Peter Elst » Publications

MIX Essentials 2008 review

Peter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:04:37 +0000

I attended the MIX Essentials event in Louvain-la-Neuve this Thursday in an attempt to get some perspective on Microsoft’s roadmap for Rich Internet Applications (yes, you read that right — Internet) and Silverlight 2. Note that I’m looking at this as a Flash Platform enthusiast, while I walked away excited about what Microsoft is doing don’t [...]

Skinning Components in Flash CS3

Peter — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:38:32 +0000

I’ve had an article on component skinning in the works for several months but finally got it done and its now published on the Adobe Developer Center. The article walks you through the different options for skinning components in the Flash CS3 authoring environment: manually editing the assets, code-based skinning and talks about how you [...]

OOP with ActionScript 3.0 article

Peter — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:38:07 +0000

I’m excited to see the Adobe Developer Center has put up the “Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 3.0” article I wrote for them a little while back. The article runs through the basics of inheritance, encapsulation and polymorphism and is aimed at those of you that haven’t made the step to class-based development yet. While the [...]

Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0

Peter — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:04:12 +0000

There’s nothing quite like writing a book — definitely one of the most exhilarating yet at times frustrating things you can do. Sas Jacobs, Todd Yard and myself have been hard at work getting the update to Object-Oriented ActionScript for Flash 8 written and we’re now coming ever closer to a release date. The previous [...]

ActionScript 3.0 Debugger

Peter — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:56 +0000

Just heard my article on the ActionScript 3.0 debugger in Flash CS3 has been published on the Adobe Flash Developer Center. Its great to finally have a powerful debugger available in this latest release of the Flash IDE that just works — I’m sure you’ll love it! http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/as3_debugger.html addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peterelst.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F04%2F16%2Factionscript-30-debugger%2F'; [...]

Dzone Adobe Special

Peter — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:30:51 +0000

I’m a little late blogging this but was recently interviewed for the Dzone Adobe Special edition about the Flash platform revolution (Dutch). Other friends and colleagues featured in the magazine are Peter van den Wyngaert (NRG), Serge Jespers (Webkitchen), and the guys from Nascom. http://www.digitaalbladeren.com/adobe/special/ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peterelst.com%2Fblog%2F2006%2F08%2F28%2Fdzone-adobe-special%2F'; addthis_title = [...]

OO AS for Flash 8 - Going into reprint!

Peter — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:59:52 +0000

Its just over a month since the book was first published and was informed that "Object-Oriented ActionScript for Flash 8" is planned for a reprint.

Ultrashock 5 year anniversary

Peter — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:22:50 +0000

Ultrashock.com is celebrating its 5 year anniversary with a contest including a grand prize of a 60Gb video iPod. Additionally they've launched a new series of articles on Flash 8, Photoshop and Illustrator well worth a read!

Satori’s review of OO AS for Flash 8

Peter — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:50:16 +0000

Pete from Friends of ED just forwarded me a link to Satori's review of "Object-Oriented Actionscript for Flash 8". Its a really great read, have been eager to get feedback from the Flash community on the book ever since it was published.

Author copies arrived

Peter — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:29:52 +0000

My author copies for "Object-Oriented ActionScript for Flash 8" have arrived! Its looking pretty good, at least what's left of it, the wonderful people at DHL were kind enough to leave the package standing outside in the rain.