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Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. William Drol
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  • Teaches Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) from the ground up A step-by-step guide addressed to all skill levels

  • Emphasis on planning, documentation, and clean coding

  • Readers will learn to create dynamic, reusable services with Flash ActionScript

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. OOP and ActionScript

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Part One Overview

      • William Drol
      Pages 3-4

    3. Introduction to OOP

      • William Drol
      Pages 5-12

    4. Concepts for Beginning Programmers

      • William Drol
      Pages 13-18

    5. Flash ActionScript Programming

      • William Drol
      Pages 19-44

  3. Flash OOP Basics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Part Two Overview and Setup

      • William Drol
      Pages 47-55

    3. Planning

      • William Drol
      Pages 57-65

    4. Encapsulation

      • William Drol
      Pages 67-87

    5. Classes

      • William Drol
      Pages 89-107

    6. Inheritance

      • William Drol
      Pages 109-135

    7. Polymorphism

      • William Drol
      Pages 137-150

  4. Building a Dynamic Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Part Three Overview

      • William Drol
      Pages 153-153

    3. MovieClip Class Extensions

      • William Drol
      Pages 155-177

    4. Classes for Dynamic Content

      • William Drol
      Pages 179-206

    5. Services for Dynamic Content

      • William Drol
      Pages 207-215

    6. Testing the Framework

      • William Drol
      Pages 217-237

  5. Extending the Dynamic Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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About this book

  • Teaches object-oriented programming (OOP) from the ground up
  • A step-by-step guide addressed to all programming skill levels
  • Readers will learn to create dynamic, reusable services with Flash ActionScript
  • More information and additional chapters can be found on the author's Web site, www.billdrol.com
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Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX teaches object-oriented programming skills using Flash MX ActionScript. It assumes no previous programming experience and encourages Flash users who normally avoid ActionScript. Author William Drol develops a series of related applications using numerous step-by-step instructions and demonstrates the importance of good planning, documentation, and clean coding.

Flash MX 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. As such, it is the ideal platform for sophisticated Web applications, especially when paired with XML. Sophisticated applications demand a solid understanding of object-oriented programming techniques, regardless of the language and platform used.

This may be the only Flash book entirely devoted to object-oriented programming. This book is for readers who want to do more than load and publish the pre-built Flash MX templates, who want to make sure their work is reusable, who want to learn solid programming techniques and, above all, who want to build the next generation of Web-based applications.

By the time readers finish Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX, readers will be able to develop highly reusable applications and services that leverage the dynamic features in Flash MX ActionScript.

About the author

William Drol entered Macromedia Flash development with a varied background in object-oriented programming and graphic design. His first experience with macromedia was the admittedly quirky, but OOP-based Macromedia Director and Lingo. Today, there are many reasons to be excited about Flash MX and the hugely improved ActionScript. Drol looks forward to integrating Flash MX with Web services, and he pursues other technologies such as XML, XSLT, and his current favorite, Microsoft C#. Learn more about the author at www.billdrol.com.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX

  • Authors: William Drol

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0838-9

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: William Drol 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-014-0Published: 13 June 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0838-9Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 504

  • Topics: Web Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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