Code for beginners
This is part of a series I will be creating tutorials on starting in March. This is a 3D primitive cylinder object created with Flash Builder 4.5 and away3D library. Stay tuned to learn more about 3D objects and how Flash Player 11′s new Stage3D api can create some interesting 3D on the fly. Please [...]
This is an example of creating circular motion with custom MXML components and Actionscript 3.0. Below is the zip file for the Flash Builder Project: Flash Builder 4.5 Project Zip File This is an example of creating circular motion with HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript. Creating Circular Motion with HTML5 Your browser does not support HTML5 [...]
This is an example of an interactive map that was created in Illustrator CS5 and output as an FXG to create an interactive MXML component. So, How do we do this? Well, first let’s start out with the Adobe Illustrator CS5 file you can download here: South-Central-Map-Zippped-AI-File Step 1. Creating Your Project File First, open [...]
This is a Flash Builder 4 drawing board example. The application uses flash.display.Graphics components to dynamically create lines, ellipses, and rectangles as well as Spark Rich Text for text. To draw your object, mouse down on the white area to start drawing and mouse up on the white area to stop drawing. Change the line [...]
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Spark Panels are wonderful containers for holding components that can be logically grouped together in one place. One problem I often have with panels is that they have to be placed in a ViewStack component or have their visibility properties changed dynamically to get them out of the way of doing other tasks. One way [...]
Module communication can be accomplished with a main application through an interface. This sample provides the code to show you how to reference module functionality through an interface. See the SWF application below for an example of loading two modules into an application and communicating information between them. Below is the Zip file for this project which includes [...]
ButtonBar components are a useful way to organize associated functionality. A benefit to using a spark ButtonBar is the ability to give a user a choice, but they may only choose one parameter at a time. This sample demonstrates using a ButtonBar component to change the visibility of a component, disable and enable multiple components, [...]
Someone asked me the other day, “What is one way I can decrease the initial load time of my application?”. That is a great question. By decreasing the initial application load time, you create a more pleasant user experience for your applications. Every developer should have that in mind when creating applications for other human [...]
A guide to setting up your WordPress website for maximum SEO benefits WordPress is famous for being SEO-friendly, but you need to set it up right in order to reap the maximum benefits. Here are 5 easy steps to making your WordPress site SEO optimized: 1. Set up SEO-friendly permalinks By default, WordPress makes your [...]