Fundamentals of Actionscript 3.0 : develop and design

Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 14
Welcome to ActionScript 3.0......Page 17
PART 1 GETTING THE FUNDAMENTALS......Page 20
CHAPTER 1 ACCESSING AND MANIPULATING OBJECTS......Page 21
Creating a New Project for ActionScript 3.0......Page 23
Accessing Objects on the Stage......Page 24
Sending Messages to the Output Panel......Page 27
Working with Object Parameters......Page 31
Wrapping Up......Page 38
CHAPTER 2 DYNAMICALLY ADDING OBJECTS TO THE STAGE......Page 39
Creating Named Library Assets......Page 41
Introducing the Display Stack......Page 44
Working with Comments......Page 50
Wrapping Up......Page 52
CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH FUNCTIONS......Page 53
Fundamentals of Functions......Page 55
Accepting Values in Functions......Page 58
Returning Values from Functions......Page 63
Wrapping Up......Page 66
CHAPTER 4 ACTIONSCRIPT AND MATH......Page 67
Mathematical Operators......Page 69
Variables and Combined Assignment Operators......Page 74
Increment and Decrement Operators......Page 77
Order of Operations......Page 79
Using Parentheses to Force Order......Page 81
Summing up Math Operations......Page 83
Wrapping Up......Page 84
CHAPTER 5 CREATING EVENTS......Page 85
Events: Explained......Page 87
Creating a Mouse Event Handler......Page 89
Adding Other Events......Page 93
Wrapping Up......Page 95
CHAPTER 6 USING TIMELINE SCRIPTING WITH MOUSE EVENTS......Page 97
Explaining the Project......Page 99
Controlling Timeline Playback......Page 100
Working with MovieClip Timelines......Page 104
Using the Event Callback Object and Handling Scope......Page 106
Working with Simple Callback Functions......Page 115
Wrapping Up......Page 116
CHAPTER 7 CREATING TIMER AND FRAME EVENTS......Page 117
Using the Timer Event......Page 119
Using the Enter Frame Event......Page 123
Removing Event Listeners......Page 125
When to Use Frame vs. Timer Events......Page 127
Wrapping Up......Page 130
PROJECT 1 COUNTDOWN CLOCK......Page 131
Project Specification: Countdown Clock......Page 133
Visual Design Review......Page 134
Kick-Off Meeting Notes: Countdown Clock......Page 135
Solution and Walkthrough: Countdown Clock......Page 136
Wrapping Up......Page 146
PART 2 EXPLORING THE BASICS OF CLASSES......Page 148
CHAPTER 8 WHAT IS A CLASS?......Page 149
Overview of a Class......Page 151
Variables Revealed......Page 152
Creating a Class......Page 153
Wrapping Up......Page 157
CHAPTER 9 BUILDING OUT THE CLASS......Page 159
Parts of a Class......Page 161
Creating a Class Instance......Page 163
Adding Constructor Parameters......Page 165
Creating Methods......Page 171
Accessing Methods from Outside the Class......Page 172
Wrapping Up......Page 173
CHAPTER 10 DOING MORE WITH CLASSES......Page 175
What is the public Keyword for?......Page 177
Restricting Access with private......Page 180
Using Best Practices for Naming Private Members......Page 182
Getters and Setters: Keeping Things Polite......Page 183
Going Frame-Script-Free: Creating a Document Class......Page 188
Wrapping Up......Page 192
CHAPTER 11 ORGANIZING YOUR CLASSES......Page 193
Your Package Has Been Delivered......Page 195
Wrapping Up......Page 206
PART 3 RESPONDING TO CONDITIONS AND WORKING WITH LOGIC......Page 208
CHAPTER 12 CONDITIONALS......Page 209
Boolean Variables and Equality......Page 211
Testing Conditions......Page 221
Wrapping Up......Page 232
CHAPTER 13 ADVANCED BOOLEAN LOGIC AND RANDOM NUMBERS......Page 233
Using Logic Operators......Page 235
Building Complex Conditionals......Page 238
Generating Random Numbers......Page 240
Wrapping Up......Page 244
CHAPTER 14 WORKING WITH TEXT AND THE KEYBOARD......Page 245
Working with Text Fields......Page 247
Customizing the Text Style......Page 250
Creating the Quiz Layout......Page 257
Creating the KeyboardEvent Handler......Page 265
Wrapping Up......Page 273
CHAPTER 15 CREATING GROUPS OF OBJECTS AND REPEATING ACTIONS USING LOOPS......Page 275
What Are Loops?......Page 277
Creating Groups of Items with Arrays......Page 284
Wrapping Up......Page 296
PROJECT 2 DICEOUT!......Page 297
Project Specification: DiceOut......Page 299
Visual Design Review: DiceOut......Page 300
Kick-Off Meeting Notes: DiceOut......Page 302
Solution and Walkthrough: DiceOut......Page 303
Wrapping Up......Page 316
PART 4 GETTING CREATIVE WITH ACTIONSCRIPT......Page 318
CHAPTER 16 DRAWING WITH ACTIONSCRIPT......Page 319
Drawing and Code......Page 321
Wrapping Up......Page 349
CHAPTER 17 ANIMATION USING ACTIONSCRIPT......Page 351
ActionScript Animation = Location + Time......Page 353
Wrapping Up......Page 385
CHAPTER 18 WORKING WITH EXTERNAL MEDIA......Page 387
Using Images......Page 389
Playing Audio from the Web......Page 392
Playing Video from the Web......Page 395
Altering the Playback of Video......Page 398
Wrapping Up......Page 408
PART 5 CREATING MULTI-SCREEN PROJECTS......Page 410
CHAPTER 19 DESKTOP APPLICATIONS WITH ADOBE AIR......Page 411
Getting Started......Page 413
Working with Desktop Events......Page 416
Creating a Resizable Layout......Page 430
Configuring Your AIR Project......Page 438
Wrapping Up......Page 444
CHAPTER 20 MOBILE APPLICATIONS WITH ADOBE AIR......Page 445
Getting Started......Page 447
Creating a Mobile Project......Page 450
Creating Interactions for Devices......Page 458
Working with Gesture Events......Page 469
Debugging over USB......Page 477
Optimizing Content......Page 482
Wrapping Up......Page 484
PROJECT 3 FLIPR......Page 485
Project Specification: Flipr......Page 487
Visual Design Review: Flipr......Page 488
Kick-Off Meeting Notes: Flipr......Page 489
Solution and Walkthrough: Flipr......Page 490
Wrapping Up......Page 520
APPENDIX A: CONFIGURING YOUR MOBILE ENVIRONMENT......Page 521
Setting Up an Android Device for Testing......Page 523
Setting Up an iOS Device for Testing......Page 525
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