Tag Archives: Tutorial

FlexBuilder / Eclipse keyboard shortcuts that will change your life

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

Control + O = Open an outline of functions within the current class to jump to. Command + Shift + T = Jump to a type (class or interface). Only works when an .as or .mxml file is open. Command … Continue reading →

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Q&A – is, as, and type conversion

Posted on January 27, 2009 by

A question from a reader gave me an excuse to write a huge rant about type conversions: I’m doing a little exercise in a book that makes a textfield in which each letter can only be entered once. Not very … Continue reading →

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Tip: Adding version checking to your external code library

Posted on October 24, 2008 by

Since version 1.0 of a code library that I’m sure you’re tired of me talking about came out, I have been making steady updates, some of which break legacy code. I was also having trouble keeping track of which version … Continue reading →

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