ActionScript 3.0 bible

Braunstein, Roger 1981- (Author). Wright, Mims H., 1979- (Author). Noble, Joshua J., 1977- (Author).

Summary: From the Publisher: ActionScript has matured into a full-fledged, object-oriented programming language for creating cutting-edge Web applications, and this comprehensive book is just what you need to succeed. If you want to add interactivity to Flash, build Flex applications, or work with animation- it's all here, and more. Packed with clear instruction, step-by-step tutorials, and advanced techniques, this book is your go-to guide to unlock the power of this amazing language. Learn the basics, apply object-oriented programming, and more.

Record details

ISBN: 0470241934
ISBN: 9780470241936
ISBN: 0470135603
ISBN: 9780470135600
Physical Description: 1 online resource (lv, 735 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley Technology Pub., ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Title from title screen.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 5: Working With Error Handling -- 19: Understanding errors -- Comparing ways to fail -- Understanding exceptions -- Catching errors generated by Flash -- Custom exceptions -- Handling asynchronous errors -- Summary -- 20: Using the AVM2 debugger -- Introducing debugging -- Launching the debugger -- Taking control of execution -- Pulling back the curtain -- Navigating through code -- Debugging a simple example -- Using the debugger effectively -- Summary -- 21: Making your application fault-tolerant -- Developing a strategy -- Determining what errors to handle -- Categorizing failures -- Logging errors -- Messaging the user -- Degrading styles: an example -- Summary -- Part 6: Working With External Data -- 22: Understanding networking basics -- URL request -- Using the loader -- Summary -- 23: Communicating with server-side technologies -- Communicating via URLLoader -- Flash remoting -- Summary -- 24: Saving data to a local machine using SharedObject -- Comparing approaches to persistent storage -- Identifying useful situations for shared objects -- Using SharedObjects -- Sharing information between SWFs -- Working with size constraints -- Storing custom classes -- Using serialization concepts for remoting -- Summary -- 25: Managing file uploads and downloads -- Introducing FileReference -- Uploading files -- Downloading a file -- Summary -- Part 7: Enriching Your Program With Sound And Video -- 26: Working with sound -- Creating a sound object -- Controlling playback of a sound -- Applying sound transformations -- Working with a sound's metadata -- Calculating spectrum data -- Detecting audio capabilities -- Summary -- 27: Adding video -- Working with Flash video files -- Loading FLV files into a Flash movie -- Building an FLV application -- Summary -- 28: Accessing microphones and cameras -- Introducing the camera -- Introducing the microphone -- Summary -- Part 8: Programming Graphics And Motion -- 29: Applying filters to your graphics -- Introducing filters -- Applying filters -- Adding more than one filter -- Rotating objects with filters -- Summary -- 30: Drawing vector graphics programmatically -- Lines and LineStyles -- Creating shapes -- Making a drawing application -- Summary -- 31: Scripting animation -- Animating with pure ActionScript -- Animating using Flash -- Animating using Flex -- Choosing a third-party animation toolkit -- Summary -- 32: Applying transformations to graphics -- Working with matrix transforms -- Working with color transforms -- Summary -- 33: Drawing bitmap graphics programmatically -- Creating a BitmapData object -- Applying color transformations -- Applying fills -- Detecting areas by color -- Applying effects -- Making noise -- Applying filters -- Summary -- Part 9: Working With Binary Data -- 34: Working with binary data -- Creating a byte array -- Writing to a byte array -- Reading from a byte array -- Common uses of byte arrays -- Summary -- Part 10: Deploying Your Program -- 35: Deploying Flash on the Web -- Embedding Flash in a page -- Embedding Flash using SWFObject -- Enabling Flash player options -- Passing variables to a SWF -- Automatically upgrading Flash Player -- Summary -- 36: Interfacing with JavaScript -- Communicating between JavaScript and Flash -- Summary -- 37: Using local connections to communicate between Flash applications -- Creating a sending application -- Creating a receiving application -- Sending and receiving across domains -- Summary -- Index.