Originally posted on 10/3/08 at http://likesalmon.wordpress.com
I haven’t written for a while but there’s no time for apologizing. I decided (after years of swearing I never would) its time to learn flash. I’m doing this totally open source, so I’m going to post all the steps it takes to get up and running in sequence, post by post. I’m following the installation instructions from the free downloadable chapter of “The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development.” This is available here:
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781430209935
There are several resources out there but this is the only clear getting-started guide I’ve run into. Plus, my friend Moses was a contributing author! He develops on a mac and is a has worked on some very high profile flash projects. Thanks Moses! I swear I’ll buy that book if I get this to work.
Here is a rundown of my system that I will be attempting this on:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
The text editor I use is TextMate, and the browser I use is Firefox 3. If I use it, you can assume that I highly recommend it.