Jesse lives and works in Melbourne Australia. He is the Cofounder and a Director of http://ActionScript.org. A Flash enthusiast, teacher, author, freelancer and speaker Jesse enjoys participating in the http://ActionScript.org community and the wider Flash scene when he has time.
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.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 20 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash MX+ Topics Covered: This article describes how to use the Flash setInterval command to call functions and conduct actions at specified times or intervals Assumed knowledge: Familiarity with Variables, Objects, Methods, Flash MX Event Model.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 40 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash MX Topics Covered: How to use the SharedObject feature of Flash for local data storage. Assumed knowledge: Variables, Objects, Methods.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 30 - 60 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate / Advanced Requirements: Flash 5 or higher, PHP. Topics Covered: How to create a dynamic system which allows users to customize a SWF's layout and save their customizations for later review. Assumed knowledge: A sound understanding of Intermediate ActionScript. Some server side scripting knowledge would help too.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 20 - 30 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash 5. Topics Covered: Do/While Loops, While Loops, For Loops, Loop the loops, Fruity Loops, Hoolah Hoops... Assumed knowledge: Instance, Paths, Get Property, Set Property. See the relevant tutorials on this site.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 10 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash 5 and above. Topics Covered: How to delay an action without crashing the Flash player. Assumed knowledge: Instances, paths, Clip Events.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 10 - 15 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash 5. Topics Covered: How to make a continuously scrolling text field which works with HTML and dynamic texts. Assumed knowledge: LoadVariablesNUM, text fields, variables, conditional clauses, buttons and button actions.
Tutorial details: Written by: Jesse Stratford Time: 20 minutes Difficulty Level: Intermediate Requirements: Flash 4 or 5, (Flash 4 code will be significantly different). Topics Covered: How to perform various events every X seconds. Assumed knowledge: Variables, Paths, MovieClip Actions, Conditional Statements, basic math.