Subtitle: when CoffeeScript rock stars run around naked in public Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Leaving the parentheses out of your CoffeeScript might make your code look a bit more “natural”, but it almost always … Continue reading
The examples you add to document your project are like a map to the buried treasure that is your library/API/tool/etc. But if the examples are wrong, it’s like labeling the map with “promised land” right over the spot where it … Continue reading
I’ve been doing more coding in CoffeeScript and as any good craftsman knows, you must sharpen the saw from time to time. This time, I added some convenience commands for doing line manipulation by writing my very own Panic! Coda … Continue reading
I recently started rewriting all of my PhD tools in CoffeeScript from ActionScript. I’m loving the python-like syntax and I’m very happy with the language as well as the ecosystem around CoffeeScript and node.js. Tools are an important part of … Continue reading
The URLMultiLoader class in this library will load multiple files and optionally “process” them before calling the method specified for Event.COMPLETE. Since file loading in the Flash/Flex/AS3 world is completely asynchronous, when you need to load more than one file, … Continue reading
I’m sure many ActionScript 3 or Flex developers have used the as3corelib for one reason or another. It’s a wonderful little library with lots of useful functionality. I’ve frequently used its JSON encoding and decoding functionality. It works great, however, … Continue reading