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Advanced jQuery Selectors Part 2 - jQuery Tic-Tac-Toe
Posted on Oct 16, 2009
In the last tutorial I covered combining selectors, adding filters, DOM traversing and more. All of this was done in the context of an extremely simple example intended to make the examples easy to understand but close enough to the real world. In this example, I am going to take it a step further by using the same techniques to build a simple tic-tac-toe game. This example gets into some more complex code but essentially the entire game logic is a matter of combining selectors, filters and DOM traversal using jQuery. You can try the game here. Granted, your opposition (i.e. the computer) isn't smart (maybe in a Part 3) but I think it serves as a great example of working with jQuery selectors.
Continue Reading →Win Tickets to Flash and the City at RIA Unleashed Boston
Posted on Oct 14, 2009
Elad Elrom, who is doing a session on Flash Catalyst at RIA Unleashed : Boston, has recently announced his own 3-day conference in New York City called Flash and the City. It is being held on May 14-16th but he has already managed to line up a strong list of speakers including Grant Skinner, Peter Elst, Ryan Stewart, Juan Sanchez and many more. Considering this is a 3-day event, the early bird rate of $99 is a serious bargain (end December 31)! However, if you are attending RIA Unleashed : Boston, Elad has agreed to give away a free ticket to his event to 2 lucky attendees. (However, don't hesitate to register and take advantage of the early bird pricing, I'm sure if you win, he'll work it out to get you a refund).
So, register for RIA Unleashed : Boston today for your chance to win tickets to Flash and the City (as well as 360 Flex)!
Continue Reading →ColdFusion Open-Source Update - October 13, 2009
Posted on Oct 13, 2009
Four new projects and five updates this week in ColdFusion open-source. It was a busy week. Nonetheless, if I develop carpal tunnel syndrome, I blame Luis Majano! Therefore, as of this week I am instituting a post summary surcharge of $9.99 per post over any open source developers quota of 2 posts per week. This surcharge will be placed into a fund to pay for all new ergonomic equipment for me to type these updates (plus an assortment of video games to keep me happy). My initial estimate is that Luis owed me $39.96 for this week alone. Please make checks payable to me, personally. Thanks. (yes, of course I am kidding)
Continue Reading →One Month to Go Until RIA Unleashed : Boston!
Posted on Oct 13, 2009
MAX has ended and there were a lot of exciting announcements including Flash CS5 being able to create native iPhone apps, the release of ColdFusion 9, new betas of ColdFusion Builder, Flash Builder 4 and Flash Catalyst and much more! If you weren't able to make it to MAX (or even if you did), RIA Unleashed : Boston offers you a great opportunity to get the inside scoop on all of these announcements from the industry experts both inside and outside Adobe including Ryan Stewart, Raymond Camden, Adam Lehman, Kevin Hoyt, Christophe Conraets and many more! We have exactly 1 month left until the event and tickets have been moving fast. In fact, I still expect the event to sell out, so be sure to register as soon as possible. Tickets are only $50 for individuals and $40 for groups of 3 or more, which includes the full day of 3 tracks, plus lunch, an after-party and tons of giveaways. You really can't find a better value for your training dollar out there. So, what are you waiting for? Register today!
Continue Reading →Review of Civilization Revolution for the iPod Touch and iPhone
Posted on Oct 12, 2009
I'll admit I didn't have high hopes for this game. Back in the day, I was addicted to Civilization I which ran off 3.5 inch floppies for by 386. Since then, my fondness for the Civilization series seemed to be tested with each release beyond Civilization II. Part of the problem in my mind was that the game became overly complex and lost much of the basic fun that I found in early entries in the series. So, it was with some hesitation that I spent the $4.99 for Civilization Revolution for the iPod Touch (and iPhone). However, once I got used to the controls on the iPhone, this has quickly become by far my favorite iPod/iPhone game yet.
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