Where to Go from Here

The following books and resources can help you learn about more advanced ActionScript topics and object-oriented programming.

Developer Center articles:

• Creating Events Using the EventDispatcher Class (Ken Toley)
• Creating Movie Clip Subclasses (Brian Lesser)
• Proxying Events with the mx.utils.Delegate Class (Mike Chambers)

Book excerpts:

• Object-Oriented ActionScript (excerpt from Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock)
• The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern (excerpt from Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock)
• Using Components (excerpt from Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock)

Recommended books:

• Essential ActionScript 2.0 (Colin Moock, Publisher: O'Reilly)
• Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript: Training from the Source (Derek Franklin and Jobe Makar, Publisher: Macromedia Press)

The following resources were produced for Flash MX 2004, but many sections are still applicable to Flash 8:

• Introducing ActionScript (excerpt from Flash MX 2004 ActionScript: Training from the Source (Derek Franklin and Jobe Makar, Publisher: Macromedia Press)
• Using ActionScript in Flash MX 2004: Best Practices (Jen deHaan, documentation excerpt)

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