Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide - Softcover

Shupe, Rich; Rosser, Zevan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144939017X ISBN 13: 9781449390174

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2010

Synopsis

If you're new to ActionScript 3.0, or want to enhance your skill set, this bestselling book is the ideal guide. Designers, developers, and programmers alike will find Learning ActionScript 3.0 invaluable for navigating ActionScript 3.0's learning curve. You'll learn the language by getting a clear look at essential topics such as logic, event handling, displaying content, classes, and much more.

Updated for Flash Professional CS5, this revised and expanded edition delivers hands-on exercises and full-color code samples to help you increase your abilities as you progress through the book. Topics are introduced with basic syntax and class-based examples, so you can set your own pace for learning object-oriented programming.

• Harness the power and performance of ActionScript 3.0
• Control sound and video, including new access to microphone data
• Create art with code by drawing vectors and pixels at runtime
• Manipulate text with unprecedented typographic control
• Animate graphics, create particle systems, and apply simple physics
• Avoid common coding mistakes and reuse code for improved productivity
• Load SWF, image, text, HTML, CSS, and XML file formats, and more

Authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser draw on their experience as Flash developers and instructors to give you a solid ActionScript foundation, revealing ways you can use code for practical, everyday projects.

About this title

About the Author

Rich Shupe is the founder and president of FMA--a full-service multimedia development company and training facility in New York City. Rich teaches a variety of digital technologies in academic and commercial environments, and has frequently lectured on these topics at Flash on the Beach, Flashbelt, Flash on Tap, FlashForward, Macworld, and other national and international events. He is a faculty member of New York's School of Visual Arts' MFA Computer Art Department. Rich is also the author or coauthor of multiple books, including Learning ActionScript 3.0 (O'Reilly), The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide (O'Reilly), Flash CS3 Professional Video Training Book (Peachpit Press), CS3 Web and Design Workflow Guides (Adobe). He also presents video training on Flash and other topics for Lynda.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 144939017X
• ISBN 13: 9781449390174
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 453