ActionScript 3 guides, tutorials, samples
Flash iOS Apps Cookbook excerpt: ActionScript optimization
Learn how to optimize your ActionScript 3.0 code to improve the performance of your iOS apps.
Introduction to Robotlegs – Part 3
Learn how a service that makes use of the basic Twitter Search API functions within a Robotlegs application.
Introduction to Robotlegs – Part 2
Learn the basics of using Models, the guardians of your data, in a Robotlegs application.
Introduction to Robotlegs – Part 1
Get an overview of this framework for ActionScript 3 development through a simple "Hello World" example and an introduction to the Robotlegs Context and Mediator classes.
ActionScript 3 samples for Flash Professional CS5
Explore these ActionScript 3 samples demonstrating features common in Flash Professional development, including 3D, masking, transition effects, and interactivity.
ActionScript puzzler
See if you can figure out what’s happening in this ActionScript puzzler.
Introducing the ActionScript 3 SDK for Facebook Platform
Combine the Adobbe Flash Platform with the Facebook Platform to build killer apps that incorporate social capabilities in highly interactive, expressive, and responsive user experiences.
Handling audio file cue points in ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3
Create a custom Sound class that makes it easy to use cue points for internal sound assets or external MP3s in your Flash or Flash Builder applications.
Colin Moock ActionScript 3 videos
Join Colin Moock and friends as they turn fireside chats, cabin discussions, and even some clowning around into compelling, real-world lessons about ActionScript 3.
Developers and designers talk about ActionScript 3 migration
Long-time Flash users give a real-world perspective on how they approached learning ActionScript 3, what the main challenges were, and why it was worth it for them to invest the time to learn the language.
Top five benefits of ActionScript 3
Find out what some of the top advantages are of using ActionScript 3 in your projects.
Top five misperceptions about ActionScript 3
Read about the misheld beliefs some people have about ActionScript 3.
Unit testing with mock objects in ActionScript 3.0
Learn how Mock objects can improve the code coverage of your Flash and Flex applications by adding behavior verification to your unit tests
ActionScript 3.0 from the ground up
Download the notes handed out at Colin Moock's international ActionScript 3 tour covering the fundamental skills needed to program for Flash Player and Adobe AIR.
ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide excerpts: Copy motion, display list, events, and migration
Read these four book excerpts from O'Reilly Media so you can make the leap from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3 quickly and painlessly.
Flash Platform ActionScript reference for RIA development
Use this guide both as an API reference and a tool to learn about the ActionScript APIs available within Adobe AIR, Flash Player, and the Flex framework.
Introduction to event handling in ActionScript 3.0
Use the new EventDispatcher class to track mouse interactions and create your own custom events when building applications in Flex or Flash.
Six reasons to use ActionScript 3.0
Find out about the benefits of using ActionScript 3 in your Flash projects.
Learning ActionScript 3 excerpts: OOP overview, display list, and programmatic motion
Check out these three chapters from O'Reilly Media so you can begin to use ActionScript 3 for practical, everyday projects.
Creating a preloader in Flash
Build an ActionScript 3 preloader in Flash that is reusable and easy to reskin, and also learn best practices for optimizing performance.
ActionScript 3 Design Patterns excerpt: Factory method and MVC
Download two complete chapters from this hands-on introduction from O'Reilly Media to learn how reusable design patterns solve common problems in Flash and Flex applications.
Essential ActionScript 3 excerpt: Display and interactivity
Download two complete chapters from this updated reference from O'Reilly Media to learn about the core of the ActionScript 3 language, as well as the new Flash Player API.
Object-oriented programming with ActionScript 3.0
Learn about the concept of classes and how ActionScript 3 helps you write more portable, reusable code for your web applications.
Understanding the changes in the display API in ActionScript 3.0
Take this guided tour through two code samples to learn the differences in the display API from ActionScript 2 to 3.0.
ActionScript 3 Cookbook excerpts: From custom classes to the rendering model
Download five complete chapters from this coding how-to book from O'Reilly Media to get the most out of this full-fledged development environment.
