Yeah true, or what's working as well is saying that AS2 code is harder to maintain and will cost you more money in the future.
Romu www.soundstep.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sidney de Koning Sent: 30 July 2008 13:05 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] When to use AS3? 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >> Sidney de Koning >> Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl >> Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > Sidney de Koning Flash / AIR Developer @ www.funky-monkey.nl Technical Writer @ www.insideria.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
