A quick one here to output your current call-stack.
Useful when you need to know who the hell is nullifying that property.
try { throw new Error("----STACKTRACE----") } catch (e:Error) { trace(e.getStackTrace()) }
If you’ve ever used namespaces in AS3 you’ve probably done something like trying to parse XML containing one or more namespaces which arguably is a pain most of the time. Namespaces however have some other uses that can be quite helpful.
For the examples I’ve defined two namespaces in an external class, while you can define namespaces in-line it isn’t very reusable.
class Environment { namespace development = "dev"; namespace production = "prod"; }
Using the same configuration file for several different environments
(this also allows you to switch the environment at run-time)
var data:XML = <config xmlns:dev="dev" xmlns:prod="prod"> <dev:gateway>http://local-server/gateway</dev:gateway> <prod:gateway>http://www.client-server.com/gateway</prod:gateway> </config>; // Directly referencing the namespace var ns:Namespace = Environment.development; trace(data.ns::gateway); // http://local-server/gateway // Using a specificed namespace use namespace Environment.production; trace(data.gateway); // http://www.client-server.com/gateway
Make functions perform differently depending on environment
Environment.production function doSomething():void { trace("Production Parrot"); } Environment.development function doSomething():void { trace("Development Dino"); } // Using a namespace adds it to the list of namespaces to look up, it lasts for a code block use namespace Environment.development; doSomething(); // use namespace Environment.production; // This won't work since the reference to the function is ambiguous // However this will since the namespace list is only valid for one code block. function someFunction():void { use namespace Environment.production; test(); // Production Parrot } someFunction();
Sean Moore has collected 51 coding optimizations for AS3 and Flex: read about them here
As you know; import statements do not add classes to a compiled swf unless referenced elsewhere.
When you need code you don´t use into the swf/swc you may simply reference your class right after the import.
package { import flash.events.Event; //Not necessarily imported import views.ui.ReallyNeedThis; ReallyNeedThis; //Imported for sure, make note of the semicolon. //... }
Adobe releases code libary for easy intergration with facebook platform.
Searching for some soundmanipulation, I came across this sweet tool.
lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix
I also added his blog to the bloglist, alot of interesting research there 