Inline Expansion
In addition to macro expansion Apparat has now inline expansion as well. It works nearly the same way as macro expansion but without most of its limitations. To define a class for inline usage it must...
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New Apparat Example
Good news everyone. The Apparat inline expansion works now to full extent after fixing some minor bugs. A complete example is also available. Just change the paths in the build.properties file and...
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FATC Awards
A couple of weeks ago the FlashAndTheCity conference took place in New York. Part of the program was also the FATC Awards ceremony. I am really happy, proud and thankful for winning two awards: “Most...
View ArticleIntroducing JITB
My talk at FITC San Francisco is over and I want to share some of the anouncements from today with you. At the end of my talk I was showing JITB. What you see in the YouTube video I posted a while ago...
View ArticlePutting Things In Perspective
I am back home in Germany from my trip to San Francisco where I initially announced JITB at FITC. I did not expect it to get around that quickly and that a quick-and-dirty video filmed with my phone...
View ArticleSo I Recorded A New Video
This time recorded on Ubuntu. Did I mention 64bit already? Do not miss my session at FOTB for a live demo.
View ArticlePixelBender Support In Apparat
Since PixelBender is becomming a more popular technology in the Flash ecosystem I decided to add first-class Apparat support for it. As you might know I have done a couple of different tools for...
View ArticleDisappointment No. 3
I created a couple of programs like AS3doc and AS3V. Both have never really gotten any adoption because I canceled their development. The reason was that Adobe shortly before or after I finished my...
View ArticleHow JITB converts ActionScript to Java
One of the biggest challenges when writing a program like JITB is to convert ActionScript to Java. There are major differences between ActionScript 3.0 and Java 1.6 which JITB currently targets....
View ArticleOpening The Blackbox
The Flash Player is to many of us developers a blackbox. We use it every day in our job but do not really know much about it. Of course we do not have to understand its inner workings but it is...
View ArticleApparat 1.0 RC7 Is Here
I wanted to make a simple bug fix release for Apparat since I solved some bugs and issues. However there are two additional features that are worth mentioning. First of all Apparat comes now with an...
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Adobe MAX 2010 Opener
This year I had the honor to be part of the opener show for Adobe MAX 2010. I really appreciate that the people at Adobe working on the keynote took the risk to try this out. Mike Chambers asked me...
View ArticleA Year Of Scala
About a year ago I started using Scala. A programming language I felt in love with after all. The one and only programming language that started making me smile when I was happy to see how elegant I...
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Software Transactional Memory and Audiotool
I have tweeted a while ago about the fact that Audiotool does heavily rely on a so called software transactional memory. In this blog post I want to discuss the implementation of our STM and why it is...
View ArticleProject Hiddenwood
This years FOTB was special. At the end of my session I showed a sneak preview of project Hiddenwood. I demonstrated complete playback of Audiotool tracks on stage — in a browser. Now that does not...
View ArticleFactory Reset
Leaving something behind you is never easy when you put your whole heart into it. Five years of Audiotool have shaped me, taught me and left their scars. As of November 2012 I am no longer involved in...
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