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AS3BloggerLib v0.1.4 Update

Matt — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:01:45 +0000

Made another fix to AS3BloggerLib. Previously there was a problem with how I was handling the id and blogPostID properties of Comment objects. This has been resolved and all files have been updated at Google Code.

AS3BloggerLib v0.1.3 Update

Matt — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:57:17 +0000

Today I updated the AS3BLoggerLib project. Recently I realized that I wasn't handling service responses in a good way. Previously, I was assuming that when the URLLoader's COMPLETE event was dispatched that the service call was successful. This obviously is not the case. Now a simple check on the HTTP status code ensures that a BloggerService event is dispatched only when a successful call has been made. Otherwise, an ErrorEvent is dispatched with the message from the server.

I still have yet to receive feedback from anyone concerning this library. I know very few people have downloaded it, but if you have, and if you've attempted using it all, I'd love to hear from you.

AS3BloggerLib v0.1.1 Update

Matt — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:56:20 +0000

Another quick update on AS3BloggerLib. I changed the package name to reflect the nobien brand. It changed from 'org.mattwright...' to 'com.nobien...'. Why you ask? First, I don't want it to be confused with the most infamous Matt Wright in the internet world. And second, I want to push the nobien name a bit more. Oh, and yes, we have a .net domain name, but there's just something weird about starting a package name with 'net', don't you think?

At any rate, I've added a new download and deprecated the old one. I've also started adding some wiki pages. Hopefully this will give all you developers out there a quick glance at the library rather than having to download it and explore the packages.

The library has only been downloaded a couple times so far, and probably isn't really being used by anyone, but if you do happen to download it, I'm really looking for some feedback so that I can make this thing the best it can be.

AS3BloggerLib Update

Matt — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:38:45 +0000

Just a quick update. I've updated AS3BloggerLib with proper documentation, an SWC file, and added the first download. The project feels a bit more official now that these are up there. On top of adding this stuff I also did a bit of necessary encapsulation to clean the code up a bit. I'm sure more could be done to optimize the code, such as getting rid of the dependencies, but I'm happy with it for now. I will hopefully be providing some example files to download soon as well. Who will be the first to download?? Does anyone even care about an AS3 blogger library? Ha!

My new project: AS3BloggerLib

Matt — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:40:11 +0000

Ah, actionscript libraries. You can never have too many of them, right? Right. And not to mention that there's nothing better than someone writing code for you. In all honesty I haven't had much time to myself to use any of the wonderful AS3 libraries that are out there right now, but while working on a chapter for AIR Instant Results I was inspired to start my own project.

The chapter utilizes the Blogger Data API, but because it must be compressed into 30 or so pages, I have to develop a very simplified set of classes to handle the communication. Any OOP stickler would probably give me a hard time about the class structure, but thats a compromise that you sometimes have to make when writing a book. Yes, because I love OOP programming and can't get enough of it, it's certainly sad to have to make compromises. However, this hasn't stopped me from reconciling my own guilt. In my spare time I've been diligently working on a comprehensive AS3 library for the Blogger API. Hooray! Guilt-be-gone.

AS3BloggerLib is my first leap into creating my own open source Actionscript project, and I'm looking forward to fixing, updating, changing, and redesigning this thing until its picture perfect. In all honesty, it still needs some sprucing up (needs lots of encapsulation), but works pretty well for the most part. Certainly there are things that are missing, most notably documentation, but these things should appear in the near future.

No packaged downloads are available yet, so if you're interested in getting at the code you'll have to do an SVN checkout to get the source. Eventually there will be a packaged SWC, examples, and solid documentation. Also, I certainly am not opposed to any criticism or suggestions for improvement, so don't hesitate to start discussing things on the discussion group.

The last note I should make is that this library only works for installed (AIR) applications at the moment because Google does not host a crossdomain file. Other than that, I hope this goes over well!