Simon Wacker

As2lib Version 0.9.1 with the latest bug fixes and new features is finally available for download.

Download As2lib 0.9.1.

New as2lib features include:

• Support for list data structures/holders (org.as2lib.data.holder.list).
• Filter support for log handlers (org.as2lib.env.log.handler).
• Logging support for the Log4F Logging Framework from Peter Armstrong.
• Logging support for the as2logger Framework from Ralf Siegel.
• Logging support for ZTOR Log4f from Andrey Orlov.
• Logging support for Fludge.
• Logging support for the new and old version of Flashout.
• Logging support for the new version of Alcon.

The as2lib is:

• Mtasc, Flash and Flex compatible.
• Unit tested and stable.
• Modular.
• Well documented: API documentation.

The most noticeable features of the as2lib are:

• An event api split into three parts to serve different preferences and needs - org.as2lib.env.event
• An exception api that gives comprehensive information about the problem through a detail message, an exception cause and a stack trace - org.as2lib.env.except
• An improved logging api that is easy to use and fast; It allows for easy inclusion of other logging apis and consoles - org.as2lib.env.log
• Better overloading capabilities of the overloading api - org.as2lib.env.overload
• Fast and easy to use reflection api - org.as2lib.env.reflect
• A comprehensive set of data holders/structures and iterators needed in daily work - org.as2lib.data.holder
• Different mainly numerical type formats - org.as2lib.data.type
• A local connection api that allows for return values and even sends exceptions over the wire - org.as2lib.io.conn.local
• A unit testing api that allows for easy asynchronous testing - org.as2lib.test.unit
• A mock object api that can be easily integrated with the unit testing api - org.as2lib.test.mock
• A speed test api (profiler) - org.as2lib.test.speed
• Support for processes and easy configuration - org.as2lib.app
• Different utilities for strings, objects, classes, arrays and a date formatter that do simple but often needed tasks - org.as2lib.util

On feedback of every kind, be it bugs, new features or questions, give it. We are always eager to answer questions and to improve the As2lib Framework by fixing bugs or adding new features.
You may also want to discuss features with us or join the mailing list to stay up-to-date.

The API documentation of the last release, version 0.9, is still available: As2lib 0.9 API Documentation.

Visit our homepage for more information: www.as2lib.org.

I hope you enjoy this latest release.

I am proud to finally announce a new release of the As2lib after 9 months of hard work to make it faster, lighter, more stable and more intuitive.

Download As2lib Version 0.9.

The most important changes are:

• Mtasc and Flex compatibility
• Unit tests for the whole framework to make it much more stable
• Modularization of the framework to reduce file size when only using a sub-set of its different parts
• Good api documentation and easy online access

The most noticeable features are:

• An event api split into three parts to serve different preferences and needs - org.as2lib.env.event
• An exception api that gives comprehensive information about the problem through a detail message, an exception cause and a stack trace - org.as2lib.env.except
• An improved logging api that is easy to use and fast; It allows for easy inclusion of other logging apis and consoles - org.as2lib.env.log
• Better overloading capabilities of the overloading api - org.as2lib.env.overload
• Fast and easy to use reflection api - org.as2lib.env.reflect
• A comprehensive set of data holders/structures and iterators needed in daily work - org.as2lib.data.holder
• Different mainly numerical type formats - org.as2lib.data.type
• A local connection api that allows for return values and even sends exceptions over the wire - org.as2lib.io.conn.local
• A unit testing api that allows for easy asynchronous testing - org.as2lib.test.unit
• A mock object api that can be easily integrated with the unit testing api - org.as2lib.test.mock
• A speed test api (profiler) - org.as2lib.test.speed
• Support for processes and easy configuration - org.as2lib.app
• Different utilities for strings, objects, classes, arrays and a date formatter that do simple but often needed tasks - org.as2lib.util

I hope you will enjoy the new features and give much feedback.

I’m going to be at the Flashforum Conference 2004 in Duesseldorf. It is starting tomorrow and will last 2 days. It’s the first german conference I’m attending and I hope it to be as much fun as FlashInTheCan 2004. All the geeks from the as2lib are also going to be there. It will be a great time. If you are also attending and see me somewhere around come over and say hi. I’m wearing an as2lib T-Shirt with my name on it.
I’m looking forward to André Michelle’s session on Physical Simulations in Flash (”Physikalische Simulationen in Flash”).
By the way: I’m currently working on an aop framework for Flash. And by now it’s worken superb. I have already built an extensible logging aspect with it as a base that logs all calls, executions you specify as well as set and get access to properties with correct indentation, return values, passed arguments and so on. I’ll release the code soon.

I’m now starting to blog in german too. Kai König asked me to do this to strengthen the german blog community. I think of it as a good idea and will thus take the burden on me and translate all following posts from english to german or vice versa. The german blog will be available under the following link: www.simonwacker.com/blog/german. I hope it will be worth its effort.

I haven’t been blogging for four months now. But after these great experiences I made at the FlashInTheCan 2004 conference in Toronto, Canada, I really have to start all over again.
I actually handled (or I was helped) to meet up with all the boys and girls of the Flash scene like Vera Fleischer, Kai König, Grant Skinner, Guy Watson, LordAlex, Dave Yang, Sean Voisen and many many more I sadly cannot remember the name of. Sorry guys! If you are one of these leave me a note. I’d really like to keep the contact.
Without exaggerating I can say that I had the greatest time during these three days at the conference. It was outstanding. Even now I can’t really believe it. It’s still more like a dream than reality. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT TIME.

Okay let’s switch over to another theme. Over the past few months I worked together with the as2lib team quite hard on the as2lib and especially at the days in Toronto. We gonna make a big (and our first) release during the next few weeks. This update will include: Reflection (maybe you know it from Java), better Event, Exception and Output Handling and a lot more. As you can see, these classes focus mainly on the programming perspective. But in future releases there are also going to be things for designers like e.g. the VisibleObject classes etc. Thus, stay tuned.