Product Description
Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 is an introduction to developing widgets for the Internet using the new features of Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. Many social-networking sites, blogs, and personal home pages have adopted the use of widgets and Flash developers can create and distribute their own widgets for others to use. A step-by-step example demonstrates how to design and develop your own Flash widgets and integrate them with XML. In addition, publishing, promoting, and capitalizing on your Flash widgets is discussed.
What you’ll learn
- Using the new tools in Flash CS4
- Basic differences of ActionScript 3.0
- Designing and developing widgets
- Utilizing XML with widgets
- Publishing widgets to the Internet
- Promoting and capitalizing on widgets
Who is this book for?
Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 targets novice to intermediate Flash designers/developers interested in learning how to create and publish widgets for the Internet.
About the Author
John Arana is currently an Interactive Developer at TechnoCom Corporation, a provider of solutions to enable wireless location networks. Previously, John was Lead Flash Developer at Hekko Corporation, an educational software provider. He also runs his own business doing freelance Flash work involving web sites, games, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, and widgets.
Book Details
- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 4, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1430215844
- ISBN-13: 978-1430215844
- File Size: 2.5 MiB
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