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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| The ActionScript 2.0 Language | |
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| ActionScript 2.0 Overview | |
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| ActionScript 2.0 Features | |
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| Features Introduced by Flash Player 7 | |
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| Flash MX 2004 Version 2 Components | |
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| ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 in Flash Player 6 and 7 | |
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| Let's Go OOP | |
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| Object-Oriented ActionScript | |
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| Procedural Programming and Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Key Object-Oriented Programming Concepts | |
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| But How Do I Apply OOP? | |
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| On with the Show! | |
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| Datatypes and Type Checking | |
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| Why Static Typing? | |
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| Type Syntax | |
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| Compatible Types | |
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| Built-in Dynamic Classes | |
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| Circumventing Type Checking | |
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| Casting | |
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| Datatype Information for Built-in Classes | |
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| ActionScript 2.0 Type Checking Gotchas | |
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| Up Next: Creating Classes--Your Own Datatypes! | |
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| Classes | |
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| Defining Classes | |
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| Constructor Functions (Take 1) | |
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| Properties | |
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| Methods | |
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| Constructor Functions (Take 2) | |
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| Completing the Box Class | |
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| Putting Theory into Practice | |
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| Authoring an ActionScript 2.0 Class | |
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| Class Authoring Quick Start | |
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| Designing the ImageViewer Class | |
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| ImageViewer Implementation (Take 1) | |
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| Using ImageViewer in a Movie | |
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| ImageViewer Implementation (Take 2) | |
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| ImageViewer Implementation (Take 3) | |
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| Back to the Classroom | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| A Primer on Inheritance | |
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| Subclasses as Subtypes | |
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| An OOP Chat Example | |
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| Overriding Methods and Properties | |
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| Constructor Functions in Subclasses | |
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| Subclassing Built-in Classes | |
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| Augmenting Built-in Classes and Objects | |
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| The Theory of Inheritance | |
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| Abstract and Final Classes Not Supported | |
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| Let's Try Inheritance | |
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| Authoring an ActionScript 2.0 Subclass | |
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| Extending ImageViewer's Capabilities | |
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| The ImageViewerDeluxe Skeleton | |
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| Adding setPosition() and setSize() Methods | |
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| Autosizing the Image Viewer | |
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| Using ImageViewerDeluxe | |
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| Moving Right Along | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| The Case for Interfaces | |
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| Interfaces and Multidatatype Classes | |
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| Interface Syntax and Use | |
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| Multiple Type Inheritance with Interfaces | |
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| Up Next, Packages | |
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| Packages | |
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| Package Syntax | |
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| Defining Packages | |
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| Package Access and the Classpath | |
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| Simulating Packages in ActionScript 1.0 | |
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| Just a Little More Theory | |
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| Exceptions | |
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| The Exception-Handling Cycle | |
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| Handling Multiple Types of Exceptions | |
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| Exception Bubbling | |
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| The finally Block | |
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| Nested Exceptions | |
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| Control Flow Changes in try/catch/finally | |
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| Limitations of Exception Handling in ActionScript 2.0 | |
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| From Concepts to Code | |
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| Application Development | |
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| An OOP Application Framework | |
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| The Basic Directory Structure | |
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| The Flash Document (.fla file) | |
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| The Classes | |
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| The Document Timeline | |
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| The Exported Flash Movie (.swf file) | |
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| Projects in Flash MX Professional 2004 | |
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| Let's See It in Action! | |
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| Using Components with ActionScript 2.0 | |
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| Currency Converter Application Overview | |
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| Preparing the Flash Document | |
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| The CurrencyConverter Class | |
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| Handling Component Events | |
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| Components Complete | |
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| MovieClip Subclasses | |
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| The Duality of MovieClip Subclasses | |
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| Avatar: A MovieClip Subclass Example | |
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| Avatar: The Composition Version | |
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| Issues with Nested Assets | |
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| A Note on MovieClip Sub-subclasses | |
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| Curiouser and Curiouser | |
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| Distributing Class Libraries | |
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| Sharing Class Source Files | |
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| Sharing Classes Without Sharing Source Files | |
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| Solving Real OOP Problems | |
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| Design Pattern Examples in ActionScript 2.0 | |
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| Introduction to Design Patterns | |
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| Bring on the Patterns | |
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| The Observer Design Pattern | |
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| Implementing Observer in ActionScript 2.0 | |
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| Logger: A Complete Observer Example | |
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| Memory Management Issues with Observer | |
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| Beyond Observer | |
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| The Singleton Design Pattern | |
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| Implementing Singleton in ActionScript 2.0 | |
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| The Singleton Pattern in the Logger Class | |
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| Singleton Versus Class Methods and Class Properties | |
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| A Warning Against Singletons as Globals | |
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| On to User Interfaces | |
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| The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern | |
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| The General Architecture of MVC | |
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| A Generalized MVC Implementation | |
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| An MVC Clock | |
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| Further Exploration | |
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| The Delegation Event Model | |
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| Structure and Participants | |
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| The Flow of Logic | |
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| Core Implementation | |
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| NightSky: A Delegation Event Model Example | |
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| Other Event Architectures in ActionScript | |
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| From Some Place to Some OtherPlace | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| ActionScript 2.0 Language Quick Reference | |
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| Differences from ECMAScript Edition 4 | |
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| Index | |