Understanding the Course Format

Discussing the Course Objectives

Reviewing the Course Prerequisites

Reviewing the Course Outline

Architecting with Layers

Architecting with Movie Clips

Placing Code in External ActionScript Files

Introducing Object Oriented Programming Concepts

Working with Flash Classes

Writing Methods, Functions and Event Handlers

Referencing Dynamic Variables using Bracket Notation

Extending the Movie Clip Class

Detecting Movie Clip Interactions with hitTest()

Unit 3 Working with Graphics

Learning about Flash Drawing Models

Using Filters, Using Blends

Creating Filters and Blends with ActionScript

Introducing Bitmap Caching

Unit 4 Loading XML Data

Learning about XML

Using XML in Flash, Accessing XML Data

Looping through XML Data

Unit 5 Working with Text

Implementing Advanced Anti-Alias Rendering

Introducing the TextFormat class

Formatting Text with Cascading Style Sheets

Resizing Text Fields

Unit 6 Implementing Advanced Graphic Loading

Creating Reusable Instance-Based Code

Loading External Media with MovieClipLoader

Creating Instances of the Flash Object Class

Introducing Listeners and Event Handlers

Understanding the MovieClipLoader Event Handlers

Using createEmptyMovieClip() and getNextHighestDepth() Attaching Movie Positioning Visual Elements Dynamically

Understanding Swapping Depths

Unit 7 Reviewing Animation Basics with ActionScript

Creating Timeline-Based Custom Easing

Animating with ActionScript

Interacting with the Mouse Location

Adding Easing via ActionScript

Creating a Mask with ActionScript

Unit 8 Learning Advance Animation with ActionScript

Introducing the Tween Class

Handling Tween Class Events

Introducing the Transition Classes

Responding to Transition Events

Unit 9 Styling and Skinning Components

Styling Components

Skinning Components with Themes

Skinning Components Manually