Nice one :)
As i said earlier; we also have advising roles to play. If a specific
project needs specific technology, dont bend or sway for less. Try to
convince/explain the client why. Especially if the concept comes from
the developing party, they thought about it, they'll also make it.
I know sometimes clients can be difficult, what i have noticed, as
long as you explain why and show them figures, they'll go for it.
Or tell them the competitors ARE using AS3, two seconds ... they'll
reconsider ;)
Sid
On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:48 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote:
@Sidney: That's really interesting because at all the places I've
worked
(which isn't many - I've always done coding as a sideline and have
only
recently gone full-time), they seem to be utterly entrenched in FP8
(i guess
using the old 'work to the last player' thinking). I personally
would love
to move the (non-banner) work to AS3 as it's a far more elegant way of
working. I find that the clients tend to dictate it based on
whatever plugin
their IT department have set them up with.
a
NOTE: This is taken from the interview thread and I thought it might
be
worth having it's own one
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Sidney de Koning
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Hi allandt,
As agencies we also have a advising role to play towards the
customer, so
we only do AS3 projects, hardly any AS2 (maybee some banners in
FP8). So we
try to advice/push the client towards AS3 projects, which, most of
the
times, is better for all parties invloved.
Sid
On Jul 30, 2008, at 1:24 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com)
wrote:
hmmm - i didn't do bad (without looking stuff up) but i must say
that i've
not been asked to do a single as3 project since i started doing
agency
work
- the only time i've done an as3 project was for an interactive cd
so i
could set my own target for the projector file. Most of the work i
do in
digital agencies has been targeted at flash player 8 or (even
worse) 6 so
AS2 has been more important than AS3.
Under what sort of circumstances do you find that AS3 is used?
a
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Sidney de Koning
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
The list of questions i always ask interviewees are the following,
and
this
gives me a pretty good example of what they are like and what their
skillset
is.
Test is always accompanied with a practical test we make up on
the spot.
The XML in Q16 is made up, you can create your own for this.
Feel free to use this,
Cheers,
Sid
1 - write an event listener (normal and weak referenced) and
handling
function for a Sprite
named 'beginQuestions' and listen for a mouse click.
2 - what does weak referenced mean in regards to event listeners?
3 - what is the difference between an object an an array?
4 - how doe you get cue point from vidio in AS3? And in AS2?
5 - briefly explain the various datatypes for numbers.
6 - how do you load an external file?
7 - draw a 20px by 20px Rectangle using the graphics API.
8 - which of the following cannot contain other display objects?
Sprite, Shape, MovieClip, DisplayObjectContainer.
9 - which properties can you use to change the size of
DisplayObjects?
10 - ENTER_FRAME is independant of an SWF's frame rate? True or
false?
11 - XP is a type of which programming methology?
12 - why would you use a Singleton?
13 - what is the Document Class?
14 - create a new TextField instance, then add text it, then add
some
more
text.
15 - what is the difference between public, private and protected.
16 - look at the piece of XML (see other sheet). How do i:
- Get all of the page nodes as an XMLList.
- Get node in showcase where the attribute id=1.
17 - listen for when the 'enter key' is pressed and
trace out "all questions are now done" when the event happens.
Sidney de Koning
Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl
Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com
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