October 2006
Intermediate to advanced
586 pages
15h 7m
English
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Chapter 1. ActionScript Basics
Introduction
Using ActionScript, you can create Flash applications that do just about anything you can imagine. But before launching into the vast possibilities, let’s start with the basic foundation. The good news is that ActionScript commands follow a well-defined pattern, sharing similar syntax, structure, and concepts. Mastering the fundamental grammar puts you well on the way to mastering ActionScript.
This chapter addresses the frequent tasks and problems that relate to core ActionScript knowledge. Whether you are a beginner or master—or somewhere in between—these recipes help you handle situations that arise in every ActionScript project.
This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2 and have successfully installed it on your computer. It’s also helpful if you have some experience using a previous version of ActionScript as well.
When you launch Flex Builder 2, the Eclipse IDE should start up and present you with a welcome screen. You are presented with various options to get started and more information about Flex and ActionScript 3, such as links to documentation, tutorials, and more. You can close that screen by clicking on the small “x” on its tab. Now you are in the Eclipse IDE itself, ready to start coding; but where do you go from here?
Flex Builder 2 allows you to create three kinds of projects: a Flex project, Flex Library project, and an ActionScript project. The difference is that Flex projects have access to the entire ...
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