Book Details

•Paperback: 336 pages
•Publisher: Focal Press (October 5, 2007)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 0240809173
•ISBN-13: 978-0240809175

Book Description


Flash applications are essential delivery mechanisms for seamless, user controlled delivery of content produced by 2 million Flash developers for 98% of the world’s computers


Add seamless, interactive, user-controlled delivery to your Flash applications. This book builds upon your understanding of basic ActionScript (AS) syntax with the foundational skills that you need to use XML in Flash applications and AS2 or AS3 to migrate your existing applications.

Beginning with an introduction to XML, XML parsing methods, and a short introduction to AS2 you learn how to create a universal XML load/onload Class as well as a universal XHTML parser. Then you learn how to use Components using XML as the data source, including the menu, menubar, datagrid and tree component. Finally, a tutorial project-the design and development of a Real Estate Web site that contains an XML search engine-pulls it all together with hands-on experience.

All the applications use XML as the data source and are written as class files. Select parts of the Real Estate Web site are redeveloped in AS3 for purposes of illustration. The new XML class is presented and specific code examples demonstrate techniques to apply methods and use properties. Particular attention is paid to the differences between AS2 and AS3 and how to effectively transition from one AS version to the other.

The companion CD contains code for all of the properties and methods of the AS2, AS3, and XML class examples. Components for the Real Estate Web site project are also provided.

* Build on basic ActionScript syntax skills
* Add seamless, interactive, user-controlled delivery

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Book Details

•Paperback: 456 pages
•Publisher: New Riders Press; 1st edition (September 13, 2002)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 0735711836
•ISBN-13: 978-0735711839

Book Description


Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript takes you beyond the level of “neat” code tricks and teaches you how to architect and implement true Macromedia Flash MX applications. You will also learn the programming theory needed to take full advantage of the object-oriented nature of ActionScript.

Nearly a third of the book is focused on teaching you everything there is to know about one of the most powerful new features of Flash MX:components. The topics range from understanding and using components, to constructing custom components. This book also recognizes the uniqueness of ActionScript and clarifies because the best practices when it comes to developing with it. The final third of this book teaches you the best methods for working with advanced-level ActionScript-from debugging data structures to server-side interaction.

From the Publisher
Two of the smarter young guns you’ll meet in the Flash development world, Branden Hall and Samuel Wan, go back a way with New Riders, having contributed to *Flash 4 Magic* under the mentorship of J. Scott Hamlin. Sam and Branden didn’t know each other at the time and followed their unique trajectories until they met at Flash Forward 2001 SF and clicked. Marathon coding sessions, creative problem-solving chains, and other such intellectual pursuits followed, culminating in a con call between Branden, Sam, and two New Riders editors.

Amazing to listen as Wan and Hall kept finishing each other’s sentences, waxing poetic about this new *thing* they were doing with ActionScript, creating objects, yeah doing OOP with ActionScript they’re widgets we call them widgets, components, and it’s quite remarkable once you understand the principles involved what can be done here you’re actually building entire applications yes it might make a pretty interesting book I think….

That was during the Flash 5 revision cycle, and these guys were ahead of their time. As Branden and Sam continued their careers, rumors began circulating about Branden and Samuel’s book; frankly, it’s become pretty highly anticipated among many in the Flash development community, due to two things: 1.) Applying OOP to ActionScripting is an exciting challenge to those who realize the powerful results that can come of it, and 2.) Most of these people realize no one is better qualified to write such book than Mr. Hall and Mr. Wan, who have been doing some extremely thought-provoking demonstrations of OOP ActionScripting over the last year or so.

