Archive for the 'General Development Notes' Category
That’s right! I’m on the hunt for a great team and project to dive into. Obviously my skills are mostly Flex related, AS3 as well. However I also have experience with JavaScript and Java. I can do UI Design and animation as well. I’ve been working with Flash since 1998 so there aren’t too many [...]
February 27th, 2012 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Agile, Android, Android Development, AS3 API, best practices, Design Patterns, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Games, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, Flex 4, Flex 4 Components, Flex 4.5, Flex API Example, Flex Best Practices, Flex Books, Flex Component Development, Flex Consulting, Flex Contracting, flex development, Flex Jobs, Flex Mobile, frameworks, General Development Notes, html5, Inversion Of Control, IoC, Java, javascript, JavaScript Mobile, Mobile, Mobile Development, OOP, RobotLegs, SCRUM, Software development process, TDD, TDD JavaScript, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: Joel Hooks age: 37 employer: Universal Mind location: FORT WORTH TEXAS YEEHAW when did you first get started with computers/programming? how? why? At the earliest was LOGO on a TRS-80 when I was about 8 or so. After that I would hack a little BASIC on my buddy’s C-64. I took the PASCAL prerequisite in [...]
August 18th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Android, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flex 4.5, Flex Conferences, flex development, Flex Mobile, Flex Presentations, Flex Tools, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, RobotLegs, Spoon, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: David Wolever age: 23 employer: Verso Furniture (although the website is horribly, horribly out of date, so I won’t bother linking to it) location: Toronto, Canada when did you first get started with computers/programming? how? why? The first “programming” I remember was watching my dad tell DOS to count to 1000. I was impressed [...]
August 17th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex 4.5, flex development, Flex Mobile, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, Software development process, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: Doug Winnie age: 35, going on 25… employer: Adobe Systems location: San Francisco, CA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I started working with Flash and ActionScript back in 1999 when I was still in college and when I started my first web job as a web designer at the University of Delaware. I [...]
August 16th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe, Adobe AIR, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex 4, Flex Conferences, flex development, Flex Mobile, Flex Tools, frameworks, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
Over the past few weeks I’ve been testing out Airgile to help me plan, track and manage my current Flex development effort. Before I continue please keep in mind this review is coming from someone who hates, no LOATHES project tracking tools/systems. I’ve used quite a few of them and most are a total waste [...]
August 15th, 2011 | Posted in Agile, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Platform, flex development, Flex Project Management, Flex Tools, General Development Notes, SCRUM | 1 Comment
name: Almog Koren employer: Freelancer working under my own studio Almog Design location: Israel (Originally from Las Vegas) when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? That’s really good question I started to play around with Flash back in high school not sure what version it was but back them it was under Macromedia and it was [...]
August 15th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Android, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, flex development, Flex Mobile, Flex Presentations, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: Joseph Labrecque age: 235 employer: University of Denver / Fractured Vision Media, LLC location: Denver, CO USA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I began using Flash here and there in 1999/2000 with Macromedia Flash 4. Previous to that, I was mainly doing straight HTML and a bunch of design work; Photoshop, Illustrator, 35mm [...]
August 13th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Android Development, best practices, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, Flex 4.5, Flex Books, Flex Conferences, flex development, Flex Presentations, Flex Tools, frameworks, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, TDD, Test Driven Development | 1 Comment
name: Michelle Rueda age: 28 employer: N/A location: Austin, TX (just moved)! when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? Whoooeee. I believe that was in 2005. I was working at a pretty boring, soul-sucking place in NYC and I could do my job well in a couple of hours, so what did I do with the [...]
August 11th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Android, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex 4.5, Flex Conferences, flex development, Flex Mobile, frameworks, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: John Gorena age: 27 employer: N/A location: Dallas, TX when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? Funny… I used to be of the mindset that Flash was evil, and slowed everything down when browsing the web… At the time, I was working for a large company and finished this huge project about 9 months early. [...]
August 11th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Android, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex Conferences, flex development, frameworks, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, javascript, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments
name: Terry Paton age: 37 employer: me! location: Sydney, Australia when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I started playing with Flash around 2000, but didn’t seriously get coding till around 2003/04. I started coding because I wanted to make games. are you practicing TDD? why/why not? I don’t even know what that really means. My [...]
August 11th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Flash Games, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, General Development Notes, html5, Interviews, iPhone Games, javascript, OOP, TDD, Test Driven Development | No Comments