Posts Tagged ‘Derrick’s ActionScript VQS Guide’
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February 5th, 2009 by Bethany Lee | Tags: Actionscript, Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Simplicity
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ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 104 Typo – Code 7.6
December 30th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Flash
The two else if statements in Code 7.6 are both missing the opening curly brace after the condition. Both lines for the else if statements should look like this: } else if (evt.type == “mouseUp”) { } else if (evt.type == “mouseOver“) { Thanks to Hannes Strydom for his find and feedback. Cheers, Derrick
ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 140 Typo – Code 10.3 Correction
October 27th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: Actionscript, Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Flash
Thanks to Jason of http://www.jasonhildredesign.com for bringing a code error from Code 10.3 on Page 140 to my attention. For the textFocus event handler function, the event object should be a FocusEvent object and not a MouseEvent object. The correct code should read: function textFocus(evt:FocusEvent):void { evt.target.text = ‘ ‘; } Cheers, Derrick
ActionScript VQS Errata – Page 154 Typo – To generate random numbers
October 7th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: Actionscript, Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Flash
Thanks to Karen Collins of the University of Waterloo for finding a typo on page 154, To generate random numbers – Step 1. The code sample trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; “ + pseudoRandomNumber); should read: trace(‘pseudoRandomNumber; ‘ + pseudoRandomNumber); The string pseudoRandomNumber ends in a double-quote and should end with a single quote (in bold). Cheers, Derrick
Sample Chapters of Derrick’s ActionScript 3.0 – Visual Quickstart Guide Now Available
June 25th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Flash
As I keep on pumping out the chapters for the book, they are starting to become available online as ‘Rough Cuts’. To view the free sample rough cuts of my upcoming ActionScript 3 VQS Guide, visit Safari Books Online.
ActionScript 3.0 – Visual Quickstart Guide – Derrick’s Update
June 4th, 2008 by Derrick Ypenburg | Tags: Derrick's ActionScript VQS Guide, Peachpit
I’m working behind the scenes on a textbook for PeachPit Press, based out of California, due to hit shelves later this summer. The guide will be called “ActionScript 3.0 -A Visual Quickstart Guide” – and while it sounds pretty dry to some of you, for you programmers out there, this will provide an indepth look [...]