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Welcome Caleb Johnston

Mims Wright — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:10:42 +0000

We’re happy to announce a new addition to the blog - Caleb Johnston has joined as a contributor. Caleb is currently a developer at Your Majesty and is a swell guy.
Check out his first post.

ActionScript 3.0 Bible Errata

Mims Wright — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:43 +0000

Much like the authors of the original Bible, we authors of the ActionScript 3.0 Bible have caught a lot of heat over discrepancies in our book. Unfortunately, working with several co-authors has its drawbacks and I am not able to take full responsibility for all of the content. If you find problems or are having trouble compiling your code, I encourage you to please visit the Wiley website to check for corrections and to fill out the errata form. The publisher will be better able to coordinate with the right people to fix any issues.

Please accept our apologies for the errors you’ve found so far.
Mims

Reader Question: Why isn’t event bubbling working

Mims Wright — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:24:18 +0000

A reader sent me this question. Thanks in advance to Michael:

i’m dispatching an event from a sprite after it fades in completely
dispatchEvent(new Event(Main.ENTER_SCREEN_COMPLETE));

i’m trying to listen for to this event but for some reason it doesn’t get picked up when the capturing parameter is set to false.. that is for bubbling and the target phase.

This works
container.addEventListener(Main.ENTER_SCREEN_COMPLETE, screenTweenComplete, true, 0, true);

This does NOT work
container.addEventListener(Main.ENTER_SCREEN_COMPLETE, screenTweenComplete, false, 0, true);

Where container, is an ancestor to everything on the screen. Essentially its the the stage.

Any clues why this is happening?

Answer after the jump.
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Pardon our dust

Roger Braunstein — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:52:28 +0000

~~Sorry, things are a bit broken while we sort out upgrading. Our apologies.~~
Upgrade complete!

Going to GDC!

Mims Wright — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:06:52 +0000

Tomorrow morning I’m off to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference! It’s very exciting! If you’re going too, send me an email and let’s meet up there. Here’s what I look like:

Skrypt Kidz 3000 - Episode 2 - Flash Developers VS. Flash Designers

Mims Wright — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:51:14 +0000

A new episode of Brooklyn Skrypt Kidz has been posted where we talk about the ever-widening gap between Flash designers and Developers.

Go there / Do that / Be There

Skrypt Kidz 3000 Podcast

Mims Wright — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:17:40 +0000

Update: We’re up on iTunes!

A few weeks ago we asked you what you would want to hear from a new Flash podcast. The votes came in with a tutorial based podcast in the lead with 44%, followed by a discussion by experts with 18% and a healthy chunk of you (16%) thought it was irresponsible for us to bring another new podcast soul into this cruel world.

You told us what you wanted to hear and we listened to you.

But then we decided to ignore your suggestions and do something completely different.

It’s my pleasure to present Skrypt Kidz 3000 — a new semi-regular podcast where a barbarous crew of Flash and Flex developers get together to spend our precious weekend hours yakking about Flash issues. In our inaugural episode we discuss the pros and cons of using Flex over Flash. We also talk about Flex and FDT pricing and Adobe’s new wireframing tool Thermo.

Code Samples for ActionScript Bible are online

Mims Wright — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:38:10 +0000

Hey people,

I and my publishers have gotten many comments about the lack of code samples on the AS3 Bible website. I just wanted to let you know that they’re up ~~(mostly). The remaining chapters should be up this week.~~

Get it here under the download tab.

ActionScript 3.0 Bible Available Now

Mims Wright — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:03:51 +0000

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Russian (Руский) translation by Michael

After nearly a year in development I’m very proud to announce that the ActionScript 3.0 bible has hit the shelves. This is our first book and its very exciting for us. The AS3 Bible is not just an update to the previous edition, the Flash 8 ActionScript Bible, but was written from the ground up with ActionScript 3.0 development in mind. We tried to focus on topics that matter to real world developers and to make it just as useful for experienced AS2 developers as it is for beginning programmers.

We’ve put a lot into this book and sincerely hope you enjoy it.

Get it at Amazon

NOTE: many people have been complaining about the lack of code on the companion site. We’re currently working with our publisher to get that sorted out as soon as possible and hopefully it should be up by the end of the week.

I asked a passing hobo to pose for a picture with the new Bible

Flash / Flex podcast

Mims Wright — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:55:04 +0000

I’ve been kicking around the idea of starting a Flash / Flex podcast. The plan is to get drunk and talk about Flash but maybe you have a better idea.
Do you care? Would you listen? What should we call it? What should we talk about? What topics would you like to hear discussed?
Please leave us any feedback you like.

What would you want to hear on a Flash / Flex podcast?