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Chapter 13. Introduction To Class-Based Programming in Flash

In this chapter

• Brief Introduction to OOP 268

• Using the Built-In Classes in Flash 269

• Creating Your Own Custom Classes 270

• Static, Public, and Private Properties and Methods 277

• Superclasses and Subclasses 277

• Advanced Event Handling 279

• Troubleshooting 281

• Best Practices—Organizing Your Code 281

Brief Introduction to OOP

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is sometimes shrouded in mystery and mysticism. You might have encountered phrases such as “the zen of OOP.” But when you get right down to it, OOP is just a way of organizing code. I’d even go so far as to say that it’s the best way to organize complex or large projects.

Chapter 11, “Introducing ActionScript,” covered simple datatypes in Flash. ...