DOJO Tutorial: Clear All Data From The Grid
Unforutnately if you try to call the startup() function again (the logical way to create your grid all over again…come on now DOJO) you’ll get a the error: “Tried to register widget with id==grid...
Category: Tutorials
JQuery Tutorial: Add & Remove A CSS Class From ALL Input Text Fields
One of the things I like most about JQuery is how easy it is to add and remove CSS classes from a form when you’re trying to do input validation. If the user enters...
PHP Tutorial: Looping Through & Displaying A MySQL Result Set
Recently I’ve seen a lot of people using while loops to retrieve a single record. You only need to loop through your result set when you expect to get more than one row of...
PHP Tutorial: Connecting to a MySQL Database
You would think this is really obvious but I see a TON of posts on devnetwork.net (great php/mysql forum by the way) where people put their login and password for their database on every...
AJAX Tutorial: Hangman Game (no database required)
Last year I made an PHP tutorial of an OOP Hangman game (no database required) for a Siminar I spoke at. This year as a part of my new Game Tutorial Series I’m adding...
SmartFoxServer 2X Tutorial: How To Create A Custom MySQL Login Extension
As usual the documentation for SFS is really lacking in this area (or scattered across several pages and consequently vague– not sure why they do that). Here is my attempt at a reasonable tutorial...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Embedding Symbols From External .swf Files
This is one of my favorite features in flash but the documentation is pretty much non-existent and what little I’ve found is completely crappy. In developing a large flash game you’ll find you have...
Flash AS3 FIX: Runtime Error Embedding MovieClips From External SWF
The Problem I’ve been trying to embedding symbols into my classes using .swf files and I’ve been getting runtime errors when I try to load some of my MovieClip symbols. TypeError: Error #1034: Type...
Flash AS3: Difference between a number and int and uint
Number – holds decimals and numbers larger or smaller than max uint. Uint – holds numbers randing from 0 to 4,294,967,295. Cannot contain decimals. Optimal for holding hexadecimals (ie colors) and large integers. Int...
Flash AS3 EventListeners Tutorial: Easily Add, Retrieve and Remove ALL Event Listeners
Did you know that when you remove objects from the stage it doesn’t remove the event listeners too? How annoying!! In researching this problem I’ve found several classes which manage event listeners — only...
