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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…
Actionscript Answers
O'Reilly Answers: Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.- Essential Actionscript 3.0 Pg 97-98 Question
- Get to know the Flex AJAX Bridge
- 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
Actionscript News & Commentary
An Introduction to Robotlegs AS3 Part 3: Services
By Joel HooksJune 28, 2010
This is the third in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.
An Introduction to Robotlegs AS3 Part 2: Models
By Joel HooksJune 17, 2010
This is the second in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.
AIR 2.0 NativeProcess API - What’s It Good For?

June 15, 2010
While there are a few examples available for connecting AIR applications to native operating system processes today, most of them are basic "Hello World" examples, or happen to be purely theoretical. I've only come across one or two real...
Building Flash Frogger For Android In A Week

June 8, 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 - Building Flash Frogger For Android In...
An Introduction to Robotlegs AS3 Part 1: Context and Mediators
By Joel HooksJune 7, 2010
This is the first in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.
Interview With Jobe Makar

June 4, 2010
Jobe has developed over 200 Flash games and 9 virtual worlds over the last 10 years and has authored several books on advanced Flash, ActionScript, and game programming. Jobe took some time out to answer a few question for insideRIA.
5 Things I Learned from Flixel

June 1, 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 - 5 Things I Learned from Flixel....
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ActionScript Resources
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 12: How Do I Draw with Code? from ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
- Chapter 18: A Sample Migration from ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
- Appendix B: Latin 1 Character Repertoire and Keycodes from ActionScript for Flash MX
- Chapter 10: Statements and Operators from Essential ActionScript 3.0
- 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
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