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Foundation ActionScript for Macromedia Flash MX 2004
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by Sham Bhangal
Sales Rank: 659079
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List Price: $34.99
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Paperback: 500 pages
Publisher: friends of ED July 10, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590593057
ISBN-13: 978-1590593059
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Product Description
Flash guru Sham Bhangal brings us the third edition of everybodys favorite beginner level Flash scripting book: Foundation ActionScript. With the release of Flash MX 2004, scripting in Flash has moved from being a desirable asset to an essential skill in the world of web design and development. ActionScript is, quite simply, the key to real power in Flash. Flash is now both a design tool and a development tool, and ActionScript can easily scare designers. This book is for anyone who has ever looked in awe at a cutting-edge Flash site, then taken a look at some code, and run in the other direction. Learning ActionScript with friends of ED will not turn you into a boring programmer, it will turn you into someone who finally has the power to achieve what they want with their web design, and can liberate their creative urges. This book will take you from knowing nothing about ActionScript to a firm knowledge that will allow you to exercise a previously unimaginable amount of power over your Flash movies. It does this with fully worked examples throughout, and a case study that will leave you with a cutting-edge Flash site by the end of the book. The book is practically orientated, and assumes no previous knowledge of coding, making sure that the you can actually use ActionScript to build a working website via real and detailed examples and case studies. Summary of Contents: Chapter 01: Interactive Flash Chapter 02: Making plans Chapter 03: Movies that remember Chapter 04: Movies that decide for themselves Chapter 05: More power, less script Chapter 06: Movies that remember how to do things Chapter 07: Objects and classes Chapter 08: Objects on the stage Chapter 09: Modular ActionScript Chapter 10: Sprites Chapter 11: Drawing API Chapter 12: Sound Chapter 13: Advanced ActionScript
About The Author
Sham Bhangal has worked on books in new media for 3 years, in which time he has authored and coauthored numerous friends of ED books, including critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling titles such as Foundation Flash, New Masters of Flash, Flash MX Upgrade Essentials, Flash MX Most Wanted, and Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference,
Bhangal has considerable experience working with Macromedia and Adobe products, as well as other general web design technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.). In addition to speaking appearances at FlashForward (the largest Macromedia Flash developer conference), Bhangal has long been a beta tester for Macromedia and Discreet products.
Customer Reviews & Comments
The Foundation Actionscript series of books written by Sham Bhangal have been really good in teaching users the intricacies of ActionScript. The third iteration of this series, Foundation ActionScript for Flash MX 2004, is no different. What makes this book great is Sham Bhangal's writing style. His ability to explain complicated ActionScript topics in a simple, sometimes humorous format is great for beginners to understand. He brings in interesting anecdotes and alternate explanations to help make it easy for readers to digest the information. The book starts you off at the basics. You are introduced to basic interactivity, but you quickly progress through the various ActionScript techniques. The information is presented in a tutorial format that engages you in the learning process. You are given the opportunity to take a more hands-on approach to learning the material by writing code and testing your examples in Flash. Theorists need not worry though! There are adequate explanations as to why various ActionScript techniques work. Besides working on the examples, you can apply what you learn by updating a site called Futuremedia as you progress through the book. As you learn more ActionScript, you are given directions to improve and update the Futuremedia site. Besides updating the Futuremedia site, Sham provides examples and directions to create a lot of cool special effects such as moving dots, a mouse trailer, a code-only clock, and more! If you are trying to learn ActionScript for the first time, or if you are trying to brush up on your ActionScript with the new features introduced in Flash MX 2004, this book is a great choice. After going through the book and working on the examples, you will find yourself having a better understanding of the ActionScript language. Regards, Kirupa
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