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Ten tips for building better Adobe AIR applications
July 18th 2010 | Christian Cantrell
Now that we have just launched AIR 2, I figured it would be a good time to look back at all the AIR code I've written over the last few months and pick out some…
Skill: Intermediate Code: Actionscript 3 Category: Adobe AIR
Using Away3D with Flex
February 08th 2010 | Jens C Brynildsen
A common question about 3D engines is how to use them with the Flex framework. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to build your own Away3D Flex Component that will play nicely when the…
Skill: Intermediate Code: Actionscript 3 Category: 3D, Away3D 3.6
Passing parameters to Flash using Javascript
August 28th 2009 | Jens C Brynildsen
Want to build something that responds to user input or a custom URL? This tutorial will show you how to use Javascript to pick up parameters sent to a SWF file using only Javascript.
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 3 Category: Browser interaction
Using Pixel Bender to calculate information
August 13th 2009 | Elad Elrom
Pixel Bender can be used for calculations of many specific cases. Using Pixel Bender can increase your application's performance as Pixel Bender runs on a faster and separate thread than the Flash Player. In this…
Skill: Advanced, Intermediate Code: Actionscript 3 Category: Pixel Bender
Setting up Subversion with Adobe Flash Builder 4 (Beta)
June 01st 2009 | Jens C Brynildsen
This tutorial will show you how to setup Subversion (SVN) with Flash Builder, FDT and other Eclipse based editors as well as how to use it. SVN is a great tool to backup your files,…
Skill: Intermediate Code: Actionscript 3 Category: Version control
Away3D Basics 6 - Bitmap materials
March 03rd 2009 | Jens C Brynildsen
The color and wireframe materials we explored in part 1 will usually look a bit dull and flat, but there's a better option. In this tutorial we look further into the Away3D materials by adding…
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 3 Category: 3D, Away3D 3.6
Away3D Basics 6 - The Color Materials
January 07th 2009 | Jens C Brynildsen
We've already touched upon materials in our former tutorials. This tutorial explores how to work with the most basic color materials, the phong shader and lighting.
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 3 Category: 3D, Away3D 3.6
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