ObjectOriented ActionScript For Flash 8 Author:Peter Elst, Todd Yard With the release of Macromedia Flash 8, Flash is now the most powerful and widely used client software for the web, and its 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 ... more »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. Youll 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. Summary of Contents:
PART ONE: OOP AND ACTIONSCRIPT
Chapter 1: Introduction to OOP
Chapter 2: Programming Concepts
Chapter 3: ActionScript 2.0 Programming
PART TWO: FLASH OOP GUIDELINES
Chapter 4: Planning
Chapter 5: Project Workflow
Chapter 6: Best Practices
PART THREE: CORE OOP CONCEPTS
Chapter 7: Encapsulation
Chapter 8: Classes
Chapter 9: Inheritance
Chapter 10: Polymorphism
Chapter 11: Interfaces
Chapter 12: Design Patterns
Chapter 13: Case Study: An OOP Media Player
PART FOUR: BUILDING AND EXTENDING A DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK
Chapter 14: Framework Overview
Chapter 15: Manager Classes
Chapter 16: UI Widgets
Chapter 17: OOP Animation and Effects
PART FIVE: DATA INTEGRATION
Chapter 18: Interrelationships and Interactions Between Components
Chapter 19: Communication Between Flash and the Browser
Chapter 20: Server Communication (XML and Web Services)