Work with, rather than against, your project manager. Have you ever been asked to estimate something? Or the dreaded, what percent complete are we? Let me share some of the quantitative techniques I’ve used to lead successful projects. Problem: Developers are asked to complete ‘project management’ tasks on a daily basis. Many do not have [...]

UPDATE: Flash Player 10 has a save method that can be used instead of calling PHP. The version in this post will work with both version 9 and 10. You can find an example of the updated method here. Problem: The added security in Flash player 10 requires user interaction prior to download. This can [...]

Submit your MovieClips to PHP as a multipart form using the UploadPostHelper class. In this example we'll send a user generated image to TwitPic as a JPEG. Problem: Long story short, PHP requires specific headers when submitting an uploaded file. These headers are automatically added when you upload a file from the desktop. What about [...]

Flash Develop is a free alternative to Flash Builder. While it may not include all of the feature of Flash Builder, it does have a nifty ASDocs generator. Follow these steps to configure the application and you'll be good to go. What are ASDocs? Generated API documentation for your code. A great example is the [...]