Essential ActionScript 2.0

Essential ActionScript 2.0, 9780596006525 (0596006527), O'Reilly, 2004

In Essential ActionScript 2.0, bestselling author Colin Moock covers everything you'll need to know about the new ActionScript language and its methodologies. Experienced Flash developers and programmers coming from other languages will enjoy the sheer depth of Moocks's coverage. Novice programmers will appreciate the frequent, low-jargon explanations that are often glossed over by advanced programming books. Essential ActionScript 2.0 is the one book every ActionScript coder must own.

In September 2003, Macromedia released Flash MX 2004, and, with it, ActionScript 2.0—a drastically enhanced version of Flash's programming language.

ActionScript 2.0 introduces a formal object-oriented programming (OOP) syntax and methodology for creating Flash applications. Compared to traditional timeline-based development techniques, ActionScript 2.0's OOP-based development techniques typically make applications:

More natural to plan and conceptualize
More stable and bug-free
More reusable across projects
Easier to maintain, change, and expand on
Easier to test
Easier to codevelop with two or more programmers

Those are some extraordinary qualities. So extraordinary, in fact, that they've turned this book into something of a zealot. This book wants you to embrace ActionScript 2.0 with a passion.

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