Publisher's Synopsis
Get the Edge on Flash ActionScript from the Designer s Perspective
As a professional web designer you want to use ActionScript to add interactivity to your Flash creations. But previous books on ActionScript have assumed you have a programming background, leaving out key details in order to cover a lot of ground. In the process many designers and other professionals new to programming have been left behind.
Flash MX ActionScript: The Designer s Edge fills these gaps, using a consistently visual approach that emphasizes conceptual illustrations and color charts. These are complemented by interactive tutorials on the book s companion website. Best–selling author J. Scott Hamlin and multimedia instructor Jennifer S. Hall make everything from fundamentals to high–end techniques accessible by truly
teaching you how ActionScript works, not just presenting code.
Key topics you ll learn about include:
- The Flash MX interface to ActionScript
- Programming mouse interactivity
- Writing and reusing ActionScript
- Coding core animation techniques
- Working with text fields
- Doing the math: Creating curving paths with trig functions
- Handling object collisions and other gaming techniques
- ActionScript drawing techniques
- Encapsulating reusable code with ActionScript components
- Debugging and troubleshooting your ActionScript
