HWV
10-09-2008, 11:40 PM
Want to learn a bit about Adobe Flash and programming with ActionScript 3? You might find this list of resources helpful for getting started, or if you you’ve gotten stuck, it might give you some places for new information you’ve never encountered. Though the list below isn’t fully comprehensive, it provides a wide variety of ways to learn about Flash and AS3. I decided this thread would be a good way to get the Pawn Community more interested in ActionScript and programming in general.
1. All documentation available in the Flash CS3 product is available online on Adobe’s website (http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flash/), including many parts that may be downloaded in PDF form (if that’s your preference). For those that are new to programming, or maybe if you just need a bit of help learning about classes and objects, check out Getting Started with ActionScript in the documentation.
2. Adobe provides a lot of great articles on their website. Be sure to check out the Flash Developer Center (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/) and the ActionScript Technology Center (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/), which are both a part of the larger Adobe Developer Connection. (http://developer.adobe.com/)
3. Consider the ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference (http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/), a must-have tool for looking up properties, functions, styles, and events for all of the classes available natively in Flash Player and included with Flash CS3. Unlike other documentation that you might only read when you’re starting out, this resource will be useful almost everyday that you work with Flash and AS3.
4. Many articles online discuss the differences between ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3. For example, Emmy Huang has a quick overview of new AS3 features in Tips for learning ActionScript 3.0. (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript_tips.html) Another article by Gary Grossman and Emmy Huang you might want to check out is simply titled ActionScript 3.0 Overview (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript3_overview.html).
5. Many online forums are dedicated to Flash and ActionScript where you can ask questions and learn from others. I frequently visit the ActionScript.org forums (http://www.actionscript.org/forums/). Another you might consider checking out is Kirupa’s Forum (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/), which has a popular thread created by senocular called ActionScript 3.0 Tip of the Day (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223798). There are many more forums out there, so be sure to spend a couple of moments with your search engine of choice to find them.
6. Learning from instructional videos seems to work well for many new developers. http://www.Lynda.comoffers many hours of video focused on Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3 (http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?pid=267) for a low subscription price. Lee Brimlow’s site, gotoAndLearn.com (http://www.gotoandlearn.com/), offers free video tutorials about Flash.
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Make a thread/PM me with any questions.
1. All documentation available in the Flash CS3 product is available online on Adobe’s website (http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flash/), including many parts that may be downloaded in PDF form (if that’s your preference). For those that are new to programming, or maybe if you just need a bit of help learning about classes and objects, check out Getting Started with ActionScript in the documentation.
2. Adobe provides a lot of great articles on their website. Be sure to check out the Flash Developer Center (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/) and the ActionScript Technology Center (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/), which are both a part of the larger Adobe Developer Connection. (http://developer.adobe.com/)
3. Consider the ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference (http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/), a must-have tool for looking up properties, functions, styles, and events for all of the classes available natively in Flash Player and included with Flash CS3. Unlike other documentation that you might only read when you’re starting out, this resource will be useful almost everyday that you work with Flash and AS3.
4. Many articles online discuss the differences between ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3. For example, Emmy Huang has a quick overview of new AS3 features in Tips for learning ActionScript 3.0. (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript_tips.html) Another article by Gary Grossman and Emmy Huang you might want to check out is simply titled ActionScript 3.0 Overview (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript3_overview.html).
5. Many online forums are dedicated to Flash and ActionScript where you can ask questions and learn from others. I frequently visit the ActionScript.org forums (http://www.actionscript.org/forums/). Another you might consider checking out is Kirupa’s Forum (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/), which has a popular thread created by senocular called ActionScript 3.0 Tip of the Day (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223798). There are many more forums out there, so be sure to spend a couple of moments with your search engine of choice to find them.
6. Learning from instructional videos seems to work well for many new developers. http://www.Lynda.comoffers many hours of video focused on Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3 (http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?pid=267) for a low subscription price. Lee Brimlow’s site, gotoAndLearn.com (http://www.gotoandlearn.com/), offers free video tutorials about Flash.
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Make a thread/PM me with any questions.