Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8

ActionScript is the native scripting language of Flash. And this beginning book covers all of the basics of ActionScript within the new version of Flash, Flash 8. The book will enable you to move on to more advanced foED books such as Foundation PHP 5 for Flash, and AdvancED Flash User Interface Design, to satisfy your continuing quest for knowledge.

ActionScript knowledge is essential within the world of web design and development these days, with Flash becoming the de facto tool for cutting-edge interactive design and development. ActionScript is what gives Flash it?s power, but with that power comes a certain level of complexity, which can be intimidating.

This book contains all you need to master ActionScript, and have some fun at the same time. Flash guru Sham Bhangal?s acclaimed teaching style is ideal if you?re a non-programmer who wants to learn Flash programming quickly and thoroughly. Bhangal teaches you the basics, and provides you an all-around proficiency in ActionScript and Flash components within Flash 8. You?ll gain the practical skills to build ActionScript projects, including making initial design decisions, structuring code, and testing. By the end of it, you?ll have constructed a cutting-edge Flash/ActionScript site.