colin at moock.org
colin at moock.org
Thu May 10 15:33:37 CDT 2007
My next book, Essential ActionScript 3.0, is now complete. It's due to ship sometime in June, but you can already read the entire manuscript through O'Reilly's "Rough Cuts" service. >> Visit Essential ActionScript 3.0's Official Rough Cuts page here: http://safari.oreilly.com/0596526946 Access to Essential ActionScript 3.0 on Rough Cuts can be purchased on its own or in combination with a pre-purchase of the printed book (see the above link). If you'd just like to pre-order the book in print, you can do so here: US: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526946/ref=nosim/moockorg Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526946/moockorg-20 UK, Europe: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526946/ref=nosim/moockorg-21 If you order using the above link i get a small percentage of the sale (about $1-$2 i think). the commissions do add up, and are much appreciated as they help carry me through long research phases. In general, if you are buying a book on programming, it's a Nice Thing to check if the author has a commission link you can use. If not, consider ordering the book through your local user group if they have a commission link. *** * Blog Excerpts *** If you're not reading the Rough Cuts version of Essential ActionScript 3.0, you can find excerpts from each chapter starting here: http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000208.html *** * Code Samples *** The collected code examples for the book are available here: http://moock.org/eas3/examples *** * TOC *** Here's the final table of contents for Essential ActionScript 3.0. Part I: ActionScript from the Ground Up (450 pages) 1 Core Concepts (41) 2 Conditionals and Loops (18) 3 Instance Methods Revisited (15) 4 Static Variables and Static Methods (10) 5 Functions (14) 6 Inheritance (29) 7 Compiling and Running a Program (7) 8 Datatypes and Type Checking (21) 9 Interfaces (13) 10 Statements and Operators (12) 11 Arrays (17) 12 Events and Event Handling (39) 13 Exceptions and Error Handling (27) 14 Garbage Collection (10) 15 Dynamic ActionScript (15) 16 Scope (8) 17 Namespaces (49) 18 XML and E4X (58) 19 Flash Player Security (48) PART II: Display and Interactivity (357 pages) 20 The Display API and the Display List (46) 21 Events and Display Hierarchies (30) 22 Interactivity (51) 23 Screen Updates (23) 24 Programmatic Animation (18) 25 Drawing with Vectors (19) 26 Bitmap Programming (48) 27 Text Display and Input (66) 28 Loading External Display Assets (56) PART III: Applied ActionScript Topics (55 pages) 29 ActionScript and the Flash Authoring Tool (36) 30 A Minimal MXML Application (5) 31 Distributing A Class Library (14) Appendices A The Final Virtual Zoo (15) Hm. *Now* what am I going to to for the next 2 years? colin