AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 436 pages
• Publisher: friendsofED; 1st edition (September 12, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430236140
• ISBN-13: 978-1430236146

eBook Description:

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns is a fresh look and new approach to utilizing valuable, structural techniques and methods that are commonly used in the field of rich interactive application development. With each method broken down into different strategized explanations, you’ll find the approach most suitable for you. Whether it is an example you can utilize as-is, or one you can start with and develop further, you will have a glossary of definitions and organizational concepts at your fingertips.

Object-oriented programming (OOP) and design patterns are not new to the field, but can often be overlooked in their value. They are, at times, not only overwhelming to learn, but difficult to put into practice. However, they are useful because they create a structure that can be broken down, rebuilt, and reused.

• Provides the building blocks required for the implementation of OOP
• Addresses problems and concerns regarding OOP
• Offers solutions on how to approach and utilize OOP

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns is for Flash and/or Flex developers seeking a better understanding of object-oriented programming and the knowledge to utilize it in a manner practical to the language itself.

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns is a fresh look and new approach to utilizing valuable, structural techniques and methods that are commonly used in the field of rich interactive application development.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the benefits of OOP
• How to structure code
• Explore new techniques
• Recognize patterns used by professionals in the field
• Feel more confident about using OOP in your development
• Think of coding in a new light

Who this book is for

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns is for Flash and/or Flex developers seeking a better understanding of object-oriented programming and the knowledge to utilize it in a manner practical to the language itself.

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns is a fresh look and new approach to utilizing valuable, structural techniques and methods that are commonly used in the field of rich interactive application development.

About the Author

Ben Smith is an accomplished Flash developer with years of experience creating advanced rich Internet applications (RIAs) for well-known digital agencies. He has contributed articles to both InsideRIA and the Adobe developer community. Ben began his career in Connecticut, but spent several years working in New York before he moved to Florida, where he currently resides. He is passionate about higher learning, which he believes comes from experimentation and experience. With more than 10,000 hours of experience with Flash, he does not consider himself a master of Flash, but a student of what Flash required him to know.

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