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HaXe New Way to Dock
(1/2008)

»haXe - New Way to Dock

Michel Romaniuk
From web-development to desktop application, haXe can also be used to create astounding widgets.

»Flash Applications using Streaming Hessian 2 and Resin

Emil Ong
What do games, chat, and financial Flash applications all have in common? They are all client applications in client-server systems that need updates from the server. When an alien is firing a weapon at you, a friend is sending a message, or the market is making a huge shift, the client needs to get that information right away.

»How to do a simple Pong game with ActionScript 3.0

Alejandro Miguel Quarto
In this article, you will learn how to do a simple Pong game engine using Adobe Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3.0.

»Object-oriented Programming in AS3

Antonn Krasnoschok
In this article we will go over all OOP principles in details – inheritance, classes, encapsulation, interfaces, design patterns and polymorphism. And will apply these to ActionScript 3.0 most effectively.

»Deconstructing DelPadre.com

Nino del Padre
This tutorial will outline the basic steps in creating the Del Padre Visual Productions 5.0 Flash site.

»Flash client-server communication using Flash Remoting and WebOrb

Paul Gritsay
While transforming from Flash banners and menus to Flash Web applications, the needs of ActionScript developers has increased tremendously. In this article I will shed some light on implementation of communication between your flash movie and server.

»Fast and Efficient Client-Server Communication in Flash and Flex using Hessian 2

Emil Ong
In this article, we present Hessian 2, a fast, efficient, open binary protocol with numerous open source implementations that solves the network service problems faced by Flex and Flash developers.

»MySQL Database Integration with Flash

Chetankumar Akarte
In this tutorial, you will connect a Flash user interface with a MySQL database using PHP scripting.

»Flash Banner

Karolina Sobolewska
In this tutorial, the author will try to present the basics of using Adobe Flash. The version used will be Adobe Flash CS3.

»Glass

Jan Filipowiak
In this tutorial we will walk to the different phases of the development of the proposed solution starting with the graphics in Photoshop, followed by creation of the Flash animation using the exported graphic.

»Flash Lite

Bill Volpe
A very useful paper for mobile and web developers. It will cover some techniques of Adobe's Flash Lite.

You will find the greatest programs in on the 1st FFD CD. Most of them are full versions, without any time limitations, negotiated with the vendors especially for you. Additionally, the CD contains e-books and some xtras.