July 19th, 2010

Interns Wanted! Web Design, Web Development, Actionscript Development, Marketing

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As part of our ongoing business development strategy, we have 4 internship positions open at the moment. We’d like to hear from passionate final-year and graduate students who are keen to work on cutting-edge digital campaigns and with seriously experienced industry professionals, in our relaxed office in the heart of Shoreditch.

There are four positions open at the moment:

  • Front end web developer (HTML, CSS, Javascript, WordPress, etc)
  • Actionscript developers (Actionscript, Flex, backend-development experience a bonus)
  • Marketing interns (excellent written and spoken English, social-media experience, innovative marketing ideas)
  • PHP developers (good PHP5, MySQL experience)

I can only really provide a brief overview here – but we’ve got full details online at enternships.com. Please read them there and then get in touch if you are interested.

This just in: I’ve just been told we’re also keen to meet talented web designers, so if you’re pretty hot with Photoshop and interactive design, please get in touch with a CV and samples of work.

July 19th, 2010

Advanced Actionscript Tutorial – The Abstract Factory Design Pattern

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Although it wasn’t always the case, these days a good understanding of object oriented programming principles and the use of common design patterns are essential in order to become a successful Actionscript developer. When we’re working on projects, the Head First Design Patterns book is never far away – and one of the patterns that has been incredibly useful time and time again is the Abstract Factory and variations thereof, so I thought we’d dedicate a YouTube tutorial to it.

I’d love to hear about your own experiences in regards to object oriented programming in AS3 – please leave a comment!

The material in this blog post and in the video is an excerpt from our Advanced Actionscript 3 (Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns) training course.

You can watch the video and read up on the details after the break.

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July 9th, 2010

London HTML5 training course – 18 and 19 August 2010

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We’ve put together the definitive HTML5 training course – to clear up all the confusion about HTML5 and make you production ready as quickly as possible.

It’s time to cut through all the political debate about video formats and focus on what’s actually important to web designers and front-end developers: What are the new features? How do I use them? When can I use them?

We answer all these questions and more in the training course, including:

  • the state of HTML 5 in today’s browsers and the implication for you as a web designer and developer
  • new tags and how to use them to mark up your HTML 5 pages
  • best practice recommendations for semantic HTML 5 markup
  • new form input types introduced in HTML 5
  • new client-side form validation features in HTML 5
  • the new video tag and how it impacts on your work, how to implement it, write Javascript code against it and integrate it into a production setup
  • the new audio tag – what it does and how to work with it
  • the new canvas tag – native graphics scripting using Javascript

Interested? Take a look at the full course information or jump right in and book online now.

It’s going to be an interesting, fast-paced two days – looking forward to seeing you there!

July 9th, 2010

Using XML with Actionscript 3 – Tutorial now on YouTube

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Are you uncertain of how to use XML data in Actionscript 3 and Flash? If so, you’re in luck because we’ve just uploaded a brand new Flash tutorial to YouTube. It comes in two parts and guides you through how to load and use XML data in Actionscript 3. In particular, the tutorial works with an RSS feed – but of course the techniques apply to all types of XML data.

Here are some of the points covered:

  • loading an XML file in Actionscript 3
  • extracting particular data from the XML file
  • extracting lists of tags from the XML file
  • working with namespaces
  • using filtering expressions

It’s all pretty straightforward once you’ve mastered the technique – come and take a look.

View the videos after the break – or simply visit our YouTube channel.

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