So here we are: *Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript* started out as a brain-dump of Branden and Samuel’s presentations given at myriad conferences and seminars over 18 months, then took shape and found structure, covering the following topics:

–Applying OOP principles and design patterns to ActionScript

–Creating well-designed custom objects

–Leveraging both OOP and design patterns in architecting Flash MX applications

–Creating and OOP and design pattern-based application from scratch

–Mastering the new Flash MX components and learning to build your own

–Combining components via their events and APIs

–Customizing components’ look and feel with and without code

–Adding custom UIs and live previews to your components

–Connecting Flash MX to servers in a number of ways, including Flash Remoting

To all those who have waited patiently for this book… thanks for your patience and we hope you get as much out of it as the authors put into it. Let us know how it works for you and what you want to see in the next edition. Steve Weiss, executive editor, New Riders. steve.weiss@newriders.com.

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Book Details

•Paperback: 520 pages
•Publisher: friends of ED (February 26, 2007)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 1590597338
•ISBN-13: 978-1590597330

Book Description

•Understand MXML containers
•Create transitions
•Create data-driven applications with XML
•Interface Flex with ColdFusion
•Understand the power of states
Flex 2 represents something of a revolution in web applications. It is the next evolutionary step of Flash, which has grown from a web animation tool to a powerful enterprise web design and development tool. with nearly 98% of all web browsers and cellular phones running the Flash player needed to use Flash and Flex applications, knowledge of Flex is indispensable for any serious web designer and developer. This book will show you how to create powerful, rich Internet applications using Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0. After learning how to install and becoming familiar with the basics of the Flex Builder 2 software, you will explore in depth how ActionScript 3.0 interacts with Flexs powerful XML-like design language: MXML. the text will take you through all the powerful features of Flex using a series of strictly practical exercises. You will:

•Examine the power of designing layouts using Flex’s MXML containers.
•Discover many of the new features of ActionScript 3.0.
•Work your way through a professional case study, building up a complete Flex application.
•Connect Flex to Adobe’s powerful ColdFusion application server, and start to work with Flex applications powered by dynamic server-side code.
•Learn how states can smoothly transition your application interfaces between different data displays.
Put quite simply, this book is all youll need to master Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0 application development. Welcome to the revolution! Summary of contents:

•Chapter 1: Introducing RIAs and Installing Flex Builder 2
•Chapter 2: Introducing Flex and Flex Builder 2
•Chapter 3: Introducing ActionScript 3.0
•Chapter 4: Containers and Components
•Chapter 5: Navigation Containers
•Chapter 6: Flex and XML
•Chapter 7: States
•Chapter 8: Case Study: Part 1
•Chapter 9: The Repeater Component
•Chapter 10: Case Study: Part 2
•Chapter 11: Drag and Drop
•Chapter 12: Flex and ColdFusion
•Chapter 13: Charting
•Chapter 14: Printing
•Chapter 15: Unfinished Symphony
About the Author
Charles is one of the most noted author, consultant, and trainers in the industry today. His books about Dreamweaver and Fireworks have received critical acclaim and used worldwide as teaching tools.

In addition to his work in the IT industry, Charles is also a noted concert pianist, organist, and guitarist appearing in major concert centers world-wide. He began his musical studies at age 4 and went on to study with famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz. At age 14 he made his debut with Leonard Bernstein and went on to study at the famed Juilliard School. Eventually he went to Paris to study with the 20th century legend, Igor Stravinsky. While working with Stravinsky, Charles developed a close friendship with one of the most powerful artistic forces of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso. What he learned about creativity from Picasso he uses today in his writings and training work.

Charles is a certified Macromedia/Adobe trainer who is in heavy demand worldwide. He frequently speaks at major conferences such as MAX and NAB. You can see his blog at blog.charlesebrown.net and his website can be found at www.charlesebrown.net.

