ActionScript 3.0 Bible - Softcover

The updated edition on all the latest features and capabilities of ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Player 10. ActionScript is a popular programming language used primarily for the development of Web sites and software. This update to the successful previous version introduces you to all the exciting new capabilities of ActionScript 3.0. You'll see how ActionScript 3.0 goes beyond its primary use of scripting Flash animations and is now an object-oriented evolution that runs ten times faster than previous versions and can be used in Adobe's new platforms, including Flex and AIR. Hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials enhance your learning process as you discover everything you need to know in order to harness the power of ActionScript 3.0. You'll learn the nitty gritty of building Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and the ins and outs of putting the new features of ActionScript 3.0 to work for you. ActionScript 3.0 goes beyond its original role as a scripting language and has added development features, incredible speed, and the ability to work with Flex and AIRShows you how to apply advanced graphic effects using Pixel BlenderDemonstrates the all-new text and typography capabilitiesAddresses your new enhanced control over dynamic soundExplains templated types and new vector data structures ActionScript 3.0 Bible offers you a soup-to-nuts guide on all things ActionScript 3.0 so you can get started working with it immediately.

Master ActionScript 3.0 and the cutting edge of the Flash Platform

If you want to build interactive applications on the desktop, in the browser, or on mobile devices, this is the place to start. The ActionScript 3.0 Bible guides you through the whole ecosystem of the Flash Platform: ActionScript 3.0 language and syntax, object-oriented programming, error handling and debugging techniques, and every part of the expansive Flash Player 10.1 API. Packed with interactive examples and comprehensive coverage of the latest features, the ActionScript 3.0 Bible is all you need.

• Massively updated and revised

• Program for mobile devices including iPhone, Palm WebOS, Android 2.0

• Learn AS3 for use in Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder 4, Flex 4, and AIR 2

• Use the speedy new Vector class

• Display print-quality text with the Flash Text Engine and Text Layout Framework

• Learn 3D math and program your own 3D engine with AS3

• Write and run powerful pixel shaders with Pixel Bender

• Synthesize and analyze sound digitally

• Display, analyze, and capture audio and video

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