Monthly Archives: January 2008

Smooth All Bitmaps in Flash

Posted on January 12, 2008 by JesterXL

I keep getting emails asking for code I wrote over 4 years ago. Not sure where most of that stuff is now. The most popular, however, is a JSFL script for smoothing all of your bitmaps in Flash. Here it … Continue reading →

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I Have 4.5 Out of 6 Good Programmer Indicators

Posted on January 12, 2008 by JesterXL

Daniel, a business guy, lists 6 traits that he believes help identify a good programmer. It’s written for those who aren’t programmers, and want to hire good programmers. I tend to agree with all the points he makes. The 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Internet Fads, Programming | 5 Comments

Loading Random SWFs in a Strongly Typed Way

Posted on January 8, 2008 by JesterXL

In a hurry? Skip to the code. ActionScript 3 has given us true strong-typing; both compile time and runtime. This has many benefits from helping ensure code works once you actually compile as well as helping you debug runtime errors. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Flex | 4 Comments

Who Has Time for Unit Tests?

Posted on January 5, 2008 by JesterXL

A couple months ago, I read about dpUInt, yet another unit testing framework for Flex. I got it from reading the docs, it seemed easy to add to an existing or new project, and I’m all gung ho for giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Process, Programming | 8 Comments

I Will Not Write a Book

Posted on January 4, 2008 by JesterXL

I keep getting emails with offers to write a book, or to help contribute in writing a book. While I’ve entertained the idea of doing a chapter (or 3) on Cairngorm, that’s just what it is, and will always be; … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Personal | 18 Comments