||moock-updates|| new lecture notes posted

[colin@moock.org]

i've just finished a new series of 11 lectures on actionscript, multiuser 
applications, and components. much of the content is based on ideas in my 
book "essential actionscript 2.0" (http://www.moock.org/eas2/) but some of 
it is brand new.

you can view all the lectures at:
http://www.moock.org/lectures/

here's a brief synonpsis of each lecture:

http://moock.org/lectures/introToActionScript
>> introduction to actionscript
ground up coverage of the basic fundamentals of actionscript programming.

http://moock.org/lectures/introToOOP
>> introduction to object-oriented programming
an overview of the basic concepts involved in object-oriented programming 
with actionscript 2.0.

http://moock.org/lectures/yourFirstClass
>> your first actionscript 2.0 class
a step-by-step demonstration showing how to create a custom ActionScript 2.0 
class, ImageViewer. the ImageViewer class loads, crops, and displays a jpeg 
image in a flash movie.

http://moock.org/lectures/introToPatterns
>> introduction to design patterns
discusses how to implement the Observer and Singleton patterns in a Flash 
application.

http://moock.org/lectures/mvc
>> model/view/controller in actionscript
explores the famous "model-view-controller" design pattern as a blueprint to 
use when creating graphical user interfaces in Flash.

http://moock.org/lectures/delegationEventModel
>> delegation event model
discussion of how to apply Java's standard event broadcasting system to 
ActionScript 2.0.

http://moock.org/lectures/unifiedComputing
>> unified computing in the multiuser era
an exploration of multiuser content and experiences.

http://moock.org/lectures/introToUnity
>> introduction to unity
an overview of the basic principles involved in creating multiuser flash 
applications with Unity.

http://moock.org/lectures/ambientUserActivity
>> ambient user activity
integrating real-time multiple user participation and experience into flash 
content.

http://moock.org/lectures/componentOOP
>> creating a component-based oop application in flash
demonstrates how to use ActionScript 2.0 to create a working application 
with Macromedia Flash MX 2004's v2 component set.

http://moock.org/lectures/componentEvents
>> handling v2 component events
discusses and demonstrates the various event handling techniques available 
for v2 components, and recommends which techniques apply to different 
situations

enjoy!
colin