One of the most common things we get asked about in the community is if there’s a version of Degrafa for AS3-only projects, i.e. a way to use Degrafa without having to use Flex. This was definitely on our roadmap, but working on the actual framework itself was taking priority.

A few days ago, with the help of Ryan Campbell, we were able to demo using Degrafa in an AS3-only project created from Flash CS4 at 360|Flex. Things are still being ironed out, but people seemed interested in taking a look at the simple example. You can download the example below.

Our plans are to make 2 separate branches of Degrafa, one for Flex and one for AS3-only. Eventually, we hope to see the 2 branches become one. Hopefully this will allow even more people to take advantage of all the hard work that’s already been put into Degrafa.

Stay tuned for more details as things get a little more formalized around Degrafa in AS3-only projects.

Download the Degrafa AS3-only Flash Sample

When John and Tom called people out for being late with their slides, well, that was me. If you went to find the slides for the Degrafa presentation on your USB thumb drive they weren’t there. So, here they are.

It’s been nearly 5 months since we released Degrafa 3.1 Beta and we’re steadily moving towards a 1.0 release. Since 3.1 we’ve seen the number of people using Degrafa drastically increase with download numbers at over 18,000 and that doesn’t include people using the SVN. We get daily emails from people using the framework, great questions on the Degrafa Group and more people eager to contribute. It’s an exciting thing to see!

Great progress is being made on the framework, so we’re excited to have a presentation slot for Degrafa at 360|Flex, this time in Indianapolis. Things we hope to cover are: the current status of the framework, demoing some great apps that heavily use Degrafa, talking about future features and Degrafa 1.0, walking through code, as well as discussing some very interesting new developments that may be on the horizon. We also hope to address any questions regarding Flex Graphics/FXG and Degrafa.

So, if you’re interested in Degrafa, the session is on Monday the 18th at 1pm. See you at 360|Flex!