J. Lott

ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

J. Lott, Darron Schall, K. Peters

Well before Ajax and Microsofts 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. Youll find recipes that show you how to:

Detect the users Flash Player version or their operating system
Build custom...

ActionScript Cookbook

J. Lott

ActionScript's sheer volume of capabilities can be daunting. The ActionScript Cookbook breaks it all down into tasks that are relevant, practical, and insightful. On top of hundreds of atomic recipes, it offers seven full chapters of larger sample applications. Appealing to all levels of ActionScript coders, this book offers concrete solutions to the most common ActionScript needs and problems. The ActionScript Cookbook is for people who want to hit the ground running.