I recently took on some contract development for another AS3 project and because I wasn’t particularly happy with the way I debugged my flash work in the past I decided to come up with a better solution. Not many traditional flash coders realize that they can view the output from their trace statements on a live compiled SWF. The way you do that is fairly straightforward.
I’m Working on a Product.
Earlier this month I started working on a product. It’s nothing new. It’s pretty basic. It’s going to be really cheap. But I think it will be pretty cool. I’ll post screencasts once I finish more of the javascript. Until then, announcing this is just a tease and motivating factor. I’ve said it; now I need to go forward and finish the first version.
What’s On Your Mind These Days?
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about peak oil, our place in the world economy, and the harmful industrialization of our everyday food. Simply put, I haven’t been writing as a result of the information overload that I’m enjoying at the moment.
Using Presenters in Rails
Sitting thrugh my first tutorials session at RailsConf we’ve come across an interesting discussion about the philosophy of using the ‘Presenter Pattern’ to refactor code in your applications controller.