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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

How To Avoid Duplicate Downloads In Responsive Images

The <picture> element is a new addition to HTML5 that’s being championed by the W3C’s Responsive Images Community Group (RICG). It is intended to provide a declarative, markup-based solution to enable responsive images without the need of JavaScript libraries or complicated server-side detection. The <picture> element supports a number of different types of fallback content, but the current implementation of these fallbacks is problematic. In this article, we’ll explore how the fallbacks work, how they fail and what can be done about it.

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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the life of the web. It’s used every time you transfer a document, or make an AJAX request. But HTTP is surprisingly a relative unknown among some web developers. This introduction will demonstrate how the set of design principles, known as REST, underpin HTTP, and allow you to embrace its fullest power by building interfaces, which can be used from nearly any device or operating system.

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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial, Jayan Saputra will manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking illustration, only by using simple techniques and tools such as the Brush tool and Warp command. Enjoy the tutorial and try it with your own stock imagery.

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Actionscript

How to make a drop down menu with ActionScript

Create the classic piece of interface - a dropdown menu, but in Flash!
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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

Fireworks MX - Saving Commands & Batch Processing

Saving Commands

This tutorial is not going to get too deep into writing complex commands, but it will show you the basics of saving some simple time saving commands that will make your designing easier.

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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

Using XML in NeoSwiff

Someone had asked [me] how to load, parse, and display XML files using NeoSwiff (.NET Flash). [I] created a simple example you can download here that does just that.

[This] example runs in the standalone version of NeoSwiff. It consists of two classes - the main application form, and a "Track" class that represents data in the xml file.

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Flash MX2004 (AS2.0)

Form Validation with JavaScript Regular Expressions (part 2)

Form validation is an issue many websites must deal with. In this second article in a two-part series, you will use the JavaScript regular expressions you learned in the first article to put together a script that will validate a range of form inputs.

In the first part of this article, I explained some of the basic building blocks of JavaScript regular expressions, and mentioned that a lot can be done with them to assist in validating the information received through online forms. In this part, I will cover what can be done with these building blocks in more detail.

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