I’ve just finished writing a book on developing Facebook applications using Flash, and we’ve got three copies to give away! Read on to find out more about the book, and how you could get your hands on it.
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Michael is a freelance Flash developer and technical writer. He is the editor of Activetuts+, and writes AS3 game development tutorials on his blog. You can find him on Twitter, too: @MichaelJW.
Beginner’s Guide to FlashDevelop – Basix
Two common misconceptions about Flash Professional: first, you have to buy it in order to make Flash apps and games; second, it’s a decent tool for writing code. Totally untrue.
In this article, we’ll see how to use the free Windows application FlashDevelop to work on Flash projects — both with and without Flash Professional.
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Happy Holidays from Envato!
Another year over already, and what a fantastic year it was! Yet, I’m sure we can do even better… so from all of us at Activetuts+ and the rest of Envato, here’s to a GREAT New Year!
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Open Mike: Wording
Do you updateDatabaseFields() or udDBFields()? This is Open Mike, a series of discussion posts to throw the cat amongst the pigeons. These posts are all about you — we want to hear your opinions, ideas, and thoughts. We’ve spoken about prefixes before; now let’s talk about the actual words you use to name your AS3 objects.
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Open Mike: Capitalization
UpperCamel, or lowerCamel? This is Open Mike, a series of discussion posts to throw the cat amongst the pigeons. These posts are all about you — we want to hear your opinions, ideas, and thoughts. Due to popular demand, this Open Mike includes a poll to help us analyze opinion, so let’s hear what you have to say about capitalization.
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Open Mike: Prefixes
To underscore, or not to underscore? This is Open Mike, a series of discussion posts to throw the cat amongst the pigeons. These posts are all about you — we want to hear your opinions, ideas, and thoughts. Due to popular demand, this Open Mike includes a poll to help us analyze opinion, so let’s hear what you have to say about prefixes.
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Open Mike: Brackets
Allman or K&R? This is Open Mike, a series of discussion posts to throw the cat amongst the pigeons. These posts are all about you — we want to hear your opinions, ideas, and thoughts. To kick things off, let’s talk about brackets.
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Quick Tip: Stretch Your SWF with Stage.ScaleMode
What happens when a website crams your SWF into an area where it doesn’t fit? In this Quick Tip, you’ll find out how to take control of how your SWF scales.
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Tailor Your Flash Workspace by Creating Custom Panels
In my last tut: Create New Features for Flash with JSFL we created new commands for Flash. Now we’re going to take things further by creating entirely new panels within the Flash authoring environment.
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Create New Features for Flash with JSFL
In this introduction to the JavaScript for Flash (JSFL) scripting language, you’ll learn how to automate repetitive tasks and add new commands to the Flash authoring environment.
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