Beginning ActionScript 2.0 [Paperback]

Nathan Derksen (Author), Jeff Berg (Author)

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Paperback: 805 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (April 7 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764577689
ISBN-13: 978-0764577680
Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 4.3 x 23.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #479,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Offering guidance in an exercise-oriented format that readers will find helpful, this book is the perfect mix of tutorial and hands-on coding
Written by a well-known and well-respected Flash development expert, this code-intensive guide shows readers how to work with objects, write and use various functions, handle dynamic data, and integrate with XML
Contains complete coverage of the ActionScript language, including data types, variables, events, and more
Addresses important topics such as understanding how code fits into a Flash project and where it goes, working with new screen technology, and scripting for video and sound

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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ActionScript 2.0, the scripting language for Macromedia Flash®, can be used to create complex, dynamic applications and spice up otherwise motionless web pages. Whether you are interested in developing a dynamic web application, building a personal portfolio, creating a game, or working with media, ActionScript 2.0 is useful for a wide range of tasks and this book will help you take full advantage of all that this scripting language has to offer.

As you explore the dozens of examples included inside, you'll find this book makes your learning experience a smooth process. Each example provides you with a detailed explanation of exactly what that particular code does. Whatever your background, mix of technical and artistic skills, or end goal, this book is a good starting point to get you where you want to go.

What you will learn from this book

A variety of simple coding conventions that will help you create projects that are easy to read and update
How to change the variables and content from one movie clip to another
Techniques for running and debugging code
How to use the drawing API, apply filters and blending modes, and work with the new Bitmap class
The intricacies of working with text and applying visual styles to text
Ways to integrate images, sound, video, and live camera feeds into your project

Who this book is for

This book is for readers who are interested in writing their own code using ActionScript 2.0. No prior programming experience is assumed.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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Flash is a term used to refer to both the vector-based animation format (Flash movies) as well as the authoring tool that is commonly used to create the aforementioned content. Read the first page

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Amazon.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete book on learning ActionScript, April 30 2006

By Frank Stepanski - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Beginning ActionScript 2.0 (Paperback)

Macomedia Flash has been around for awhile now and most know what it is and what kinds of things you can do for it. But most poeple do not know the power behind the scenes in the Flash programming language called ActionScript.

This book explains how ActionScript is as a programming language first, then how it is as a development platform for enriching your Flash applications. The hardest part in my opinion in explaining ActionScript is that designers who use Flash will have a hard time understanding programming concepts and developers will have a hard time understanding the Flash environment using ActionScript. This book does a wonderful job bringing both worlds together (designer and developer) and explaining in an easy to understand way with plenty of examples.

Real world concepts are covered like object oriented programming (OOP), controlling movie-clips, preloading movies, user-interaction, debugging, animation techniques, components, handling text and XML, using JavaScript.

Readers can read the book from start to finish or skip to a particular chapter to focus on a topics without getting feeling lost. There are lots and lots of code snippets and examples that really explain how to se ActionScript correctly. So many other books out there explain ActionScript useless examples (or hardly any) that do not teach you anything. This book really goes in detail why they did it that why and why it is the correct way.

The appendix has some great keyboard shortcuts and the answers to all the exercises after each chapter. Which makes this a great book for a class as well.

This is one of the best books on ActionScript and I highly recommend it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Batch, Oct 15 2006

By Greg Bulmash - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Beginning ActionScript 2.0 (Paperback)

I looked through a number of ActionScript books before I settled on this one. They don't compartmentalize the language as much as others do, not being afraid to bring in a more advanced topic and discuss it briefly so that an early demo script is actually useful and functional.

Basically, while the demo scripts focus on the task at hand, they're not "dumbed down" to avoid mentioning or using concepts from upcoming chapters. I found that refreshing and useful, because the reason I got the book was to be able to bring my skills up to speed to dig into the guts of an existing open source app. I was able to start reading the code of that app faster than if I had to go through 9 chapters to find out what "this" meant.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tutorial, Nov 3 2006

By Pellizzaro Massimiliano "spike" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Beginning ActionScript 2.0 (Paperback)

What an excellent book.
I was not new to Actionscript language, but this book formilized my knowledge and help me in structuring my way of writing Actionscipt code. Writing good actionscript code it's more that knowing how to make things moving, and this book just help you to achive this goal. I have found some new topics that are very difficoult to find and understand over the net this includes the setInterval funcion and the new drawing API, the new bitmap classes and methods and much more. I reccomend this book to anyone that wants to make a jump to a higher lever of programming technique. Maybe this book will not teach you so many new things, someone might expect this by the size of the book (very thick), but it teachs you the phylosofy of a good programmer. Thumbs up !
Max Pellizzaro
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