By Kris Hadlock | Aug 25, 2009Twitter usage is growing at a phenomenal rate—in just one year, Twitter grew by 1,382%. In January...
By Kris Hadlock | Oct 5, 2008There are many necessary ActionScript tasks used to create common Flash functionality. With all...
By Kris Hadlock | Aug 11, 2008In this sample chapter, author Kris Hadlock explains the differences between function arguments and...
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 11, 2008ActionScript 3 offers a great solution to ensuring that your method parameters have values even when...
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 10, 2008Parameters are an essential construct of a method, and the ability to type parameters is of the utmost...
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 9, 2008Loading external variables into Flash opens up a whole world of possibility.
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 8, 2008ActionScript 3 namespace definition keywords are extremely powerful and can really simplify your code.
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 7, 2008There are many little known features in ActionScript 3 that make life easier. The label statement...
By Kris Hadlock | Mar 7, 2008With all of the flexibility of liquid layouts in CSS, it's easy to see why full-screen Flash web sites...
By Kris Hadlock | Feb 8, 2008Animation is fundamental to Flash. It's the reason that Flash gained so much popularity in its early...
By Kris Hadlock | Jan 4, 2008All Web designers know that stylesheets create a consistent look throughout your web site and keep...
By Kris Hadlock | Apr 28, 2006Flash has long lacked the ability to upload files, a standard function in programming languages. Kris...
By Kris Hadlock | Apr 24, 2006Kris Hadlock explores the use of the ExternalInterface class in Flash 8. With ExternalInterface, you...
By Kris Hadlock | Apr 7, 2006Flash 8 has delivered the ability to do simple searches for node names and attribute values in an...