December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
192h 4m
English
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Preface
Welcome to ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition! This
edition sports massive changes from the first edition, with hundreds of pages of new
material and exhaustive rewrites that bring old material up to date with best prac-
tices for Flash MX. I hope you’re as excited to read it as I was to write it!
Like the first edition, this book teaches ActionScript from the ground up, covering
both basic concepts and advanced usage, but with a special focus on Macromedia
Flash MX techniques. In Part I, we’ll explore ActionScript fundamentals—from vari-
ables and movie clip control to advanced topics such as objects, classes, and server
communication. In Part II, the Language Reference, we’ll cover every object, class,
property, method, and event handler in the core ActionScript language. You’ll use
the Language Reference regularly to learn new things and remind yourself of the
things you always forget, so keep this book on your desk, not on your shelf!
Though ActionScript’s complexity has increased in Flash MX, you do not have to be
a programmer to read this book. I have continued to be mindful of the beginner
throughout this edition. The text moves pretty quickly, but a prior knowledge of
programming is not required to read it. All you need is experience
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