| With its high-impact design and low-bandwidth requirements, Macromedia Flash has become the industry standard for hundreds of thousands of Web developers worldwide. With the release of version 5, Flash continues to evolve past its origins as an animation tool. With its new, incredibly powerful scripting engine, as well as its ability to tie in with application servers and XML, it has become a development platform in its own right. ActionScript is the scripting language used to control animation and multimedia within Flash. Macromedia Flash ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source shows readers how to translate real-world applications using Flash into scripts that they can use and modify as their understanding of Flash programming expands. Users will learn many methodologies and techniques for putting Flash projects together, enabling them to work faster and more efficiently. Projects include games, wireless applications, Web interfaces, and more.
ActionScript is the programming language that enables you to use Macromedia Flash to create highly interactive, multimedia-based Web sites, product demos, teaching materials, and more. If you're familiar with the logic behind other programming languages (especially JavaScript), you'll find ActionScript familiar. If, however, you're new to scripting, you'll probably wish you'd started earlier—especially once you begin to understand the language itself and what you can do with it. By the time you reach the end of this book, you'll be armed with a thorough knowledge of ActionScript— knowledge that will allow you to express yourself in ways you never before imagined! |
