not to string-based channels.
• Event string constants are no longer needed.

Features

• Remove all event listeners:
• Retrieve the number of listeners
• Listeners can be added for a one-time call and removed automatically on dispatch:
• Any object type can be dispatched to listeners. But using IEvent will enable full functionality.
• A Signal can be initialized with an event class that will validate event objects on dispatch (optional):
• If the Signal’s event class is specified, each listener is checked on add() to ensure it declares at least one argument.
• Signals can be placed in interfaces to indicate the events dispatched by a class.
• Events can bubble recursively through .parent independent of the display list (experimental).
• Code was developed test-first.

Sintax

comparison:

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// with EventDispatcher
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
 
// Signal equivalent; past tense is recommended
button.clicked.add(onClicked);

Create a Signal for a class:

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////// in Item class:
// Recommended: make the signal read-only.
protected var _ready:Signal;
public function get ready():Signal { return _ready; }
 
public function Item()
{
	_ready = new Signal(this, ReadyEvent);
}
 
protected function sendReady():void
{
	_ready.dispatch(new ReadyEvent());
}
 
////// in another class:
var item:Item = new Item();
protected function onItemReady(e:ReadyEvent):void { ... }
 
item.ready.add(onItemReady);

more info on Signals

AS3 Signals Getting Stronger
The Community Responds to AS3 Signals
My New AS3 Event System: Signals

more info on AS3 Events

My Critique of AS3 Events – Part 1
AS3 Events – 7 things I’ve learned from community
My Critique of AS3 Events – Part 2

i like this kind of people, never comfortable, always trying to make improvements, changing the way we see things and Robert Penner is not and exception.

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!
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