Archive for December, 2006

Using ActionScript without MXML in FlashDevelop

13 Dec, 2006  3 Comments

Most people using ActionScript 3 uses MXML. I don’t like that very much, as Flex is a strange proprietary language, and ActionScript 3 is a regular, Java-like programming language. MXML is fast for setting up a GUI using standard components in a RIA and the like, but most of my projects will not use standard components, but will be simple scripting experiments or customly designed games and apps.
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The Beach is the best

7 Dec, 2006  No Comment

Not Leo’s silly movie, but Flash on the Beach 2006.

I got many interesting contacts, talked to many interesting people and in particular told Branden Hall, that his ancient Flash 5 add-ons (including string.as) is still in use in some of our old Flash 5 projects still being updated.
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