Blogs Posts on "Actionscript 101"

AS3-101: Intro to Functions Part 2 and Class Overview by taterboy.com: Graphics, Multimedia and Such on Sep 26, 2009The Class: Classes are a collection of variables and/or functions that provide unique functionality. Within a class, functions and variables define the functionality and how that functionality can be expanded or used by other classes or components.

AS3-101: Intro to Functions Part 1 by taterboy.com: Graphics, Multimedia and Such on Sep 13, 2009For Flash Developers: (If you are looking for Flex related stuff, without a timeline, skip down to “The Foundation”.) Functions really are the building blocks of programming. They take your code off the timeline and open doors to more com...

AS3-101: Introduction to Variables by taterboy.com: Graphics, Multimedia and Such on Aug 5, 2009Actionscript 3 101: Introduction to Variables. ActionScript 3 (AS3) 101 is a series that will cover the fundamental use of actionscript in the process of building interactive projects. We will start with an elementary overview of terminology and the...

AS3-101: Introduction to Events by taterboy.com: Graphics, Multimedia and Such on Jun 15, 2009ActionScript 3 101: Introduction to Events and the WooHoo Application. Events are the most important concept to understand in ActionScript. After all, you can not have an interactive application without detecting user input. The new Event system in A...

Flash Actionscript 101, The First ActionScript I ever learned by taterboy.com: Graphics, Multimedia and Such on Dec 21, 2008This is it, the very first bit of actionscript code I ever learned, besides play() and gotoAndStop() of course. The lesson went down with an experienced programmer looking over my shoulder telling me what to type. After this little app was finished,...