Debugging Your Flash Applications With De MonsterDebugger

Posted on June 24 2009

Debugging your Flash applications can take some getting used to.  Especially, if you've never used a debugger before. Having the right tool to aid in debugging your Flash Applications can save a boat load of time.  Also when debugging, the debugging tool used should provide easy access to your ActionScript data with little of a learning curve. An innovative debugging tool that I have been pretty fond of lately has been De MonsterDebugger.

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Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst Betas Now Available!

Posted on June 01 2009

The day that many of us have been waiting for has arrived. Today, beta versions of both Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst are now available for download via Adobe Labs. The two new beta releases have been in closed beta for quite some, but as of today the doors are now opened.

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Multiple FlairBuilder License Giveaway

Posted on May 15 2009

Earlier this week, I introduced a new, innovative prototyping tool called FlairBuilder.  I was happy to help Cristian Pascu get the word out about his new application.  If you are one of the many that has downloaded the trial, I'd love to see what type of wireframes you've come up with. After many trial downloads, Cristian and I decided to provide an opportunity to earn yourself a free license of FlairBuilder. Cristian was kind enough to giveaway 5 FlairBuilder licenses to those willing to participate in this contest.

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TxEff2: An Improved Update To An Already Impresive Tool

Posted on May 14 2009

TxEff2 is a Flash CS3/CS4 AS3 component created for easing the text animation process. TxEff2 is also a framework based on patterns, a large collection of classes, which enable cool show/hide and swap transitions on texts.

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FlairBuilder: An Adobe AIR Based Rapid Prototyping Tool

Posted on May 11 2009

These days as a designer/developer rapid prototyping has become a key component to getting projects in and out the door much quicker.  To this effect, many prototyping tools have surfaced over the last year or so.  A new rapid prototyping tool, FlairBuilder, created in Adobe AIR has just hit the market and first looks of it look pretty impressive.

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Adobe Strobe: A Unified Effort To “Standardize” Media Players

Posted on May 01 2009

In today's media player development, every attempt to create a personalized media player has resulted in multiple flavors of multiple media players.  Complete saturation and non-consistency!  The need for a standardized video framework is in high demand and sorely needed.  Adobe's attempt is to provide a standard media player framework, code-named Strobe, to enable the creation and delivery of high-quality, monetized video experiences.

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CopperCube: A New 3D Engine That Doesn’t Require AS Knowledge

Posted on April 30 2009

3D engines that take advantage of the Flash Player seem to sprouting about very frequently.  Whether or not these new 3D engines effective target a specific market can be left for debate.  One new 3D engine that has caught my eye is CopperCube as it targets individuals that are not familiar with ActionScript but can provide the 3D knowledge that many of us just don't have.

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ActionScript 3 Migration Cookbook

Posted on April 27 2009

The community's cry for a simple guide that would quickly go over some of the most felt changes from AS2 to AS3 has been heard.  Adobe has recently added a new resource to the ActionScript Center called the ActionScript 3 Migration Cookbook.

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