Programming Adobe Flash ActionScript 3 Training Course Advanced Peterborough

Peterborough Advanced Programming Adobe Flash ActionScript 3 Course Overview

Stuart House - East Wing
St John's Street
Peterborough PE1 5DD
United Kingdom

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Alternatively if you live in and around Peterborough and wish to have your training on-site the we can provide all the equipment, included laptops & projector, required. All we ask is that you provide a little space for the trainer to set up.

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Course Duration: 3 Day

Complete Course Outline

ActionScript 3 Fundamentals

• Getting Started with Coding
• ActionScript Basics
• Declaring and Using Variables
• Operators and Expressions
• Converting Data Types and Operators
• Using Functions
• Using Functions and Methods
• Instantiating Variables

Manipulating Symbols with ActionScript

• Introducing Symbols
• Using a MovieClip and Button's Properties
• Working with MovieClip Methods
• Using Methods within a MovieClip
• Working with TextFields
• Using TextField Properties
• Dynamically Adding Symbols to the Stage
• Adding Symbols to the Stage at Run-Time
• Loading Content Dynamically Into a MovieClip
• Loading External Images
• Making a Space Rock

Object Oriented Programming

• Unit Objectives and Topics
• Introducing Object Oriented Programming
• Creating a Custom Class
• Declaring Class Properties
• Adding Properties to a Class
• Declaring Methods
• Adding Methods to a Class
• Creating Visual Classes Through Inheritance
• Creating a Visual Class
• Making the Stage a Class
• Making the Stage a Class and Dynamically Adding Instances
• Create an Asteroid and Collectable Class

ActionScript 3 Events

• ActionScript Events
• Handling Events
• ActionScript Event Types
• Using the MouseEvent
• Using the Keyboard and Enter Frame Events
• Dispatching A Custom Event
• Dispatching A Custom Crash Event
• Working with Timers
• Display the TimerEvent and the EnterFrame Event

Loops and Conditional Logic

• Types of Conditional Statements
• Controlling the SpaceShip
• Determine When Objects Overlap or Hit
• Determine when the SpaceShip Crashes
• Types of Loops
• Adding Asteroids to the Screen
• Keeping Your Asteroids and Collectables on the Stage and collecting items

Exploring the ActionScript Class Library

• The ActionScript Class Library
• The ActionScript Class Library
• Using the Sound Class
• Adding Sound Effects to the SpaceShip
• Programmatically Formatting Text
• Formatting the Player Score TextField
• Getting a Date with ActionScript
• Determine your Current Age
• Arrays
• Static Methods and Properties
• Use Cos and Sin to maneuver the Space Ship and Create Random Asteroids
• Adding Sound and Random Speed and Locations to the Collectable Class

XML with E4X

• What is XML
• Creating a High Score List
• Using the E4X Operators
• Using E4X Operators
• Accessing External XML Documents
• Loading External XML Files and Filtering Books
• Displaying High Scores with e4x

Animating with ActionScript

• Using the Enter Frame Event
• Copy and Paste Tweens
• Using the Tween Class
• Tweening the Warp Animation

Seeing as Flash is no longer used we no longer train it. We had a good run but things move on. So we say Goodbye to Flash

However, may we suggest you look at our Adobe Animate Course. Adobe Animate has superseded Flash.