Matthew Wallace

Software Developer
 

Designers are from Mars Developers are from Venus

The next Nashville Flash Platform User Group will be held this month at CenterSource. The event is ment to bring up some great issues that Designers and Developers face when working together, so don't miss this interesting and fun discussion.

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Designers. Why do they ask for the things they do and does it really matter?

Phillip Maddox of CEED Creative will discuss the working relationship between designers & developers. He’ll cover the good and the bad as well as suggest tactics for improving your internal workflow all while building a stronger team chemistry.

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Bio: 
Phillip Maddox is the owner of 
CEED Creative, a brand-strategy and design studio in Tennessee.

With over 7 years of professional experience from large corporations to small startups he has worked in various mediums and has been a part of many diverse teams.

Phillip has also served on the board of the Nashville AIGA, as the Co-President and co-founded the Think Tank Conference.

Having worked inhouse and on contract in mediums ranging from print & web to mobile applications, he has a wide range of design experience and expertise.

 

 

Download AS3 libraries straight into your Flash / Flex project

If you do a lot of Flash development I am sure you have your favorite libraries you use on every single project. This could be PureMVC, Papervision3d, and so on.

I for one am so glad that I found this plugin for Eclipse. It allows you to right click in the project explorer, choose a librarie you want to use and it downloads and adds it to your project for you. It really is way better than having to copy paste from some lib folder you have stored on your HD.

What do you need for this to work?
- Eclipse 3.2 or higher
- Subversion command line tools (Windows: http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=8100 Mac: http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html#osx). To check if this is set up properly: open up a command prompt, type “svn” and hit enter. If it says “Type ’svn help’ for usage.” you’re good to go.

If you have this properly set up then download this jar file and place it in Eclipse’s plugin folder.

To check if it has been installed properly, right click on any folder and see if the “Download ActionScript Framework Here” option is there. By default there are no frameworks. You need to add them in Window > Preferences > ActionScript Framework Downloader.

The plugin has been tested on Windows, Mac, Flexbuilder standalone, FDT standalone. If for some reason it is not working on your machine, then please send me your Eclipse version, Java version and OS name/version.

If you know a framework that you’d like to see added to the list, just give me a shout and I’ll add it. Also, if you have an idea for an Eclipse plug-in, just let me know!

Download ActionScript Frameworks Preference Window

Download ActionScript Frameworks Preference Window

Add your own framework

Add your own framework

Right click on a folder and select "Download ActionScript Framework Here"

Choose the frameworks to download

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