Flex 3: Using ActionScript
1 day - € 695
Description
Flex 3: ActionScript 3 is a comprehensive introduction to the ActionScript 3 scripting language, taught in context of Adobe Flex 3. Beginning with simple declarative statements and core syntax, and moving through control and data structures, by course completion you will have learned intermediate Object Oriented Programming, including static classes and interfaces.
Audience
This course is designed to comprehensively introduce the ActionScript 3 programming language. To gain the most from this class, you should:
- Have already attended the Flex 3: Rich Client Applications training course, or
- Have equivalent experience with using MXML in Adobe Flex 3
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Be familiar with using Adobe Flex Builder
Next Steps
All Flex 3 courses
Course outline
Introducing Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications
Introducing Mastery Learning
Understanding the Course Format
Reviewing the course prerequisites
Reviewing the course outline
Setting up the application files
Introducing ActionScript 3.0 Syntax
Understanding basic syntax
Declaring variables and their type
Data type conversion
Using language operators
Mathematical operators
Instantiating objects
Creating and populating instances of the Array class
Working with generic objects ("associative arrays")
Using the ArrayCollection class
Learning ActionScript 3.0 Control Structures
Manipulating String data
Using the Alert class
Using Conditional Statements
Using switch/case statements
Using the Date class
Working with iteration (looping) statements
Writing and using user defined functions
Separating and including ActionScript and MXML files
Object Oriented Programming in ActionScript 3.0
Introducing Object Oriented Programming Terminology
Writing a class definition
Declaring class methods
Re-using code through inheritance
Writing and using an interface
Using static classes and methods to persist local data
Understanding static methods
Storing data using the static SharedObject class
