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SomaCore plugin to load and manage assets: SomaAssets
Two new releases today, an asset loader and the SomaCore plugin: SomaAssets. The AssetLoader library is a port from Matan's AssetLoader library to be event-based, it makes you able to load and manage...
read articleAS3 debugging interface with BinderUI
BinderUI is a debugging tools to help you create interfaces and debug values. Very often I’m sure you spend time building visual interfaces to set, to see and to debug some values. This can be useful...
read articleSomaCore wiki and framework flow
I've added some more information on the SomaCore wiki. You can find some code and explanation how to use, create and remove Wires within the framework, using injection or not. I also explained how to...
read articleSomaCore tutorial framework instance
I'll be writing in the next days a series of wiki, manual, best practices with tons of code example. It should help you to get started. I will be explaining in-depth how SomaCore works and what you...
read articleSomaCore AS3 MVC Framework v2 release
SomaCore is a lightweight AS3 MVC event-based framework that provides a very flexible structure for your Flash, Flex and AIR projects. The main addition in this version 2 is Dependency Injection, but...
read articleSomaCore Twitter Search demo
Another SomaCore demo is available on Githug or on the SomaCore page. This demo is relatively simple. Keywords are sent to the Twitter API using a command that is dispatched straight from the view as...
read articleSomaCore Hello World
I've added a very simple SomaCore Hello World demo. The application creates a wire, a view and a model. The view dispatch a command to request a message, the command ask the data to the model, the...
read articleSomaCore AS3 MVC framework on Github
I've decided to put my framework SomaCore on Github. SomaCore is a lightweight event-based MVC framework written in AS3 that provides a structure, models, views management and commands. Somacore can...
read articleBringing life to an image
Here is how to bring life to an image using the filter DisplacementMapFilter. Click here to see the demo. I got the idea from a video made by Chad Perkins (thanks Chad, you're giving me a lot of...
read articleSomaCore update AS3 MVC Minimal Framework
Hi everyone, In case you didn't notice that I released an new minimal AS3 MVC Framework some time ago: SomaCore. I call it minimal because it is very lightweight, yet powerful and non-intrusive. You...
read articleAS3 garbage collection monitor
I needed to watch objects to know if they were properly garbage collected or not, so I've added a GC Monitor in the SomaCore Debugger. It is pretty easy to use and I think very useful if you start to...
read articleSomaCore Debugger update
I've updated the debugger used in SomaCore. You can know click on everything to parse the objects and I've added a FPS + Memory meter. I'll continue to improve the debugger with my needs, next step...
read articleSomaCore AS3 MVC Framework event-based
Following my previous post about MVC design philosophy and an AS3 MVC Framework that suit my needs and expectations, I've started using SomaCore in a relatively complicated AIR modular application,...
read articleMVC design philosophy
Hi Everyone, This is not exactly a "Soma release", but I would like to share with you my last work so we can talk about: A new AS3 MVC Framework with its own design philosophy. Why another...
read articleSomaLoader release
SomaLoader is a lightweight loading manager written in AS3. You can load many types such as images, swf, xml, text, xml, css, fonts in a swf, mp3, variables and binary data. Items can be added,...
read articleSoma AS3 MVC framework automated
After months working on my own framework and successfully using in small to large projects, I'm happy to give you access to SomaUI and Soma. As a quick description, Soma is a MVC...
read articleExtend a Singleton
For a special purpose I had to extend a Singleton, to make my system fully flexible. I found complicated solutions that wasn't fully working as intended. To use PureMVC, you have to extend a Singleton...
read articleFlex SDK 3.1 bug with SWC and GenericTag (fix update)
Hi, In this previous post talking about a bug with the Flex SDK, you can find how to fix a problem when you compile a SWF including a SWC containing pictures. Actually the version of the Flex SDK is...
read articleFlash liquid layout with BaseUI version 2
I've been working on the second version of BaseUI, so I'm happy to release it today. THIS IS NOT AN UPDATE. This new version is quite different, as well as the syntax, so the code you have written for...
read articleFlex SDK 3 bug with SWC and GenericTag
I recently used ANT and compc to compile a SWC. I had to include another SWC with classes and jpg and some other classes as I needed to force them at compile-time to make the getDefinitionByName class...
read articleChromeless AIR application
I had to get an AIR application without the OS window, let's say windowless or chromeless. I needed to be able, with my own graphics, to minimize, restore, maximize, close, close in the system tray or...
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