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Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8

Apress

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  • Supports the new version of Flash, due later this year; will be a huge market

  • Provides professional best practices—strong emphasis on planning, documentation, and adhering to strict and clean coding from the outset

  • Teaches you to create dynamic, reusable rich-client web applications and services

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. OOP and ActionScript

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xx-xx
    2. Programming Concepts

      Pages 11-17
  3. Flash OOP Guidelines

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 32-32
    2. Planning

      Pages 33-46
    3. Project Workflow

      Pages 49-63
    4. Best Practices

      Pages 65-81
  4. Core OOP Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 82-82
    2. Encapsulation

      Pages 83-101
    3. Classes

      Pages 103-118
    4. Inheritance

      Pages 121-133
    5. Polymorphism

      Pages 135-142
    6. Interfaces

      Pages 145-155
    7. Design Patterns

      Pages 157-198
  5. Building and Extending a Dynamic Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 240-240
    2. Framework Overview

      Pages 241-257
    3. Manager Classes

      Pages 259-277

About this book

With the release of Macromedia Flash 8, Flash is 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.

About the authors

Peter Elst is a Belgian freelance IT consultant and founding partner of Project Cocoon based in Pondicherry, south India. As a respected member of the online community, Peter has spoken at various international industry events and has had his work published in leading journals.

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Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 34.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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