Articles - Best Practices en-us http://www.actionscript.org/resources N/A no email provided http://www.actionscript.org/resources 20 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/623/1/Working-With-Display-Objects-in-AS-30/Page1.html Learn how to work with the display list, DisplayObjects, and DisplayObjectContainers in Actionscript 3.0 and how it has replaced the concept of "depth" in actionscript 2.0. You should have a working knowledge of depth in actionscriplt 2.0 and also how the flash player displays content on the screen(stage). This tutorial is made for Flash CS3.Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 20 - 30 minutes Patrik Vormittag Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/610/1/Centralized-Event-Management-in-Actionscript-20/Page1.html Jason Cook Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/603/1/Exceptions-and-Exception-Handling/Page1.html This full chapter excerpted from Colin Moock’s acclaimed “Essential ActionScript 2.0” covers exceptions and exception management through ActionScript in great detail. Ideal for the intermediate coder looking to increase the professionalism of their code, or save themselves hours of debugging. Colin Moock Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/579/1/Flash-Hacks/Page1.html This article focuses on Performance and Optimization of your Flash file and ActionScript code. Excerpted from O'Reilly's excellent "Flash Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools" (Chapter 9) it's a great read. Sham Bhangal Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/577/1/Better-Design-and-Development-Part-2/Page1.html Part 2 in my series of "Better Design and Development". Its not required that you read part 1, but it helps. For those skipping part 1, this article is simply the lessons I've learned over my years in this industry. Chad "Cota" Workman Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/574/1/Better-Design-and-Development-Part-1/Page1.html This article will serve as a "Do's and Dont's" of web design and development. These will not be strict guidelines, but more the lessons I have learned over years of design and development to help better yourself. This will also be a multipart article so stayed tuned for future installments.. Chad "Cota" Workman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/570/1/Setting-up-a-Development-Environment-and-Using-gProject-to-Create-Custom-Classes/Page1.html Difficulty: IntermediateTime: around 20 minutesDescription: This article teaches you how to set up a Flash development environment with best practices as well as how to use GProject to create custom Classes using packages. Victor Gaudioso Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/555/1/Deprecated-Syntax-as-of-Flash-8/Page1.html A quick list of properties, functions, and classes that are deprecated as of Flash 8. Chad "Cota" Workman Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/539/1/Review---Advanced-ActionScript-3-with-Design-Patterns/Page1.html This is a review of the Peachpit Press publication "Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns". Snapshot A strong, yet small book which provides a solid introduction to best practices in general, not just Design Patterns. Recommended for anyone who considers themselves an ActionScript coding professional, or aspires to become one one. Jesse Stratford Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/519/1/Search-Engine-Optimization-of-Flash-Content/Page1.html Flash gets a bad rap, undeserved in my opinion, for harming search engine visibility. Why are search engine optimization (SEO) practitioners concerned about Flash, and how can we SEO Flash content?Read more within. Jonathan Hochman Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600