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Training Course Summary:

This course is intended for the intermediate to advanced Flash user who wants to learn ActionScript programming to add more complex interactivity to their movies than simple navigation. You'll learn to plan your movies to make the process efficient and to allow code to be reused in multiple places. Throughout the course, you'll create a quiz game with several types of questions, including those involving toggling items on and off with clicks; dragging objects to targets; a “video game” question in which you move your player with arrow keys and fire missiles at an “enemy”; and ones that you answer via clicking checkboxes and radio buttons. In the process, you'll learn about storing data in variables, accepting input via the keyboard and mouse, using arrays and loops, using debugging tools, and using Flash's built-in components.

Pre-Requisites:

To ensure your success, you should have familiarity with the Windows operating system. We also recommend you first take the following Systematix course or have equivalent knowledge: Flash MX: Level 1 and Flash MX: Level 2

Who Should Attend:

This course is intended for the intermediate to advanced Flash user who wants to learn ActionScript programming.

Training Course Overview/Content:

The Flash Environment
What is Flash?
Vector Vs. Raster Graphics
The Flash Work Environment

ActionScript Basics
What Can You Do with ActionScript?
Creating Basic Navigation with ActionScript
Timeline Paths and Dot Notation

Planning Movies
Methods of Planning Movies
Storyboarding and Flowcharting
Creating Modularity in Flash

Creating Simple Interactivity
Variables
Movie Clip Scripts
Conditional Statements

Creating a Video Game
Responding to Key Presses
Duplicating and Hiding Movie Clips
Testing for Collisions and Animating an Object

Creating Complex Interactivity
Making Movie Clips Draggable
Determining the DropTarget for a Dragged and Dropped Clip
Arrays
Loops
Remembering Item Locations and Preventing Overlaps
Debugging
Comparing Arrays

Components
Using Pre-Built Components
Radio Buttons
Combo Boxes and Functions