RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Mike Keesey
or is this dislike preemptive? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:58 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions So you're saying

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
ountain > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:35 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions > > Surely this is just a matter of using a fully featured IDE to develop > your code in - if you use Flashdevelop for instance you can blo

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Mike Mountain
hcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions > > > why does adding block comments to your code ruin it? > > > I still don't understand how Javadoc makes your process suffer. > > >From my first post: > Commenting lik

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> why does adding block comments to your code ruin it? > I still don't understand how Javadoc makes your process suffer. >From my first post: Commenting like that in your code makes it completely impossible to easily and completely comment out blocks of code using /* */ because they have their */

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Dave Watts
> All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like > this and so should you." No, if implemented by a group, they're the group's way of saying, "we code like this and so should you, if you want to be in this group". There's a huge difference between the two. > I read code the way I rea

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Keesey
So you never look at the Flash help code? You just open the .as files and trawl through them? > And to the point about Javadoc, I'm not going to ruin my code and > handicap my debugging ability to satisfy some poorly thought out > requirement of a 3rd party tool. They require you to use block > c

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Ian Thomas
On 8/23/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Experienced coders who don't want to take the time to trawl through > possibly impenetrable code read those documents. If you write impenetrable code, you need to reevaluate your career choice. If you're not willing to put forth the

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Scott Hyndman
If you're using eclipse, just use Ctrl+7 to comment a block out using double slashes. Doing it again removes them. This feature works in FDT and JDT. CDT uses Ctrl+\ instead I believe. So I do hear what you're saying, but tools can easily get around problems like this. And people do read docs. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Michael Bedar
Your code could be difficult to read for other developers for a variety of reasons.. often readability is lessened in the name of optimization.. or you could simply be doing something that is very complex.. why does adding block comments to your code ruin it? On Aug 23, 2006, at 5:03 PM,

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> Experienced coders who don't want to take the time to trawl through > possibly impenetrable code read those documents. If you write impenetrable code, you need to reevaluate your career choice. If you're not willing to put forth the effort to be great at what you do, especially in something as

Re: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Chris Allen
On 8/23/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Putting a block comment before a function is standard All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like this and so should you." Everyone codes how they want to anyway. And by the way, nobody reads those documents anyway.

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Lapasa
ay, August 23, 2006 4:19 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions On 8/23/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like this and so > should you." E

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Ian Thomas
On 8/23/06, Steven Sacks | BLITZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like this and so should you." Everyone codes how they want to anyway. Do you work in teams a lot, just out of interest? Do you have to alter/update/read other team members code a l

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Michael Bedar
Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:19 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions Putting a block comment before a function is standard All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like this and

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Keesey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:19 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions >

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> Putting a block comment before a function is standard All standards are is somebody's way of saying "I code like this and so should you." Everyone codes how they want to anyway. And by the way, nobody reads those documents anyway. I certainly don't. I read code the way I read music. I don't

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Keesey
comment here is totally bogus. */ // Line comments, though, are great! } -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Sacks | BLITZ Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:21 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Bbt Lists
Steven Sacks | BLITZ wrote: I have an issue with coders who put block comments in the middle of their code, such as: /*** ** SOME COMMENTS **/ function foo() { trace("hello world"); } Or even worse: /*** ** SOME COMMENTS

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
I have an issue with coders who put block comments in the middle of their code, such as: /*** ** SOME COMMENTS **/ function foo() { trace("hello world"); } Or even worse: /*** ** SOME COMMENTS **/ function foo() { /

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-22 Thread Duncan Reid
Not sure if anyone mentioned this but Simon Wacker wrote a nice article in April 05, "ActionScript 2 Coding Standards: The Method". He also offers a pdf at the top of the article. Might be of interest. http://www.simonwacker.com/blog/archives/87.php Dunc On 8/22/06, Martin Wood <[EMAIL P

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-22 Thread Martin Wood
that lead me down some interesting paths...I didnt know there were 2 versions... Im still not a fan of that style of Hungarian notation but I can see the benefits of the 'original' : http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Wrong.html you learn something new every day :) Mark Lapasa wrote: I

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Lapasa
: Monday, August 21, 2006 8:57 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions The best place to find conventions is in the component framework, specifically the new flex framework uses upto date best practices. Otherwise there are AS2 bes

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash/Actionscript Coding conventions

2006-08-21 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
The best place to find conventions is in the component framework, specifically the new flex framework uses upto date best practices. Otherwise there are AS2 best pratices docs on the adobe site, I think they were written by jen deHann Regards, Bjorn Schultheiss Senior Flash Developer QDC Techn