ActionScript Training

MODULES:

Introducing Actionscript 3

- Actionscript versions – 1, 2, and 3
- Using the Actions window
- Placing scripts in Frames
- Actionscript 3 core syntax and structure
- Using trace() for debugging

Object-oriented Actionscript 3

- What is object oriented Programming?
- How a frame script relates to Actionscript as an object oriented environment
- Properties and Methods
- Polymorphism
- Importing packages

Data types in ActionScript

- Core data types
- Arrays
- Variables
- Assigning values
- Pass by reference and pass by value
- Dynamic typing and run-time type checking
- Variable scope

Branching and Looping in ActionScript

- Booleans for decision making
- Boolean operators
- Conditional statements using if/else
- Loops using while and for Functions - Functions, parameters and return values
- Local variables
- Functions as methods
- Method closures

Events in ActionScript

- Events and event listeners
- Listening to events

The Display API in ActionScript

- The Display List
- The various Display Objects
- DisplayObject events
- Event flow through the display list

Working with graphics in ActionScript

- Targeting DisplayObjects
- Moving and resizing DisplayObjects on the stage
- Creating basic animations with Actionscript 3
- Loading images and .swf movies

Working with text in ActionScript

- Manipulating text fields
- Getting and using user input via text fields
- Scrolling text