In an effort to develop one single, centralized event handling system for all of my applications I have developed a new EventManager for ActionScript 3.0 based on the concepts of previous AS2 EventManagers such as the ones from Jeff Tapper as well as the Cairngorm EventManagement system.

The EventManager is a simple class that you can use to centralize listeners and broadcast events from anywhere in an application. It is an absolutely essential part of all of my ActionScript 3.0 Applications.
Click here to download the AS3 EventManager

Today I re-built my ActionScript Debugger from the ground up for ActionScript 3.0 / Flex 2.0. If you are not familiar with the ActionScript debugger it is a simple Local Debugger which recursively traces out various complex types such as Objects, Arrays etc to a seperate .swf file.

I will continue to build on the current functionality to take advantage of the various new type-checking features in ActionScript 3.0.

To see an example of the Debugger in Action click here

Below are links to the Debugger’s ActionScript 3.0 Classes:

e.as - Static class which sits at the root of the application
TraceObject - Static Class which recursively traverses an Object
LocaDebuggerRecieverHandler.as - Debugger Console

I have been building sample applicatons in Flex 2.0 / ActionScript 3.0 for the past few months in preparation for some big project developments that are coming up.

I have to say that ActionScript 3.0 has taken everything to a new level. If you have been designing Object Oriented systems in Flex 1.5 / ActionScript 2.0 as I have you will certainly notice a ton of improvements right away. At my job I work closely with our Lead Java developers on a daily basis and I have been waiting for the day when ActionScript would mature into a robust and powerful language such as Java and C#. Well let’s just say that wonderful day has finally come!

Salute’ Adobe!