Colin Moock is an independent web guru with a passion for
networked creativity and expression. He has been researching,
designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. Colin served as
webmaster for SoftQuad, Inc. (makers of HoTMetaL PRO) until 1997, and
then as web evangelist for ICE (one of Canada's leading interactive
agencies) until 2001. He has created interactive content for Sony,
Levi's, Nortel, Air Canada, Procter & Gamble, and Hewlett-Packard.
Colin now divides his time between writing, speaking at conferences,
and researching emerging web technology. His award-winning Flash work
and his renowned support site for Flash developers (http://www.moock.org)
have made him a well-known personality in the Flash developer
community. He is a contributor to http://macromedia.com's Flash developer
center, a tutorialist in the Flash MX Bible (2002, Wiley Publishing
Inc.), and regularly appears in industry magazines such as cre@te!
online. Colin's latest personal undertaking is Unity, a
Flash socket server for multi-user content.
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.