BirdBase is a versatile framework built atop RobotLegs and other libraries to provide a fairly comprehensive and straightforward way to build a Flash microsite.
- Deep-linking with easy browser integration, view transitions, and an easy-to-use router to link URLs to View classes.
- Bootstrap Management using a State Machine.
- Asset loading with preloader and on-demand, per mediator.
- Localization support with dynamic string replacement.
- DynamicSprite integration for easy access to objects in a SWF.
- Simple VideoPlayer integration with OSMF (Open Source Media Framework).
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RobotLegs + SwiftSuspenders: so you get a lightweight MVC structure and DI.
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SWFAddress: for deep-linking and browser navigation.
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Eric-Paul Lecluse's marvellous AS3-Navigator library.
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Joel Hooks' Finite State Machine.
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Provides Bootstrap control for loading preferences/configuration.
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Provides localization out of the box.
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Loads assets based on the configuration.
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Provides dead-easy access to assets in a SWF. No more creating classes for assets or mapping names. Builds on Justin Windle's DynamicSprite. Lovely.
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Allows runtime swapping of the asset library: watch all your assets change on stage the instant it loads.
Builds on the work of (but not limited to)
- Team RobotLegs - Shaun Smith, and Joel Hooks for the Finite State Machine
- Till Schneidereit for SwiftSuspenders. That and Hamburg folk rock.
- Matan Uberstein - thanks for AssetLoader
- Robert Penner (and implicitly C# events + QT signals) - AS3 Signals.
- Team AS3-Commons - thanks for the reflection and the collections.
- Justin Windle - nice work on Dynamic Sprite
- Eric-Paul Lecluse - thanks for the Navigator library, and for all your time and advice.
- Mischa Williamson - tip-top advice and coding.