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I loved Flash. To celebrate the #Flashpocalypse, please indulge me for trip down memory lane. 🧵
Over fifteen years ago, my first programming gig was an internship at a company that built websites with Flash. A project I remember was the website for a large Dutch fashion chain.
Over fifteen years ago, my first programming gig was an internship at a company that built websites with Flash. A project I remember was the website for a large Dutch fashion chain.
The team of designers, animators and programmers worked together to make it a beautiful experience, while maintaining some form of accessibility and SEO.
To do that, the whole Flash app gracefully degraded to a separate pure-HTML version, essentially duplicating the project.
To do that, the whole Flash app gracefully degraded to a separate pure-HTML version, essentially duplicating the project.
I helped to get data from MySQL through an API built in PHP, which was read through ActionScript in Flash.
It was a convoluted system, but that was required to get data into Flash. In many ways it’s akin to what frontend apps are doing now (but we had a 100% custom interface).
It was a convoluted system, but that was required to get data into Flash. In many ways it’s akin to what frontend apps are doing now (but we had a 100% custom interface).
