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Flash is one of the most rewarding platforms.  With it, you can apply mathematics, art, and programming to create some really beautiful things.  Yet, while coding, I find myself trying to remember the name and signature of methods from the vast Flash library.

“Hmm… what’s the signature for creating a gradient again?”

“Remind me.  What’s the simplest way to type cast?  I’ve been hacking Ruby all day and my fingers forgot.”

Switching languages is a natural part of being a Web engineer.  On any given day, I’ll touch ActionScript, Java, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, the Bourne Shell, C, and more.  When all else fails, I type in a few words into the Google toolbar.  Within a split second I’m presented with the right page from php.net, a Rails forum, Adobe’s online help, etc.  Google has become invaluable to me.  I use it hundreds of times a day in the edit-compile-debug loop.

I’ve got Flex Builder, CS4, fancy name completion, Flash documentation, the works.  Google still rules.

Admit it.  You do it, too…

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