Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8

Description

ActionScript is the native scripting language of Flash. ActionScript knowledge is essential within the world of Flash design and development, as Flash remains a leading tool for cutting-edge interactive design and development. ActionScript is what gives Flash its power, but with that power comes a certain level of complexity, which can be intimidating. This beginners' book, significantly updated since the last edition, covers all of the basics of ActionScript using version 8 of Flash. The skills acquired by working through this book will enable you to move on to more advanced friends of ED books, such as Foundation PHP 5 for Flash, Foundation ActionScript Animation or Foundation XML for Flash. This book contains all you need to understand and make use of ActionScript, and to have some fun while learning. The Foundation series teaching style is ideal if you're a non-programmer who wants to learn Flash programming quickly and thoroughly. The authors teach the basics, and provide an all-around proficiency in ActionScript, as well as Flash components within Flash 8. You'll gain the practical skills to build ActionScript based Flash projects, including making initial design decisions, structuring code, and testing. An ongoing case study means that by the end of the book, you'll have constructed a cutting-edge Flash site to showcase your newly learned skills. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Interactive Flash....Pages 1-27 Making Plans....Pages 29-56 Movies that Remember....Pages 59-103 Movies that Decide for Themselves....Pages 105-136 More Power, Less Script....Pages 139-182 Movies that Remember How to do Things....Pages 185-218 Objects and Classes....Pages 221-267 Objects on the Stage....Pages 269-296 Reusable Code and Realistic Movement....Pages 299-348 Games and Sprites....Pages 351-407 Drawing API....Pages 409-451 Adding Sound to Flash....Pages 453-485 Loading Dynamic Data with XML....Pages 487-522 Finishing the Futuremedia Case Study....Pages 525-557 Advanced Actionscript: Components and Classes....Pages 559-604 Back Matter....Pages 607-623