ActionScript 3.0 from novice to master
If you want to build interactive applications on the desktop, in the browser, or on mobile devices, this new edition of the ActionScript 3.0 Bible is all you need. If you’re a beginner, it guides you through the whole ecosystem of the Flash Platform, ActionScript 3.0 language and syntax, object oriented programming, and even error handling techniques and debugging tips. For intermediate programmers, the Bible is packed with detail on every part of the expansive Flash Player 10.1 API. For experienced programmers, it includes interactive examples with real-world applications, a UML table of contents for finding the right chapter immediately, and comprehensive coverage of the very latest features including multitouch, Pixel Bender, and more.
- Massively updated and revised
- Program for mobile devices including iPhone, Palm WebOS, Android 2.0, and more
- Learn AS3 you’ll use in Flash Professional CS5, Flash Builder 4, Flex 4, and AIR 2
- Run and modify over 200 new examples in your browser, with no software or setup required
- Use the speedy new Vector class
- Interface with web services in any language
- Display print-quality text with the Flash Text Engine and Text Layout Framework
- Learn 3D math and program your own 3D engine with AS3
- Write and run powerful pixel shaders with Pixel Bender
- Synthesize and analyze sound digitally
- Display, analyze, and capture audio and video
About the Author
Roger Braunstein is a multidisciplinary programmer and the Chief Roger Officer of partlyhuman inc., an independent development and design shop in Brooklyn, NY. Roger is an author of the first edition of ActionScript 3.0 Bible, and a short downloadable e-book, Introduction to Flex 2. Roger builds games, mobile apps, interactive art, tools, web apps, and websites using any technology he can wrap his head around. In just the past two years he’s built stuff for LEGO, MoMA, Tim Burton, Antony and the Johnsons, AOL, HBO, Puma, General Mills, Sport Chalet, Pepsi, Coke, OMGPOP, The French Culinary Institute, and more. Additionally, he keeps busy with a series of independent projects. When not in front of a computer, Roger enjoys normal human activities such as biking, cooking, reading, traveling, taking photos, rollerskating, and dancing to music made on GameBoys.
Book Details
- Paperback: 1008 pages
- Publisher: Wiley (April, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470525231
- ISBN-13: 978-0470525234
