ActionScript 3 Lessons

Actionscript Course

These course is free and helps you to learn AS3 (ActionScript 3.0) programming language starting from the beginner level.
- These introductory Lessons in ActionScript 3.0 are a continuation of the Flash lessons section, where there are already presented the tools and basic element which must be known to create Flash documents, and also to use AS3 scripts.

• Introduction to ActionScript 3
  - Introduction to ActionScript 3, scripting language for Flash presentations, Actions panel, ActionScript programming
• A simple script ActionScript 3
  - Create a simple script with ActionScript 3 code, add a text and a square in a Flash presentation with AS3
• Understanding OOP - Object Oriented Programming
  - Understanding OOP, Object Oriented Programming, properties, methods and events in ActionScript 3
• Variables, Comments and trace()
  - How to define a variable in ActionScript 3, variable types, comments in code, trace() function
• Constants and Operators
  - How to define Constants in ActionScript, logical and arithmetic operators, equality and relational operators
• Conditional Statements if, else, switch
  - Conditional Statements if, else, switch. Using conditionals and logical operators
• For loops in ActionScript
  - Tutorial for loops in ActionScript, for..in, for each..in, break instruction
• While and Do While
  - While and Do While loops, execute an action multiple times, ActionScript course
• Break and Continue
  - Break and Continue, ends the execution of a loop instruction, or skip the current iteration
• Creating Functions in ActionScript
  - Creating and using functions in ActionScript, calling functions, parameters, return statement, data type
• Functions - Advanced Use
  - Functions - Advanced Use, working with functions, variables, default parameters, recursive function
• String Object
  - Working with String Object, properties and methods of the String object, escaped characters
• Numbers and Math in ActionScript 3
  - Working with Numbers and Math in ActionScript 3, methods and constants of the Number object and Math class
• Date and Time in ActionScript 3
  - ActionScript 3 Date object, set and get time values. Properties and methods of the Date object
• Arrays in ActionScript 3
  - Use Arrays to store multiple values in a variable in ActionScript, accessing array elements
• Traverse Arrays - Multi-dimensional Array
  - Traversing Arrays with for(), while(), for each..in, access array elements. Multi-dimensional, nested Array
• Associative Arrays in ActionScript
  - Associative Arrays, Traverse associative Array with for..in and for each..in loop
• Code Snippets - Add and Create
  - Code Snippets, using predefined codes, add and create reusable pieces of code in ActionScript
• Detecting events in ActionScript 3
  - ActionScript 3 events, addEventListener. Detecting, recognition and deleting events. Priority of event capture
• MouseEvent - Events for Mouse
  - Detect and capture Mouse Events, MouseEvent object, get the mouse coordinates
• KeyboardEvent - Events for Keyboard
  - Detect and capture Keyboard events, KeyboardEvent object. Example of using arrow keys to move objects
• Adding text with ActionScript 3
  - Adding text with ActionScript 3, FormatText, adding text with HTML tags and CSS styles
• Input text fields
  - Creating Input text fields, using TextEvent and FocusEvent, FOCUS_IN, FOCUS_OUT
• addChild and removeChild
  - addChild and removeChild methods in ActionScript 3, removeChildAt, getChildByName
• OOP - Classes and objects - Create Class
  - OOP define Classes in ActionScript 3, package, constructor and accessor. Create instances, class objects
• Classes - Static Elements
  - Classes - Static Elements, how to create static properties, methods and constants in a class
• Inheritance - Parent class and Child class
  - Using classes and inheritance, extends classes, create child class to extend a parent class
• Classes - Interface in ActionScript 3
  - Interface Classes in ActionScript 3, how to implement and use an interface
• Creating objects in ActionScript
  - Use the Object class to create objects in ActionScript, define properties and methods
• Nested Objects - Traverse object
  - Nested Objects in ActionScript 3, Traverse object with for..in and for each..in loop
• Working with objects from Library in AS3
  - Working with objects from Library in ActionScript, classes and instances in AS3 of the elements in Library
• Creating new events
  - How to create new events in ActionScript 3, custom events, with the EventDispatcher class
• Creating XML data - E4X in ActionScript 3
  - Creating XML data with E4X in ActionScript 3, various ways to create XML format, XML methods
• Accesing XML data - E4X
  - Accesing XML data with E4X and XMLList methods, Using the descendant accessor, Filtering XML Data
• Loading XML Data, Traversing XML Trees
  - Loading XML Data from external file, Traversing XML Trees with for each..in loop
• Editing, Changing XML - E4X
  - Editing data in a XML object, change, delete elements and attributes using E4X functions
• Working with XML Namespaces in ActionScript
  - Working with XML Namespaces in ActionScript 3, E4X functions for namespaces, using the double colon
• RegExp - Regular Expressions in ActionScript
  - RegExp, Regular Expressions in ActionScript, RegExp and String class methods for regular expressions
• Animation with the Timer class
  - Animation with ActionScript, using the Timer class, TimerEvent events, TIMER, TIMER_COMPLETE