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Book Details•Paperback: 456 pages
•Publisher: Que; 1 edition (September 8, 2007)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 0789737027
•ISBN-13: 978-0789737021

Book Description


Gary Rosenzweig’s ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University shows you how to use ActionScript, the programming language behind Flash CS3 Professional. The lessons teach you all the basics of ActionScript programming through game examples, but the code can be easily adapted to non-game-oriented projects, such as web training and advertising. Written by a real-world Flash developer, this book presents you with the source code of 16 complete games and lays the foundation for you to create your own games. Gary also provides a companion website - flashgameu.com, which contains files, updates, new content, Gary’s blog and much more.
About the Author

As a youngster, Gary Rosenzweig was allowed to play video games whenever he wanted, as long as his homework was done first. His parents got him an Atari 2600 and an assortment of games. He loved to play Adventure, Asteroids, Pitfall, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and even that dreadful E.T. game.


At age 13, in 1983, his grandmother gave him a new TRS-80 Model III. The first thing he did with it was learn to program. And then, make games. He made some text adventure games, and then some RPG games, and then some arcade games. He was allowed to stay up all night making games, as long as his homework was done first.


In high school, Gary got to play with the Apple II computers pretty much whenever he wanted, as long as his schoolwork was done first. He made space shuttle simulators and spreadsheet programs. And some games.


Gary went on to study computer science in college, at Drexel University. There he was told that with his degree, he could go on to be a programmer at any high-tech firm making business applications. But he wanted to make games, even if it was on the side, after he got his work done first.


After a side trip to get a Master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Gary ended up getting a job where he could make games for kids using Macromedia Director.


Then, they invented the Internet. It was soon followed by Shockwave, a way to play Director content in web pages. Gary started making his own games for his own website in the evening,

after his work was done first.


In 1996, Gary started hiw own company, CleverMedia, to produce games for the Web. He was soon creating both Shockwave and Flash games with some of the most creative people he ever met. CleverMedia and its sites grew over the years to become the single largest collection of web-based games by a single company. Gary has created more than 300 games in the past 12 years, most of which can be found at CleverMedia’s main game site, www.GameScene.com.


Gary also likes to share what he knows. His sites http://FlashGameU.com, www.Director-Online.com, and www.DeveloperDispatch.com contain information for other developers. He has also written many books, including Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for Fun & Games, Special Edition Using Director MX, and Advanced Lingo for Games. Gary wrote this book mostly on evenings and weekends, after his other work was done first.


Gary lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Debby, and daughter, Luna. Debby and Gary also own The Attic Bookstore, an unusual used bookstore in Englewood, Colorado. Luna is only 5 years old, but is already playing games on her Macintosh computer, after her homework is done first, of course.

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Boook Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Wiley (June 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764549308
ISBN-13: 978-0764549304

"A...strength is it's rigid structureA..." (MacFormat, December 2002)

"strength is it's rigid structure" (MacFormat, December 2002)

Book Description
* Updated coverage of the new version: Enhanced and detailed coverage of all the newest features in Dreamweaver over the span of a weekend.
* Series features: Easy to follow 30-minute sessions make learning Dreamweaver simple and fast! Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday afternoon.
ABOUT THE CD-ROM:
CD includes self-assessment software so readers can test their knowledge of ActionScript, plus author source code and examples.

From the Back Cover
Get Up to Speed on Dreamweaver MX - in a Weekend!

The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Dreamweaver MX. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with Dreamweaver. Or maybe you just like a challenge. In any event, we've got a solution for you - Dreamweaver MX Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and on Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused sessions, you'll be able to dive right in and start building a Dreamweaver Web site. It's as simple as that.

The Curriculum

Friday Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Introducing Dreamweaver MX
* Getting Started
* Understanding Dreamweaver Site Structure
* Creating a Document

Saturday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Defining a Dreamweaver Site
* Building a Dreamweaver Site
* Using Tables for Liquid Design
* Enhancing Tables with Background Color and Images
* Adding Backgrounds, Meta Tags and Links
* Transferring Files

Saturday, continued
Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Editing HTML
* Creating and Checking Links
* Generating JavaScript Rollovers
* Creating Forms
* Creating Library Items
* Building Templates

Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Planning Site Navigation
* Continuing to Build Site Navigation
* Creating a Template for a New Site
* Preparing Library Items for the New Site

