# Latest **URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=149 [Latest](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.kirupa.com/categories.md) **Page:** 150 --- ## [Wondering if I'm ever going to run out of stack depth in this async recursion scenario](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wondering-if-im-ever-going-to-run-out-of-stack-depth-in-this-async-recursion-scenario/633700)
**Author:** [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wondering-if-im-ever-going-to-run-out-of-stack-depth-in-this-async-recursion-scenario/633700 "2015-08-30T05:20:30Z")
I have a pattern that I like to use for processing lists of data that I need to asynchronously process/operate on. Like let's say I have 100k files I need to download and convert from JPG to PNG. So I get a list of the J… --- ## [Why do arrays do this?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-arrays-do-this/633697)
**Author:** [@tlpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tlpann)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-do-arrays-do-this/633697 "2015-08-29T04:22:14Z")
If I create an array and populate it with points, then change one of the points, it doesn't change in the array. Like this: var pt1:Point = new Point(1, 1); var pt2:Point = new Point(2, 2); var arr:Array = \[pt1, pt2\];… --- ## [How to create database in notepad using AS2 ?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-database-in-notepad-using-as2/633692)
**Author:** [@John\_Jeric\_Manansala](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/John_Jeric_Manansala)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-create-database-in-notepad-using-as2/633692 "2015-08-28T15:55:46Z")
how to create a database using notepad in AS2? --- ## [Help with Keyframes not changing all the text](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-keyframes-not-changing-all-the-text/633656)
**Author:** [@Zamboolah\_Wigi\_Wigi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zamboolah_Wigi_Wigi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-keyframes-not-changing-all-the-text/633656 "2015-08-28T07:39:47Z")
Hello, I have problem when changing my COPIES/TEXT when they are already on MOTION TWEENS. In the first keyframe, I can change the font family or size etc. but when the playhead reaches the other keyframes, the TEXT wi… --- ## [Variable Scope Basics in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope-basics-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633687)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variable-scope-basics-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633687 "2015-08-27T12:33:03Z")
by kirupa | 20 February 2014 Let's revisit something relating to variables. Each variable you declare has a certain level of visibility that determines when you can actually use it. In human-u… --- ## [AS3 AIR FFMPEG netStream.seek issue](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-air-ffmpeg-netstream-seek-issue/633686)
**Author:** [@AntBirch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AntBirch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-air-ffmpeg-netstream-seek-issue/633686 "2015-08-27T09:02:49Z")
I'm having trouble with NetStream in AS3. The project I am working on allows users to browse a video (locally) and play it back. The issue I am having is that netStream.seek(0); from what I can tell it doesn't do anythin… --- ## [null and undefined | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/null-and-undefined-kirupa-com/633685)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/null-and-undefined-kirupa-com/633685 "2015-08-27T04:28:54Z")
by kirupa | 4 April 2014 One of the great mysteries of the world revolves around making sense of null and undefined. Most code you see is littered with them, and you've probably run into them yourself a few… --- ## [Booleans and the Stricter === and !== Operators | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/booleans-and-the-stricter-and-operators-kirupa-com/633684)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/booleans-and-the-stricter-and-operators-kirupa-com/633684 "2015-08-27T04:28:26Z")
by kirupa | 13 April 2014 While it's polite to say that all types are interesting and fun to be around, you and I both know that is a lie. Some types are just boring. The boolean type is one such example. H… --- ## [Extending Built-in Objects in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-built-in-objects-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633683)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extending-built-in-objects-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633683 "2015-08-27T04:27:34Z")
by kirupa | 12 December 2013 As you know very well by now, JavaScript comes from the factory with a good supply of built-in objects. These objects provide some of the core functionality for working with tex… --- ## [A Deeper Look at Objects in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-deeper-look-at-objects-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633682)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-deeper-look-at-objects-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633682 "2015-08-27T04:25:24Z")
by kirupa | 12 December 2013 In the Introduction to Objects in JavaScript tutorial, I provided a very high level overview of what objects in JavaScript are and how to think about them. In this tutorial… --- ## [Numbers in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numbers-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633681)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numbers-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633681 "2015-08-27T04:24:42Z")
by kirupa | 17 April 2014 A large part of your time in JavaScript will be spent dealing with numbers. Even if you aren’t working with numbers directly, you’ll indirectly encounter them when doing even the most… --- ## [Arrays in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633680)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/arrays-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633680 "2015-08-27T04:24:08Z")
by kirupa | 3 June 2014 Let's imagine you are jotting down a list on a piece of paper. Let's call the piece of paper groceries. Now, in the paper, you write a numbered list starting with zero with all… --- ## [Strings in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strings-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633678)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/strings-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633678 "2015-08-27T04:21:28Z")
by kirupa | 24 March 2014 I have a hunch that you are a human being. As a human, you probably relate really well with words. You speak it. You write it. You also tend to use a lot of it in the things you progr… --- ## [Of Pizza, Types, Primitives, and Objects | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/of-pizza-types-primitives-and-objects-kirupa-com/633677)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/of-pizza-types-primitives-and-objects-kirupa-com/633677 "2015-08-27T04:03:50Z")
It's time to get serious. Srsly! In the past few tutorials, we've been working with all kinds of values. You've worked with strings, numbers, booleans (ak… --- ## [Debugging JavaScript by Using Breakpoints | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-javascript-by-using-breakpoints-kirupa-com/633676)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-javascript-by-using-breakpoints-kirupa-com/633676 "2015-08-27T04:03:29Z")
