Actionscript Common Function Library Survey
Posted By : todd sharp Posted At : August 16, 2006 10:47 AM Posted In: ActionScript
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If you write Coldfusion, you've likely visited cflib.org at some point and used one or more of the excellent UDF's posted there. I've often wondered why there is no single repository for common Actionscript functions like cflib. There are tons of custom functions out there, but I've yet to find a single source that is structured in an easy to use format. Since I've been using Flash Forms so heavily, I often find myself searching for a custom function for string manipulation and other purposes and I realized that many of the ones that I find could be easily reused in different applications. Many are written for use in Flash or Flex, but can also be used in Flash Forms with little or no modification. With that in mind, here's a short survey:
- Do you see a need for a single source for Actionscript common functions? These could be grouped by category (such as data manipulation, custom Math functions, etc) and easily searchable. They could also be rolled up into a single library that could easily be included in your application where needed.
- Would you use a site like this to find functions (or would you continue to just use Google or whatever other source you may be using)?
- Would you participate in a community based site like this (submit your own functions)?
If there is enough interest, I would like to get a site up and running. If anyone is interested in helping out with the design and/or administration, please let me know. Also, if someone would like to offer to host the site, I wouldn't turn them down ;) - or I'll host on my own.


Ping me off blog if you want to talk more.
http://proto.layer51.com
There's all kinds of methods, functions, and classes in there - they're mostly grouped by object, however (since its focus was object prototype methods). Pretty popular back in the day as I remember.
There are some others too, but they escape me at the moment.
I was going for something more along the lines of the layer51 site, but just ready-to-use classes to share, not so much code snippets.