Sunday Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 Hours
* Exploring Dreamweaver's Production Tools
* Understanding Web Graphics
* Controlling Text with CSS
* Pulling Your Site Together
* Creating a Finished Page
* Placing and Creating the Extras

Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 Hours
* Using Layers for Layout
* Creating Motion with DHTML
* Working with Frames
* Increasing Productivity


About the Author
Wendy lives in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. In addition to authoring the previous edition of the Dreamweaver Weekend Crash Course, Wendy recently wrote Web Menus with Beauty and Brains.Wendy is a professional Web designer and columnist for webreference.com. She has been in the commercial graphic design business since 1989, moving from print to the Web in 1998. In addition to her design business, she is currently a professional trainer for business and marketing, graphics, desktop publishing and communication.

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The Flex 3.2 Language Reference provides syntax and usage information for every element in the ActionScript™ language. It documents all elements in Adobe® Flash® Player and Adobe® AIR™ that are officially supported by Adobe.



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Product Details

Paperback: 904 pages
Publisher: friends of ED (November 26, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590598768
ISBN-13: 978-1590598764


Flex is the quickest and most effective technology for the creation of Rich Internet
Applications for the Web. Its extensive library of components and totally customizable framework, combined with the ubiquity of Flash Player, has guaranteed its success.

The ecosystem of products that rotate around Flex 2 and Flex 3 is really broad. Flex Builder, Flex SDK, and Charting Components are all essential parts of the technology that fit the different requirements of web development.

This enormous set of possibilities can easily lead to overload for developers like you. Theres just too much to learn and too many potential places to go when you hit a brick wall. Wouldnt it be nice to have a library of solutions to solve these problems quickly and easily?

This book provides just that, with more than 100 solutions to common problems in one handy volume.

Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and Flex 3 Developers faces problems and provides solutions that can be applied to any project, from the most simple to the most complex. The solutions range from customizing Flex components with ActionScript 3.0, using the data models and the ActionScript classes as Value objects, validating and formatting data, using RPC classes to access remote data, to optimizing data-exchange performance using AMF3.

Solutions are also provided for enhancing the security of Flex applications; and techniques are offered for optimizing the actual work environment by increasing the performance of Flex Builder, adding video content, and creating an AIR project to bring your web application onto the desktop.

If you want to learn about and start to develop RIAs in a short time, being immediately productive and mastering the Flex development techniques, Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers is the book you need.



In this book you'll:
Discover real-world solutions for everyday Flex development, saving hours of development time.
Learn how to customize and extend the Flex Components Model and design and program the look and feel of your Flex applications.
Learn best practices and tips from a Flex expert for structuring the architecture of Flex applications.
Use the Flex Remote Procedure Classes to connect to remote data with HTTPServices and the Java Platform, PHP, ColdFusion, WebServices, and RemoteObject.
Use the new Flex 3 features, such as the AdvancedDataGrid component and the Charting Enhancements feature.
Port your Rich Internet Applications onto the desktop with Adobe AIR.
What youll learn
Tips on using Flex components
How to validate and format data
How to manage complex data
Filtering, sorting and using cursors on data with collection classes
How to consume Web Services using RPC components
How to display data using list-based controls
How to effectively compile and deploy Flex applications
How to customize the look and feel of your applications
How to make your applications more secure
How to become more efficient in using the Flex Builder IDE
Unique tricks such as calculating memory usage, making your Flex application into an active desktop, and customizing states
How to use the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder
How to interface your Flex applications with server-side code written in PHP, Java, Rails, and ColdFusion
Working with Flex in enterprise enviroment using the Flex Data Services, Java Remote Object and AMFPHP
Who is this book for?
This book is for any Flex 2 or Flex 3 developer who is comfortable with the basics and wants to take their knowledge further with quick fire solutions to common problems. Please note that some of the solutions contained in this book require the Flex Builder 3 Professional release of the software.



