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QR codes are everywhere these days: magazine advertisements, billboards, even TV commercials. Chances are you have a phone in your pocket that can read a QR code and decode the URL or message contained within. In this Tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a SWF that can reverse the process: create a QR code from a URL or message. Read on!

In this Quick Tip you will learn how to make a simple points system that can be extended into your own games. This Tutorial is for total beginners, and in it you’ll learn how to create a set of buttons that the player can click to add or subtract points to or from their score. Simple!

In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to construct a reference to a class from a String, and then create an instance of that class, using a built-in AS3 function called getDefinitionByName(). You’ll also learn the best methods for using this in different situations.

In this Tutorial I will walk you through some of the uses of the Twitter REST API, and how you can use it to create a game that not only displays real-time Tweets, but uses them to generate objects the player can interact with.

In this Premium Tutorial, you’ll learn to create an entertaining retro game using Flash and ActionScript 3.0. Check out the demo – the result is based on the classic Boxing for the Atari.

Today we’ll build a fully functional calendar widget using AS3. It’s not rocket science, just an excellent example of using the Date class, which can handle all the complexity of extracting times, dates, months and years. We are also going to use some Flash components, and make sure that this calendar is portable to Flash Builder, FlashDevelop, and so on.

In this Quick Tip we are going to talk about the Singleton design pattern and how it can help you to optimize your code when you need exactly one instance of a class.

Ever wanted to make a manageable and beautiful photo viewer app? In this Tutorial, I’ll show you how to design and code a nifty Polaroid photo viewer, focusing on the design and tweening.

Moving items to top and bottom of the display list can be very useful when developing games and applications. Learn to easily manage depth using this QuickTip.