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Nate Beck
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Posts by Nate Beck
TweetCoding!
Feb 18th
Two days ago Grant Skinner announced he’s now part of the Twitter craze.
One day later, he has setup a “TweetCoding” competition. Winner will receive a copy of Flash CS4 (compliments of Adobe).
As for how it’s going to be judged… nobody really knows yet… but loads of fun none the less.
Official Rules —> here
Template Files —> here
And you can follow the competition —> here
Flex Bug Quash quick update
Feb 17th
Hey everyone…
I know I have been missing for a week or so now. Between a new job, and planning our first Flex Bug Quash event, I haven’t had a chance to post.
Regarding the Flex Bug Quash… here is what I can tell you (without ninjas hunting me down). Adobe has graciously offered up their support. So instead of the cramped venue we were looking at before, we have a lot more space to accommodate all of you. So once again, Adobe rocks!
The first Flex Bug Quash event is going to be held in Washington State. However, there are plans of making this a global event as well using that interweb thing.
Expect an official email / posting on bugquash.com later this week when we announce all of the details.
You can also now go to the Bug Quash web page and sign up for email notifications. We won’t spam you or sell your email address, scout’s honor!
In other exciting news… I have been jotting down tips non-stop, now I just need to write them up for all of you to enjoy. So I’ll be back on that bandwagon soon enough, but I set out to do 30 days straight and I achieved it. Go me!
Farewell Flex / AS3 Reference Guide :(
Feb 10th
So this morning was working on an Adobe AIR prototype. With my headphones on and music playing, I may have gotten a bit into the music. Long story short… I knocked over my Pepsi Zero onto my Adobe technology platform ActionScript Reference (the cool pamphlet one that I got from MAX). It’s ruined, so I guess it’s back to the online Language Reference.
Curse you Ben Folds with your melodic twists and turns and memorable lyrics.
Farewell old friend… you will be sorely missed.
Tip of the Day – A new way to get involved with Flex
Feb 7th
So the reason I haven’t posted a tip the past couple of days is because I have been working on a new project.
Check it out here —> Bug Quash
Please vote on the poll. We’re trying to see how much interest there is in this kind of event.
Any questions, comments, ideas, complaints, suggestions, etc… please post them below.
p.s. I know… this wasn’t really a tip… but I’m tired and it’s beddy time for Nate.
:: Update ::
New information including how to sign up for notifications —> here.
Tip of the Day – Flipping Display Objects
Feb 5th
The tip that helped me the most lately is the with flipping objects with the help of matrices.
Here is the code:
function flip( display:DisplayObject, orientation:String ):void { var m:Matrix = display.transform.matrix; switch (orientation.toUpperCase()) { case "HORIZONTAL" : m.a = -1; m.tx = display.width + display.x; break; case "VERTICAL" : m.d = -1; m.ty = display.height + display.y; break; } display.transform.matrix = m; } flip(logo, "horizontal");
This tip was provided by Sidney K. Thanks Sidney!
Tip of the Day – Flex Coding Conventions
Feb 4th
Today’s tip is a short one… I have begun planning a very exciting Flex-centric event that is going to be held up here in Seattle. More on that later though.
Your tip for the day… The Flex SDK team has a guide that explains the coding conventions that they use within the SDK (for the most part).
Flex SDK coding conventions and best practices
I agree with almost all of the conventions they list here. If you’re planning on contributing the to Flex SDK, you NEED to be familiar with these conventions.
