With the release of Macromedia Flash 8, Flash is now the most
powerful and widely used client software for the web, and it's the
only one that runs on virtually every browser, on every platform. It
also features ActionScript, a scripting language with great
object-oriented support. As such, Flash is the ideal platform for
producing sophisticated object-oriented web applications. Complex
applications demand a solid understanding of object-oriented
programming (OOP) techniques, regardless of the language and platform
used, and this book will provide all you need. Object-Oriented
ActionScript For Flash 8 teaches the theory and practice of OOP with
ActionScript. You do not need any extensive prior programming
experience, you just need to want to go beyond the usual Flash
interfaces. Authors, and working Flash developers, Peter Elst and
Todd Yard take you through the complete development cycle of a series
of related applications, using numerous step-by-step instructions.
You'll be able to develop highly reusable applications and services
that leverage the dynamic features in Flash. This book demonstrates
professional OOP skills and techniques that are completely
transferable to other programming languages and technologies,
including Inheritance, Polymorphism, managing classes, component
development, consuming web services, and much more. It also includes
some cutting edge ActionScript programming techniques, and animation
and effects classes.