Software Development

Tutorials, tips, and war stories from Jim's adventures.

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Adobe Flash - Beginner Lessons

Why We Use Flash

What You Need to Get Started

How to Use the Example Files

Hilite.me Syntax Highlighter

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Flash Professional / General Development Basics

Basic Greensock Tweens

Publishing a Swf / Swc

Chaining Greensock Tweens

Keeping a Clean Library

Taking Control of the Tab Key with TabIndex

Safely Remove Object From Parent

Text On a Curve

The History of Actionscript

How to Make a Flash Swf with a Transparent Backround.

For... In Loops vs. For Each... In Loops

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Programming Design Pattern Basics

Basics of OOP

The Singleton

Utils Class - Specialized Singletons

MVC - The Model Class

Formatting & Naming Conventions

Advanced Actionscript 3

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Working With Signals in AS3

As3: All About SharedObjects

Loading Swf Files in a State Machine

Loading Swf Files in a State Machine

Profiling Flash Games With Adobe Scout

Using After Effects Animations as Flash Professional Movieclips

As3 - Getting Query String Parameters of HTML page

Flash & the Internet

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What Do I Get With a Free
YGN Account?

Connect & Login

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Getting Set Up with Development the Yahoo Games Network SDK

Multiplayer Games and the Theory of Rooms

Loading Files From GameFS

The Rise and Fall of Electroserver

Registering A New User

Setting up a NoSQL Database

Using Constants for Prod and Dev Modes

Smart Distribution with Tiny Loader

A Simple Lobby with Chat

Simple Matchmaking

Understanding Authentication Types

Publishing Server Side C# Code to Production Servers

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Development Methodologies

Art of Unit Testing Videos

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Keys Tools

Key Read: The Art of Agile Development

Key Tool: Flash Builder

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Key Tool: Flash Professional

Key Tool: Visual Studio Ultimate

Key Tool: Flash Builder

Key Tool: Intellij IDEA

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Ios Development

Veggie Bounce - A Spritekit Game

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Other Web Development

The Trouble With JavaScript

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