I’m using Gaia , the framework for Adobe Flash , for one of my projects. As a n00b, I’ve screwed up my site.xml a few times since I didn’t read the manual. Gaia 2.2 helps a tad in that regard by now validating your site.xml before it goes about scaffolding the whole thing wrong. Having to delete all of the scaffolded classes and FLA’s for a new project 5 times because I’m a moron was frustrating. Another thing that’s nice is Steven finally put event metadata tags on classes, including on some interfaces. Since I code mostly in Flex Builder , I can actually get code hints now when doing addEventListener.
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Category: Flash
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Gaia 2.2 Released
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Two Directory Source Control Workflow
Two Directory Source Control is a work flow where you utilize one directory from source control, one directory that you work out of, and you then shuttle between them at your convenience. In this article, I’ll describe how traditional work flows work, the problems with them, and how you can use the Two Directory option to overcome them. This article assumes you know what source control is, what a merging tool is, and the value they bring to your work flow.
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LA Flash User Group: Gaia Presentation Tonight
Amongst other cool happenings at the Budding Talent Night #2 for the LA Flash User Group this evening, is Steven Sacks ‘ presentation on Gaia , the framework for building Flash sites uber-quickly. I managed to get a run through of his preso last night and was really impressed. I’ve talked, offered advice, and even contributed a tiny portion of sample code to Steven for Gaia, but still learned a ton from his talk.
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Back in the Consulting Game
I put in my 2 weeks notice 3 weeks ago at Multicast Media Technologies, a Live and On Demand Online Video company here in Atlanta. I was originally hired as a Flex Consultant back in March of 2007. I had taken a 3 month sabbatical to find a product company that jived with my goals, but mostly to play XBox for 2 1/2 months. After that, my wife and I jetted to Sydney, Australia so we could both speak at WebDU 2007 (she got the bigger room). I was pretty re-charged to do some Flex work that March. I even got the opportunity to don the khakis and do some on-site client consulting in California. About 5 months into it, they offered me a W2 position, and I accepted. I still kept the flip-flops.
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