ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Adobe Flash Platform and Adobe Flex Application Developers
Well before Ajax and Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation hit the scene, Macromedia offered the first method for building web pages with the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs with its Flash-based "Rich Internet Applications". Now, new owner Adobe is taking Flash and its powerful capabilities beyond the Web and making it a full-fledged development environment.\ Rather than focus on theory, the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook concentrates on the practical application of...
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Rather than focus on ActionScript in the abstract, the book puts theory into practice with ready-made answers to common problems. Readers will find more than 300 worked-out scripts they can use to solve a wide range of coding dilemmas, while learning practical techniques for resolving similar issues in the future.
PrefaceChapter 1: ActionScript BasicsChapter 2: Custom ClassesChapter 3: Runtime EnvironmentChapter 4: Numbers and MathChapter 5: ArraysChapter 6: Display ListChapter 7: Drawing and MaskingChapter 8: BitmapsChapter 9: TextChapter 10: Filters and TransformsChapter 11: Programmatic AnimationChapter 12: StringsChapter 13: Regular ExpressionsChapter 14: Dates and TimesChapter 15: Programming SoundChapter 16: VideoChapter 17: Storing Persistent DataChapter 18: Communicating with Other MoviesChapter 19: Sending and Loading DataChapter 20: XMLChapter 21: Web Services and Flash RemotingChapter 22: Building Integrated Applications Chapter 23: File ManagementChapter 24: Socket ProgrammingAppendix 1: Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 CharactersJoey Lott is the author of several O'Reilly books on Macromedia technology, including Flash 8 Cookbook, Programming Flash Communication Server, and the ActionScript Cookbook. He is also the author of Flash 8 ActionScript Bible (Wiley) and Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns (Adobe Press, October 2006). Joey has been teaching Flash and ActionScript since 1999. His professional experience in the Internet industry includes co-founding RightSpring, Inc., as well as consulting for YourMobile/Premium Wireless Services (J2EE B2C application) and Ads.com (leading the development of a J2EE B2B application).Darron Schall is an independent consultant specializing in the Flash Platform, with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Lehigh University. He has been using ActionScript since the early days and is a prominent voice in the Flash and Flex communities. He is actively involved in the Open Source Flash movement with projects ranging from software development tools to a Commodore 64 emulator. Darron has spoken at various conferences about ActionScript, and has contributed to books and magazines. You can find his Flash Platform related weblog at http://www.darronschall.com.Keith Peters is a Flash developer in the Boston area. He has been working with Flash since 1999 and is currently a Senior Flash Developer at Brightcove (http://www.brightcove.com). Keith has been a contributing author to nine other books on Flash and ActionScript. His personal website, http://www.bit-101.com, features an active blog, over 700 open source Flash experiments, and lots of other random Flash-related stuff.
