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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.
Maximiliano Firtman
is a developer focused in mobile and RIA development. He is a professor in web and mobile technologies, and founder of ITMaster Professional Training. He is author of many books in Spanish, including Java ME, ASP.NET, AJAX Professional Web 2.0 and he is working in a Flex 4 framework book.
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…
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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?
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- 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
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Actionscript News & Commentary
IntelliJ Idea9 ActionScript 3/Flex Workflow Part 2

March 9, 2010
Welcome to part 2 of my IntelliJ Idea 9 ActionScript 3/Flex workflow series. If you followed part 1 you should have a HelloWorldProject setup along with a HelloWorld module. Now it is time to learn how to compile our...
IntelliJ Idea9 ActionScript 3/Flex Workflow Part 1

February 15, 2010
IntelliJ Idea9 ActionScript 3/Flex Workflow As far as ActionScript 3/Flex IDEs go, IntelliJ is the new kid on the block. It is cross platform, is not built on Eclipse, and has some of the best code writing/refactoring features I have...
Using ColdFusion 9 ORM in Flex 4
By Pedro ClaudioFebruary 10, 2010
In the construction of this article I utilized ColdFusion Server 9 as the application server and the database was created using MySQL. The development tools used were Flash Builder 4 with ColdFusion Builder plugin and Bolt CFC Generator plugin. A...
RIA Radio Episode 7: Joshua Davis, Branden Hall [HYPE]

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

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]

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

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...
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ActionScript Book Excerpts:
- Chapter 1: ActionScript Basics from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Chapter 2: Custom Classes from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Chapter 3: Runtime Environment from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Chapter 5: Arrays from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Chapter 6: Display List from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Appendix: Unicode Escape Sequences for Latin 1 Characters from ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- Chapter 1: ActionScript Overview from Learning ActionScript 3.0
- Chapter 4: The Display List from Learning ActionScript 3.0
- Chapter 7: Motion from Learning ActionScript 3.0
- Appendix B: Latin 1 Character Repertoire and Keycodes from ActionScript for Flash MX
- Chapter 12: How Do I Draw with Code? from The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
- Chapter 10: Statements and Operators from Essential ActionScript 3.0
- Chapter 18: A Sample Migration from The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
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