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World-renowned ActionScript guru and educator Colin Moock takes viewers to bucolic, seaside Inverness, CA for a one-of-a-kind learning experience. Beautifully filmed with extraordinary production values and clearly presented, Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend isn't just another dry video offering. Instead Moock, the bestselling author of Essential ActionScript 3.0, and friends turn fireside chats, cabin discussions, and even some clowning around into compelling real-world lessons. Get inspired...and get lost in ActionScript 3.0. Learn more.

ActionScript Books

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Actionscript Experts

Ryan Benedetti holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Montana and teaches in the Liberal Arts Department at Salish Kootenai College (SKC) on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Rich Shupe is co-author of Learning ActionScript 3.0 (O'Reilly), and teaches ActionScript programming at New York's School of Visual Arts' MFA Computer Art Department.

Marco Casario has dedicated himself to innovative projects for the web using Flash and Director (as far back as versions 3 and 5). In 2005, Marco founded Comtaste, a company dedicated to exploring new frontiers in Rich Internet Applications and the convergence between the web and the world of mobile devices--MobyMobile and…

Colin Moock is an independent Flash platform expert with a passion for networked creativity and expression. He has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995.

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Actionscript Answers

O'Reilly Answers: Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

• Exercises download file Action Script 3
• James Paterson demonstrates how he uses Flash and ActionScript 3 to animate his drawings.
• What are the most powerful aspects of ActionScript?
• ActionScript
• What will you use for iPhone development?
• The key differences between ActionScript 3 (AS 2) and ActionScript 3 (AS 3)
• What are the key differences between ActionScript 3 (AS 2) and ActionScript 3 (AS 3)?
• How to Parse Atom Feeds with Flex/ActionScript
• How to Create Reusable Code in ActionScript 3.0
• What's coming next for ActionScript?

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Actionscript News & Commentary

RIA Radio Episode 7: Joshua Davis, Branden Hall [HYPE]

By Garth Braithwaite
February 8, 2010

Joshua Davis and Branden Hall joined us to talk about their latest ActionScript Library/Framework/Ideas called HYPE. We were also joined by Liz Fredrick, Kevin Schmidt, Zach Stepek, and Leif Wells. Listen to this week's podcast (m4a or mp3). You...

Photo Gallery Mate Framework, With Photo Caching

By Pete Mackie
February 1, 2010

I have been developing Adobe Flex-based RIA applications for nearly three years. My prominent need has been for capable RIA photo galleries. I observed over time that most Flex-based example photo galleries resourced photos—either locally or remotely—from photo files stashed...

RIA Radio - Episode 6: Shaun Smith and Joel Hooks [robotlegs]

By Garth Braithwaite
January 28, 2010

Shaun Smith and Joel Hooks of robotlegs fame joined us to discuss the creation of the project, explain its strengths, and to mention the best way to get started working with it. We were also joined by Leif Wells...

SourceMate Beta Review

By Jesse Freeman
January 25, 2010

Advanced Flash Tactics or AFTs are techniques that come from deep within the Flash Art Of War, the oldest Flash military treatise in the world. In this AFT I will go over - SourceMate. SourceMate is a new plugin...

IntelliJ Idea 9 For Flash Dev Overview

By Jesse Freeman
January 20, 2010

Advanced Flash Tactics or AFTs are techniques that come from deep within the Flash Art Of War, the oldest Flash military treatise in the world. In this AFT I will go over - Using IntelliJ Idea 9 For Flash...

The Renaissance Developer

By Jesse Freeman
January 6, 2010

Advanced Flash Tactics or AFTs are techniques that come from deep within the Flash Art Of War, the oldest Flash military treatise in the world. In this AFT I will discuss - The Renaissance Developer. When I was an...

Actionscript 3.0 type casting and type checking

By Rui D. Silva
December 31, 2009

Type casting and type checking have always been central to any computer programming language, especially in Object Oriented languages like Actionscript. In fact, knowing what type of object you are receiving as a parameter or the ability to "transform" your...

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