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Chapter 11: An OOP Application Framework

The Basic Directory Structure

Before we start creating content, let’s lay out the basic directory structure for our

application.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a directory named AppName on your hard drive. The AppName directory

will contain everything in our project, including source code and final output. In

a real project, you’d use your application’s actual name instead of AppName.

2. In the AppName directory, create a subdirectory named deploy. The deploy direc-

tory will contain the final, compiled application, ready for posting to a web site

or other distribution medium.

3. In the AppName directory, create a subdirectory named source. The source direc-

tory will contain all source code for the application, including classes (.as files)

and Flash documents (.fla files).

Your application directory structure should look like this:

AppName/

deploy/

source/

In our example application, we have no external assets such as sounds, text copy

(Word documents, etc.), or artwork (e.g., scans, Photoshop files, or Illustrator files).

In a more complex scenario, we’d create an AppName/assets folder to contain those

external files.

The Flash Document (.fla file)

Every Flash application must include at least one Flash document (.fla file). The Flash

document