shaun smith

I’m currently using a modified version of git-prompt that looks something like this:

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Just a quickie – I cleaned up the Robotliz app a little. In this short vid I walk through the new structure and touch on some light Git/GitHub flows:

The (better, but not awesome) code is over at:

http://github.com/darscan/SillyStockPriceExample/tree/robotlegs

Warning: The style of architecture demonstrated in this video is not sexy. Nor is it in any way recommended. Also, I cheat by eating plenty copy-pasta, and I say “um” a LOT.

I’m still trying to figure about the best way to illustrate the simplicity and flexibility of the Robotlegs framework. In the meantime however, I thought I’d respond to this cool Swiz video by doing the same thing with Robotlegs – except ending up with a modular (as opposed to a static) app, and throwing in some git/GitHub love as a bonus.

I don’t have a nice mic, so I strapped a phone to the side of my head and left myself a really long voicemail. Anyhoo:

You can grab the (terrible) source over at:

http://github.com/darscan/SillyStockPriceExample

Things have been rolling along quite nicely on the RobotLegs front lately. Joel Hooks put together two useful examples, check ‘em out:

• RobotLegs Image Gallery Demo
• RobotLegs and FlexUnit 4

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I’ve just started looking into Parsley: http://www.spicefactory.org/parsley/

First thought: version 2 is exactly what I’ve been trying to build with RobotLegs. Read more…

RobotLegs AS3 is a Dependency Injection Driven MVCS Framework for Flash and Flex inspired by PureMVC.

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but only got the chance to sit down and give it a bash this morning. It was pretty rushed, so I’ll probably redo these when I get a chance.

NOTE: If you don’t know PureMVC you should watch these first: PureMVC.TV

Update: The vids were pretty crap, so I removed them. Besides, they’re a bit dated now anyway (the framework’s API has tightened up quite a bit since this post). Have a look:

http://wiki.github.com/robotlegs/robotlegs-framework

Some Background

I’ve recently switched from using SVN to using Git as my source control management tool of choice. It took a little while to get to grips with, but it rocks!

Git is not an evolution of SVN. It is entirely different. Git is a distributed revision control system – everybody working on a project has their own full copy of the repository and its entire history. Read more…

Aha! Finally. Time for my first tutorial: Getting up and running with FlashDevelop3.

Firstly, FlashDevelop 3 only runs on Windows XP/Vista, and requires the .NET 2 runtime. Additionally, to compile AS3 code you will need the Java 1.6 runtime and the Adobe Flex SDK. Ok, let’s go!

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