ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", Jan 18, 2007 - Computers - 74 pages

ActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts is a 76-page document designed to introduce those familiar with general programming principles to ActionScript 3.0. ActionScript 3.0 compiles and runs much faster than preceding versions, and the reasons have much to do with the structural changes Adobe has added: You truly do need to use ActionScript differently than you have previously, if you're already ActionScript programmer. If you're new to ActionScript, but are looking at it from a Java or C++ or C# perspective, you may be intrigued at how different ActionScript is now compared with what you'd known it or heard it to be before.

This document employs reusable code examples to demonstrate the basic functionality of ActionScript 3.0 in the following topic areas: Packages and Classes; Display Programming; Movie Clips and Buttons; and Basic Structures. A concluding section helps those unfamiliar with OOP (Object Oriented Programming) and Design Patterns get acquainted with these concepts, as a knowledge of them will greatly benefit anyone getting into ActionScript 3.0 who wants to get the most out of it.

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Packages and Classes
3
Jumping into Display Programming
7
Working with Movie Clips and Buttons
22
Basic Structures
45
ObjectOriented Programming
59

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About the author (2007)

Dr. William B. Sanders is a Professor of Interactive Information Technology at the University of Hartford. He teaches courses in Flash, ActionScript, Flash Media Server, PHP, C#, SQL, and XHTML among other Internet languages. He has published 44 computer and computer-related books, written software ranging from Basic to Flash Media Server ActionScript and served as a consultant for different computer software companies.

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TitleActionScript 3.0 Programming: Overview, Getting Started, and Examples of New Concepts
O'Reilly Shortcuts
AuthorsBill Sanders, William Sanders
Publisher"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2007
ISBN0596529236, 9780596529239
Length74 pages
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Computers / Internet / Web Programming
Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics
  
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