Créations Sébastien Lavoie

I spend most of my development time writing ActionScript. I've never used MXML/Flex. I have a student copy of Flex Builder 3 that I also never use.

I author in FlashDevelop on Windows or TextMate on Mac. I tried Eclipse for a while when AS2 was still en vogue, but I really prefer the lightweight feeling of a code editor like FlashDevelop or TextMate over a full-fledged IDE like Eclipse. I use Flash Professional for my asset library (containing either hand-drawn or imported Symbols, depending on the project) and for compiling.

Has anyone used Flash Builder? Would you recommend it? I'm trying to decide whether to get CS5 Production Premium or Web Premium.

Thanks.

I've asked this in a few different places but I've never come up with an answer...

When you go to google now you can choose to give the homepage a background. The way they've done it dynamically resizes the image to always fit the longest edge of the browser in ratio, while still maintaining the aspect ratio. You'll never see white space. If you make a tall window it'll increase the vertical size and push the excess off the edge of the window and vice-versa.

I've been trying to do just this but all the css methods I can come up with always:

a) leave white space above or below the image or b) stretch the image out of proportion.

...so I assume it must be java related. I've noticed they don't use % to indicate the width and height but rather some code is dynamically changing the pixel count. I've also noticed it's not a css background image but rather a placed image in a fixed position.

Has anyone found a way to do this, know if it can be easily done or have a tutorial link?

I really like the idea of creating programs... I really suck at learning programming too. (I've only really used AS3) I've made my own websites with this. From scratch, no add on or plugins. What I end up with is really shitty code. Lots of unnecessary repeated code. I just can't wrap my head around it though. I just recently understood the IDEA of a function and a variable but I still can't implement them well...

I am a visual person. That's why I like flash AS3. I can create stuff quickly and manipulate it. The connection between the object and the code is obvious to me and makes sense. It's the world of logic that programming lives in that I'm finding hard to penetrate. I've said "Hello World" many times and have yet to get a response. I have lots of ideas. I want to be able to make them a reality.

I feel like if there was a really good book or series of tutorials that I could work on I would be able to understand programming enough to feel confident in making whatever I wanted. I'm willing to put in time.

I'm not saying I would become Stephen Wolfram after reading a few books. Just more capable.

I don't specifically need help with AS3. I need help with the logic of programming in general. At least that's what it feels like.

Anybody have any good advice/book/brain for transplant?

Thank You

(I imagine taking some classes would be an obvious answer but that's not an option for me unless it's online and free)

Not sure if the rules are any different than your standard procrastination. I'd like to hear some thoughts on it though. Specifically if you suffer from it but have strategies to beat it that work.

I've been trying to figure out how to go about programming a social websites...I really don't know what to use. Is it ONLY PHP or is it just HTML and php, or can I use Ruby in replacement of PHP...I keep hearing PHP used as a scripting language so its all in conjuction with HTML right? So if I wanted to start a web site I would start with the HTML and add PHP to that?

Google doesn't help much. Most of what I've found are outdated lists that point to missing themes. Halp!

I've been teaching myself web design for three years now. I'd consider myself a decently advanced developer now though I've never had any formal training. I always try and use &amp instead of "&" when I can remember but sometimes I forget. I've never noticed any issues when I just use a regular ampersand in links and in text in my html. Is this an older browser issue? Am I writing links for ie6 that don't work?