Adobe ActionScript 3.0 Training DVD

Welcome

• Introduction
• How to use the exercise files

1. Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

• Why you should learn ActionScript 3.0
• Differences from ActionScript 2.0
• Moving beyond Script Assist

2. Communicating to MovieClips, Variables, and People

• Communicating to MovieClips
• Modifying MovieClips properties
• Understanding variables
• Setting variable data types
• Using trace statements
• Using comments

3. Using and Writing Functions

• Understanding functions
• Using functions
• Writing custom functions
• Making a function modular
• Making a function return a value

4. Responding to Events

• Understanding event types
• Using a listener to catch an event
• Writing event handlers
• Responding to mouse events
• Responding to keyboard events
• Creating a link to a website
• Using the enterframe to create animation
• Using the timer event to control animation

5. Understanding Classes

• Understanding classes
• Writing a custom class
• Extending an existing class
• Understanding methods
• Public vs. private properties and methods
• Bringing a class object to the timeline
• Defining a document class
• Setting up a classpath
• Creating useful classes

6. Decision-Making and Repetition

• Understanding conditional statements
• Writing a conditional statement
• Understanding conditional operators
• Using conditional operators
• Setting up alternate conditions
• Writing compound conditions
• Understanding loops
• Creating a code loop
• Using a loop to generate instances of a class
• Placing loop-created instances

7. Using Math...and Loving It!

• Understanding the math class
• Using basic math operators
• Generating random numbers
• Using different techniques to round numbers

8. Using Text and Arrays

• Creating a text field
• Styling a text field
• Capturing data from a text field
• Loading external text
• Scrolling a text field
• Understanding arrays
• Using text and arrays to create a game
• Finishing the text game

9. Creating a Memory Game with What You Already Know

• Storyboarding your application effectively
• Writing a memory card class
• Writing a memory game class
• Adding graphics to cards
• Placing cards
• Deleting matches
• Resetting cards
• Handling incorrect matches
• Determining a win
• Adding additional cards
• Randomizing cards

10. Using Advanced Graphic and Animation Tools

• Drawing with code
• Creating a color change
• Generating a random color change
• Animating a color change
• Using filters
• Modifying filter properties
• Animating filters

11. Working with Multimedia

• Loading external images and Flash movies
• Communicating to loaded movies
• Loading sound
• Starting and stopping sound
• Pausing and resuming sound
• Managing the volume of sound
• Understanding Flash video connections
• Loading video
• Controlling video playback

12. Adding Advanced Interactivity

• Overview of creating a drag-and-drop game
• Creating drag-and-drop class
• Detecting collisions
• Responding to collisions
• Detecting a win
• Adding drop shadows
• Randomly placing objects

13. Wrapping It Up

• Closing