Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0

by Peter Elst, Sas Jacobs

Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0 teaches the theory and practice of object-oriented programming (OOP) with ActionScript 3.0. Assuming no serious programming experience, the authors take you through the complete development cycle of object-oriented Flash applications and services. This book demonstrates professional OOP skills and techniques that are completely transferable to other programming languages and technologies, including Inheritance, Polymorphism, managing classes, component development, consuming web services, and much more. It also includes cutting edge Flash-specific techniques such as ActionScript programming techniques, and animation and effects classes.

615 pages, Paperback

First published July 23, 2007

Reviews

[Jason]

This book starts out walking the reader through some of the basics of object oriented development. Right around Chapter 8 or 9, the primary author stops breaking things down as simply - with the result that anything that was missed in the earlier chapters (or was simply unknown) made it harder to proceed as effectively. It is written with the feel that this continues in this manner throughout the book.

Good examples, some degree of depth, and nice coverage of a variety of areas. I don't have a sense that this book is intended for one audience or one range of expertise - if you're a new programmer, this should not be your ONLY book, but if you're only new to ActionScript 3.0 or have never tried applying OO to scripting, this seems to be a powerful starter book. I believe the target audience is an I.T. professional who hasn't had a lot of scripting experience or perhaps limited recent coding experience.

[Andrew]

Very promising book. Hope to read it all eventually.

[Hellofutureboss]

Great book. If you want to enter a new level of programing, this is the book I recommend. Object Oriented Programing is the way to go.

[Chris]

I thought the book was great! Really has helped me in understanding application flow and basic OOP concepts. Definitely a book I would recommend to anyone interested in the Flash platform.