Learning ActionScript

Teaches you the fundamentals of programming in ActionScript 3 using both Flash Professional and Flash Builder.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Getting Started with ActionScript 3.0

• What is ActionScript and why should I learn it?
• ActionScript 2.0 vs. ActionScript 3.0
• AS3 language fundamentals
• Implementing external source code

2. Working in Flash Professional

• Creating a Flash document
• Building the document class
• Compiling and debugging

3. Working in Flash Builder

• Creating an ActionScript project
• Creating a class file
• Compiling and debugging

4. AS3 Language Fundamentals

• Variables
• Functions
• Events
• Conditionals
• Arrays and vectors
• Loops

5. Working with AS3 Objects

• MovieClip and Sprite
• TextField and TextFormat
• Video, NetConnection, and NetStream
• Sound, SoundTransform, and SoundMixer
• Loader, Bitmap, and BitmapData
• XML
• JSON