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Hacking XML2Object for Application Configurations

Posted by Ben Jackson Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:22:00 GMT

I use Sephiroth's XML2Object for my Flash configurations. Suffice it to say that it kicks ass.

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Developing Flash on a Mac

Posted by Ben Jackson Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:00:00 GMT

Update: read the HOWTO.

Most of my colleagues, when I tell them that I develop Flash on Mac OSX, ask me what would ever compel me to do something so frustrating (or, as Dave so generously put it, "masochistic"). If you've ever had the displeasure of using Flash MX 2004 on a Mac, you probably still wake up some nights in a cold sweat cringing at the memory. Calling it "unusable" would be akin to calling that paperclip character from Microsoft Word "a little annoying."

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Explaining OOP Without Mentioning Classes, Part 2: The Basics

Posted by Ben Jackson Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:48:00 GMT

My last post on this subject was the most popular article I've written to date. It seems like I struck a chord somewhere with the masses of amateur programmers who are sick of wading through code samples to to get the information they want. So, today I bring you the second of what I've now decided will be three installments.

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Explaining OOP without Mentioning Classes, Part 1

Posted by Ben Jackson Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:06:00 GMT

Update: for more fun, read Explaining OOP Without Mentioning Classes, Part 2: The Basics.

In a recent article, David Seah addressed the ridiculously technical Wikipedia entry on Object-Oriented Programming:

In, object-oriented programming, a class consists of a collection of types of encapsulated instance variables and types of methods, possibly with implementation of those types together with a constructor function that can be used to create objects of the class.

It goes downhill from there.

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