Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Open Source AS3 APIs

This page contains various open source ActionScript 3.0 APIs which Eric Feminella has developed specifically for Adobe Flex and AIR. Each API is intended to provide a generic solution from which developers can utilize across systems, thus allowing focus to remain where it should – within the business domain, rather than implementation specific details of generic APIs.

Free Flash Scripts

Free Flash Scripts site is a resource of flash scripts, frameworks, libraries and tutorials which are free and come also with source codes.

Flare: data visualization for the web

Flare is an ActionScript library for creating visualizations that run in the Adobe Flash Player. From basic charts and graphs to complex interactive graphics, the toolkit supports data management, visual encoding, animation, and interaction techniques. Even better, flare features a modular design that lets developers create customized visualization techniques without having to reinvent the wheel. More >>>

Mathieu Badimon – FIVe3D

Create stunning Flash Interactive Vector-based 3D with FIVe3D, watch the demos. (via #actionscript3_0)

70 Designers that Shaped the World

70 Designers that Shaped the World

The seven rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript

JavaScript in an unobtrusive manner.  Why it is a good idea to plan and execute your JavaScript in this way. It helps you deliver products faster, with much higher quality and a lot easier maintenance. read more >>

Huffman Algorithm

mrdoob noticed The Huffman compression algorithm (jpg, mp3, zip, fax and so on) explained by Huffmans nephew >>>

Won Park – The Master of Origami Paper Folding

Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.

Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill. Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects living and not– both in stunning detail. more >>

Image*After

Image*After is a large online free photo collection where you can even search on a specific color. You can download and use any image or texture from their site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.

Reduce your headache when developing for IE6 & IE7 with just one line

After some time battling with Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Nacho discovered that most of it’s rendering problems are produced when using floats, because the hasLayout variable gets messed up. This simple tip will reduce  your IE headache…