ActionScript 3.0: : Visual QuickStart Guide / Ypenburg, Derrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ypenburg, Derrick, author.

Series:

Visual quickstart guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ActionScript (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Peachpit Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

ActionScript is the programming language integral to the Adobe Technology Platform. It began as a simple scripting language for creating interactivity and animation in Flash, but is now used to create full-featured Web applications, not only in Flash but in Flex. ActionScript 3, introduced with Flex 2, is now a full-fledged object-oriented programming language, and the need for teaching materials, for both newcomers and veterans, is great. This task-based tutorial is for students with no programming experience as well as those programmers who have learned earlier versions of the programming language and now need to learn the new version. The book walks a reader through all the fundamentals, then moves on to creating interactivity, working with data, looping and decision making, programming visualizations, and working with multimedia. It's a complete end-to-end tutorial.

Contents:

Introduction to ActionScript 3

Working with variables and properties

Working with functions and methods

Working with classes and objects

Display lists and display objects

Working with display objects

Communication and events

Controlling the timeline

Working with strings

Working with text fields

Working with the math and date classes

Working with data using arrays and objects

Creating conditional statements

Iteration and repetition

HTTP requests and external communications

Loading external assets

Using shapes, masks, blends, and filters

Dynamic animation

Working with sound

Working with video.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed September 9, 2008)

OCLC:

428739826