A Three-Pound Monkey Brain is a collection of general-purpose ActionScript 3.0 code, including:
- General utilities
- Collections (sets, lists, etc.)
- Data filtration
- Custom metadata
- Object relations
- XML translation
- XHTML and HTML
- MathML-Content
- Persistent value objects
- Animation effects
- Sending email
- Streaming data
Some (but not all) features require Flex.
Current Status
This project is still in an unstable alpha phase. Many packages (especially in Brainstem; see below) are nearly complete, though.
See the To-Do List for a list of remaining tasks before beta phase.
Sections
A Three-Pound Monkey Brain: ActionScript 3.0 Libraries is divided into the following "metapackages". Brainstem is required by the other metapackages. All metapackages are contained in 3lbmonkeybrain.swc and separately in their own SWC files.
- Brainstem: Core functionality and classes.
- Calculia: Mathematics.
- Hippocampus: Persistence.
- Motor Cortex: Animation.
- Synapse: Internet.
- Visual Cortex: User interface.