One of the unsung heroes of readable AS3 code is the native Dictionary class. A Dictionary is just a container for key/value pairs, much like Object. In fact, a lot of people don’t realize just how useful Dictionary is. The assumption, easy to make, is that it’s better to use Object because then you don’t [...]
Also tagged AS3, Cache, Caching in Flash, Classes, Dictionary, flash.utils.Dictionary, FlexRight now, if you want to handle input and output between Arduino and Adobe Flash/AIR, the recommended best practice is to use a program like SerProxy to listen to your serial input, turn it into socket data and publish it to local host. Inside of Flash, then, you treat it as a socket server – [...]
Also tagged AIR, arduino, Flex, NativeProcess, pythonSeems like every time I get a new project that involves styling dynamically generated text in Flash, using custom fonts and with no access to Flex’s @embed trickery, I run into problems. I’m writing this blog entry not just to share a solution with you but also to have a single writeup for my own [...]
Also tagged CSS, embedded fonts, embedding fonts, flash.text.StyleSheet, fonts