About the Author
Marco is one of the most dynamic developers and consultants in the Adobe world.

He has been passionate about informatics since he was little more than a child and used to program games in Basic for Commodore 64 before dedicating himself, while still very young, to innovative projects for the web using Flash and Director (as far back as versions 3 and 5.)

In 2001, he began to collaborate with Macromedia Italia. Since that year he has produced and headed a long series of presentations, conferences and articles, which you can find listed in detail in his blog entitled "hands on Adobe world" (casario.blogs.com,) which is currently receiving several thousands of unique visitors every day.

In 2005, Marco founded Comtaste (www.comtaste.com,) a company dedicated to exploring new frontiers in Rich Internet Applications and the convergence between the web and the world of mobile devices&emdash;MobyMobile (www.mobymobile.com) and YouThru (www.youthru.com) are representative of their recent work.



Another example of Marco's achievements is that he is founder of the biggest worldwide Flash Lite User Group (groups.yahoo.com/group/FlashLite/) and of www.augitaly.com, a reference point for the Italian community of Adobe users, in which he carries out the role of Channel Manager for the section dedicated to Flex (www.augitaly.com/flexgala.)

Marco is currently busy working on the development (in Flex) of a very ambitious project concerning bank counters at European level, and in various consulting and Flex and Flash Media Server training activities for the realisation of Rich Internet Applications on behalf of buyers of the calibre of Capgemini, Engineering, IBM partners, and Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd





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Product Details

Paperback
Publisher: SYS-CON Books (2007)
ISBN-10: 097776222X


First I have to say, that it was pretty awesome that within a couple hours of ordering the book I had a link to download the e-version to use while I waited for the print version to arrive-- excellent customer service.

I was already sold on Flex, and was pretty experienced with it and was looking for an advanced book. So I didn't find the first 200 or so pages that helpful. Chapters 1-4 (Introduction to other RIAs, Getting Familiar with Flex, Flex Builder environment, and a simple Flex app) really weren't appropriate for a book purported to be for professionals, in my opinion.

The treatment on Java integration wasn't what I expected, although most of it was still interesting and helpful.

The second half of the book really shines, and more than makes up for any of its shortcomings (and more than justifies the price as well). The treatment of creating advanced custom Flex components is excellent. The authors walk you through the creation of several advanced components that are in and of themselves very useful, as are the concepts covered.

Their coverage of several other advanced topics (debugging, charts, integrating with external applications) was not only helpful, but not really covered anywhere I've been able to find online (although that may have changed in the past 4 months since I purchased the book).

I'd definitely recommend this book to others.



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Product Details

Paperback: 586 pages
Publisher: Adobe Dev Library; 1 edition (October 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0596526954
ISBN-13: 978-0596526955



Product Description

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 ActionScript, with more than 300 solutions you can use to solve a wide range of common coding dilemmas. You'll find recipes that show you how to: Detect the user's Flash Player version or their operating system Build custom classes Format dates and currency types Work with strings Build user interface components Work with audio and video Make remote procedure calls using Flash Remoting and web services Load, send, and search XML data And much, much more ...

Each code recipe presents the Problem, Solution, and Discussion of how you can use it in other ways or personalize it for your own needs, and why it works. You can quickly locate the recipe that most closely matches your situation and get the solution without reading the whole book to understand the underlying code. Solutions progress from short recipes for small problems to more complex scripts for thornier riddles, and the discussions offer a deeper analysis for resolving similar issues in the future, along with possible design choices and ramifications. You'll even learn how to link modular ActionScript pieces together to create rock-solid solutions for Flex 2 and Flash applications.

When you're not sure how ActionScript 3.0 works or howto approach a specific programming dilemma, you can simply pick up the book, flip to the relevant recipe(s), and quickly find the solution you're looking for.

Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number one information resources for developers who use Adobe technologies. Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source.

About the Author
Joey 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.


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