With the release of Macromedia Flash 8, Flash is now the most powerful and widely used client software for the web, and it’s the only one that runs on virtually every browser, on every platform. It also features ActionScript, a scripting language with great object-oriented support. As such, Flash is the ideal platform for producing sophisticated object-oriented web applications. Complex applications demand a solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques, regardless of the language and platform used, and this book will provide all you need.
Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 teaches the theory and practice of OOP with ActionScript. You do not need any extensive prior programming experience, you just need to want to go beyond the usual Flash interfaces. Authors, and working Flash developers, Peter Elst and Todd Yard take you through the complete development cycle of a series of related applications, using numerous step-by-step instructions. You’ll be able to develop highly reusable applications and services that leverage the dynamic features in Flash.
This book demonstrates professional OOP skills and techniques that are completely transferable to other programming languages and technologies, including Inheritance, Polymorphism, managing classes, component development, consuming web services, and much more. It also includes some cutting edge ActionScript programming techniques, and animation and effects classes.
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This practical, nuts-and-bolts toolkit puts theory into practice with ready-made answers to common Flash development questions. It’s the perfect resource for Flash developers, as well as designers who are ready to start doing development work.
Explore the depth and flexibility of Macromedia Flash 8 with Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours. Fundamental topics are presented one-by-one in a series of 24 one-hour lessons that will help you master the basics of Flash. Author Phillip Kerman, an internationally-known Macromedia trainer and multimedia expert, offers you a clearly-written, well-organized introduction to Macromedia Flash 8 without becoming too overwhelming. You will cover such subjects as:
In this video series, Craig unleashes the power of Flash Professional 8 on the Flash web development process. Throughout the course of this series, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create your own jaw-dropping website in Flash 8. But even if you don’t HAVE the latest version of Flash, this video series is still for you. From time to time, throughout the course of this series, Craig jumps back and forth between older versions of Flash in order to illustrate how to achieve some of the same feats for those of you who don’t have version 8.
When faced with a design problem, it shouldn’t be because you don’t know how to use the design software. If you’re learning Macromedia FreeHand MX for the first time, you can rely on Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Sourcefor a thorough ground-up education that you can tackle at your own pace. This popular series from Macromedia Press leads you step-by-step through a program’s most important new features as you work through several, practical graphic design projects that reflect real-world problems, solutions, and practices. In Macromedia FreeHand MX: Training from the Source you’ll learn how to use the program’s robust tools to create a logo and then create a corporate identity package all in one document, organize and manage complex illustrations, and even create an animation that will then be used in a Flash animation. The book’s project-based tutorial approach allows you to work through the lessons in the book at your own pace, using the practice files on the companion CD-ROM to get started immediately with the program!
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As a creative professional or interactive developer, you’ll be amazed at the exciting possibilities presented to you by the new features available in Flash 8; but as a busy designer, we know you won’t have as much time as you’d like to explore these new additions. Never fear–this book wastes no time looking at timeline basics, tweens, or movie-publishing options–it focuses exclusively on the new Flash 8 features, getting you quickly up to speed with a combination of illustrative tutorials, handy references, and inspirational examples.
Do you want to master Flash video work, and work your way toward creating awesome, mind-blowing, interactive web applications? Well, don’t go any further–this full color book is all you need to step into the future.
Inside Flash 5 is hands-on, tutorial-based instruction on how to use Flash that goes several steps further than perceived competitors and provides more advanced-level instruction, including a quarter of the book on ActionScript. Inside Flash 5 shows the program’s functionality from a practical, project-based, best-practices approach; the book teaches how to get results using the tool, rather than simply reviewing the functionality of each button on the interface. Chapters begin with preview goals, feature complete and practical projects that are designed to further the skill-sets of working professionals and serious students, utilize sidebar information sections that add context to the general discussion, and finish with review material that helps many readers buttress what they’ve just learned.
