Configuration Constants

Every tool has a particular feature that makes it useful. A screwdriver is a simple tool, and yet it's the most commonly used. As often as you use it, you keep it tucked away, out of sight. For whatever reason, a screwdriver isn't a conversation piece. This seems to be the case with one of my favorite features of the Flash IDE: the configuration (config for short) constants.

Throughout the build process of any rich Internet application (RIA), it's uncommon to succeed without the assistance of debugging. During this process, you can end up with numerous unnecessary lines of code that wind up getting compiled into your application. These lines are not unlike those of traces, but the Flash compiler offers a means to remove ...

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