Understanding Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript 2 Basic techniques for creatives [Paperback]

Andrew Rapo and Alex Michael explain all the important programming concepts from a designer's point of view, making them completely accessible to non-programmers. Completely revised and rewritten this second edition will help you develop professional ActionScript 2 applications, and communicate knowledgably about current, Object Oriented ActionScript 2 techniques.

Divided into four sections to take you from novice to professional results:

* Flash Fundamentals: Introduces the Flash authoring environment and basic core Flash concepts.
* ActionScript 2 Fundamentals: Explains basic programming concepts and terminology, and shows how ActionScript 2 classes are constructed and used.
* Built-in Classes: Describes the built-in ActionScript classes that are available for use in applications, including the MovieClip class, Key class, Sound class, etc.
* Using ActionScript to Build a Game: Describes the development process for creating a complex Flash application and presents commercial-quality game coding examples.Introduction - Understanding Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript 2

Flash Fundamentals

1 - An Introduction to ActionScript 2 Programming Tools in Flash 8
2 - Timelines, Layers, The Stage, MovieClips, and the Library
3 - Events and Event Handlers
4 - External ActionScript Class Files

ActionScript 2.0 Fundamentals

5 - A Brief Overview of ActionScript2 Programming
6 - Transitioning from AS1 Classes to AS2 Classes
7 - The Anatomy Of A Class
8 - The Building Blocks of Code
9 - Organizing Code With Functions
10 - Arrays
11 - Inheritance and Polymorphism

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