by kirupa | 15 December 2012 No matter how well you write your JavaScript, given its scripty nature, mistakes will happen. The mistakes that you run into will often be subtle. A great time saver when … --- ## [Where Should Your Code Live | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-should-your-code-live-kirupa-com/633675)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/where-should-your-code-live-kirupa-com/633675 "2015-08-27T04:01:51Z")
by kirupa | 8 February 2014 Let's take a break from our regularly scheduled...programming (ha!). Instead of looking at what goes into our code, in this tutorial, we are going to go a bit higher and look at … --- ## [Immediately Invoked Function Expressions (IIFE) | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/immediately-invoked-function-expressions-iife-kirupa-com/633674)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/immediately-invoked-function-expressions-iife-kirupa-com/633674 "2015-08-27T03:50:27Z")
by kirupa | 6 February 2015 By now, you probably know enough about functions in JavaScript to be dangerously productive. Functions allow you to group statements together. If you give your function a n… --- ## [Closures in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closures-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633673)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/closures-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633673 "2015-08-27T03:42:39Z")
by kirupa | 30 December 2013 By now, you probably know all about functions and all the fun functiony things that they do. An important part of working with functions, with JavaScript, and (possibly) life … --- ## [For, While, and Do...While Loops in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-while-and-do-while-loops-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633672)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-while-and-do-while-loops-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633672 "2015-08-27T01:04:18Z")
by kirupa | 4 March 2014 When you are coding something, there will be times when you want to repeat an action or run some code multiple times. For example, let's say we have a function called saySomething t… --- ## [Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/conditional-statements-if-else-and-switch-kirupa-com/633671)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/conditional-statements-if-else-and-switch-kirupa-com/633671 "2015-08-27T00:41:40Z")
by kirupa | 16 February 2014 From the moment you wake up, whether you realize it or not, you start making decisions. Turn the alarm off. Turn the lights on. Look outside to see what the weather is like. … --- ## [Functions in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633670)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/functions-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633670 "2015-08-27T00:23:48Z")
by kirupa | 3 February 2014 So far, all of the code we’ve written really contained no structure. It was just…there: This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.kirupa.com/html5/… --- ## [Variables in JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633669)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables-in-javascript-kirupa-com/633669 "2015-08-26T23:39:56Z")
by kirupa | 25 January 2014 In JavaScript, every piece of data that you provide or use is considered to contain a value. In the example you saw from our introduction, the words hello, world… --- ## [Introduction to JavaScript | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/introduction-to-javascript-kirupa-com/633668)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/introduction-to-javascript-kirupa-com/633668 "2015-08-26T23:35:54Z")
by kirupa | 18 April 2014 HTML is all about displaying things. CSS is all about making things look good. Between the both of them, you can create some pretty nifty looking things: This is a … --- ## [The latest version of discourse has some interesting smileys :P](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-latest-version-of-discourse-has-some-interesting-smileys-p/633644)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-latest-version-of-discourse-has-some-interesting-smileys-p/633644 "2015-08-26T12:59:44Z")
\[non-potable\_water\] Who wants some non-potable water? \[sunny\] --- ## [Does everything work?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-everything-work/351964)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-everything-work/351964 "2015-02-27T21:19:11Z")
If this post goes through, then things are working OK \[smile\] --- ## [Does this SaaS service have the potential to disrupt Chef or Puppet?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-this-saas-service-have-the-potential-to-disrupt-chef-or-puppet/633663)
**Author:** [@mholten](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mholten)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-this-saas-service-have-the-potential-to-disrupt-chef-or-puppet/633663 "2015-08-25T18:44:38Z")
I stumbled across this on hackernews. This service is in the CI/CD arena and I think it has potential to disrupt Chef's momentum based purely on one thing - Ease of use. When I started using Chef, it took me hours to fig… --- ## [Need a feedback form](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-feedback-form/633646)
**Author:** [@Cindy1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cindy1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-a-feedback-form/633646 "2015-08-25T01:07:42Z")
If I want to create a feedback form, where can I found the best way? --- ## [AS3 hero enemy hittest problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-hero-enemy-hittest-problem/633648)
**Author:** [@ekoneo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ekoneo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-hero-enemy-hittest-problem/633648 "2015-08-24T01:13:52Z")
Hi, I have been used AS2 up to now. But I need learn AS3 what I can do in AS2. I try to make a simple game as shown in attachment. I prepare two mc and they are in library. The main stage is empty. First one is hero. T… --- ## [The CSS Transitions Cheatsheet | kirupa.com](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-css-transitions-cheatsheet-kirupa-com/633647)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-css-transitions-cheatsheet-kirupa-com/633647 "2015-08-22T23:04:19Z")
by kirupa | 22 August 2015 When it comes to CSS Transitions, you don't need a bazillion pages of content or even a book to quickly figure out something. If you are in a rush or just want something you can refer … --- ## [The javascript animation method.](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-javascript-animation-method/633639)
**Author:** [@bstagy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bstagy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-javascript-animation-method/633639 "2015-08-22T18:50:26Z")
Having read Kirupa's article on web animations I am attempting to use element.animate() . What I am wondering is about the screen refresh. Should I be using the requestAnimationFrame() method within my animate function… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=148) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/latest.md?page=150)