Flex and Flash Developer - Jesse Warden dot Kizz-ohm

A blog on software development, technology, games & movies.

About

This is the blog of Jesse Warden, a Rich Internet Application Architect. He specializes in using Flex and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.

Archive for the 'Flash' Category

Josh was bitching on Twitter the other day about how if you select multiple objects in Flash and choose Convert to Symbol, it puts them all on the same layer, regardless of where they were before. Others agreed that it is frustrating. I know where he’s coming from doing production art, so I [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Creating Modules in Flash CS4

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

You can now create modules in Flash CS4 using AS3.  You couldn’t in CS3, but could in Flash 8 using AS2.  Flash CS4 comes with a new feature in the Publish Settings called “External Library Path”.  What this allows you to do is point to a set of code, and allow you to compile WITHOUT [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

This is a post I plan to do yearly, every April.  I originally started it (late last year) because at the time, many were attempting to guess the effects of the economy’s slow decline on the Flash & Flex market.  I was hoping it’d help others who were insecure, those who had only been in Flex a [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Creating Dynamic Lists in Flex & Flash

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

In this article I’ll describe what a dynamic list is, go over the basic parts that make up a list, and show you how to build those basic parts.  Then, I’ll identify common list building challenges, and how people have overcome them.  Finally, I’ll show you how to utilize the built-in Flash and Flex classes [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Introduction
I learn something new every project, and this one was no different.  The one I want to talk about today is that designers can do a lot more in the designer developer workflow than I’ve previously experienced them doing.

Read the rest of this entry »