Essential ActionScript 2.0
Essential ActionScript 2.0
ISBN: 0596006527
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 177
Pages: 177
Authors: Colin Moock
- Essential ActionScript 2.0
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- This Book Wants You
- What This Book Is Not
- Who Should (and Shouldn t) Read This Book
- ActionScript 2.0 Versus ActionScript 1.0
- Deciphering Flash Versions
- Example Files and Resources
- Typographical Conventions
- Using Code Examples
- We d Like to Hear from You
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: The ActionScript 2.0 Language
- Chapter 1. ActionScript 2.0 Overview
- 1.1 ActionScript 2.0 Features
- 1.2 Features Introduced by Flash Player 7
- 1.3 Flash MX 2004 Version 2 Components
- 1.4 ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 in Flash Player 6 and 7
- 1.5 Let s Go OOP
- Chapter 2. Object-Oriented ActionScript
- 2.1 Procedural Programming and Object-Oriented Programming
- 2.2 Key Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
- 2.3 But How Do I Apply OOP?
- 2.4 On with the Show
- Chapter 3. Datatypes and Type Checking
- 3.1 Why Static Typing?
- 3.2 Type Syntax
- 3.3 Compatible Types
- 3.4 Built-in Dynamic Classes
- 3.5 Circumventing Type Checking
- Day Day Up
- 3.7 Datatype Information for Built-in Classes
- 3.8 ActionScript 2.0 Type Checking Gotchas
- 3.9 Up Next: Creating Classes-Your Own Datatypes
- Chapter 4. Classes
- 4.1 Defining Classes
- 4.2 Constructor Functions (Take 1)
- 4.3 Properties
- 4.4 Methods
- 4.5 Constructor Functions (Take 2)
- 4.6 Completing the Box Class
- 4.7 Putting Theory into Practice
- Chapter 5. Authoring an ActionScript 2.0 Class
- 5.1 Class Authoring Quick Start
- 5.2 Designing the ImageViewer Class
- 5.3 ImageViewer Implementation (Take 1)
- 5.4 Using ImageViewer in a Movie
- 5.5 ImageViewer Implementation (Take 2)
- 5.6 ImageViewer Implementation (Take 3)
- 5.7 Back to the Classroom
- Chapter 6. Inheritance
- 6.1 A Primer on Inheritance
- 6.2 Subclasses as Subtypes
- 6.3 An OOP Chat Example
- 6.4 Overriding Methods and Properties
- 6.5 Constructor Functions in Subclasses
- 6.6 Subclassing Built-in Classes
- 6.7 Augmenting Built-in Classes and Objects
- 6.8 The Theory of Inheritance
- 6.9 Abstract and Final Classes Not Supported
- 6.10 Let s Try Inheritance
- Chapter 7. Authoring an ActionScript 2.0 Subclass
- 7.1 Extending ImageViewer s Capabilities
- 7.2 The ImageViewerDeluxe Skeleton
- 7.3 Adding setPosition( ) and setSize( ) Methods
- 7.4 Autosizing the Image Viewer
- 7.5 Using ImageViewerDeluxe
- 7.6 Moving Right Along
- Chapter 8. Interfaces
- 8.1 The Case for Interfaces
- 8.2 Interfaces and Multidatatype Classes
- 8.3 Interface Syntax and Use
- 8.4 Multiple Type Inheritance with Interfaces
- 8.5 Up Next, Packages
- Chapter 9. Packages
- 9.1 Package Syntax
- 9.2 Defining Packages
- 9.3 Package Access and the Classpath
- 9.4 Simulating Packages in ActionScript 1.0
- 9.5 Just a Little More Theory
- Chapter 10. Exceptions
- 10.1 The Exception-Handling Cycle
- 10.2 Handling Multiple Types of Exceptions
- 10.3 Exception Bubbling
- 10.4 The finally Block
- 10.5 Nested Exceptions
- 10.6 Control Flow Changes in trycatchfinally
- 10.7 Limitations of Exception Handling in ActionScript 2.0
- 10.8 From Concepts to Code
- Part II: Application Development
- Chapter 11. An OOP Application Framework
- 11.1 The Basic Directory Structure
- 11.2 The Flash Document (.fla file)
- 11.3 The Classes
- 11.4 The Document Timeline
- 11.5 The Exported Flash Movie (.swf file)
- 11.6 Projects in Flash MX Professional 2004
- 11.7 Let s See It in Action
- Chapter 12. Using Components with ActionScript 2.0
- 12.1 Currency Converter Application Overview
- 12.2 Preparing the Flash Document
- 12.3 The CurrencyConverter Class
- 12.4 Handling Component Events
- 12.5 Components Complete
- Chapter 13. MovieClip Subclasses
- 13.1 The Duality of MovieClip Subclasses
- 13.2 Avatar: A MovieClip Subclass Example
- 13.3 Avatar: The Composition Version
- 13.4 Issues with Nested Assets
- 13.5 A Note on MovieClip Sub-subclasses
- 13.6 Curiouser and Curiouser
- Chapter 14. Distributing Class Libraries
- 14.1 Sharing Class Source Files
- 14.2 Sharing Classes Without Sharing Source Files
- 14.3 Solving Real OOP Problems
- Part III: Design Pattern Examples in ActionScript 2.0
- Chapter 15. Introduction to Design Patterns
- 15.1 Bring on the Patterns
- Chapter 16. The Observer Design Pattern
- 16.1 Implementing Observer in ActionScript 2.0
- 16.2 Logger: A Complete Observer Example
- 16.3 Memory Management Issues with Observer
- 16.4 Beyond Observer
- Chapter 17. The Singleton Design Pattern
- 17.1 Implementing Singleton in ActionScript 2.0
- 17.2 The Singleton Pattern in the Logger Class
- 17.3 Singleton Versus Class Methods and Class Properties
- 17.4 A Warning Against Singletons as Globals
- 17.5 On to User Interfaces
- Chapter 18. The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
- 18.1 The General Architecture of MVC
- 18.2 A Generalized MVC Implementation
- 18.3 An MVC Clock
- 18.4 Further Exploration
- Chapter 19. The Delegation Event Model
- 19.1 Structure and Participants
- 19.2 The Flow of Logic
- 19.3 Core Implementation
- 19.4 NightSky: A Delegation Event Model Example
- 19.5 Other Event Architectures in ActionScript
- 19.6 From Some Place to Some OtherPlace
- Part IV: Appendixes
- Appendix A. ActionScript 2.0 Language Quick Reference
- A.1 Global Properties
- A.2 Global Functions
- Appendix B. Differences from ECMAScript Edition 4
- Colophon
- Index
- index_SYMBOL
- index_A
- index_B
- index_C
- index_D
- index_E
- index_F
- index_G
- index_H
- index_I
- index_J
- index_K
- index_L
- index_M
- index_N
- index_O
- index_P
- index_Q
- index_R
- index_S
- index_T
- index_U
- index_V
- index_W
Essential ActionScript 2.0
ISBN: 0596006527
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 177
Pages: 177
Authors: Colin Moock