Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns

Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns

by JoeyLott (Author), Danny Patterson (Author)

Synopsis

Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design patterns as solutions to common programming scenarios. Beyond a reference, Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns is a practical guide complete with sample mini-applications illustrating each design pattern.

Table of Contents:

Part I - Successful Projects
1. How to Design Applications

2. Programming to Interfaces

Part II - Patterns

3. MVC

4. Singleton

5. Factory (Abstract Factory and Factory Method)

6. Proxy

7. Iterator

8. Composite

9. Decorator

10. Command

11. Memento

12. State

Part III - Advanced ActionScript Topics

13. Working with Events

14. Sending and Loading Data

15. E4X (XML)

16. Regular Expressions


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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: 1
Publisher: Adobe
Published: 02 Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 0321426568
ISBN 13: 9780321426567
Book Overview: Today's ActionScript-based applications require increasingly sophisticated architectures and code. This book aids intermediate and advanced ActionScript developers in learning how to plan and build applications more effectively. You'll learn how to apply design patterns as solutions to common programming scenarios. Beyond a reference, Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns is a practical guide complete with sample mini-applications illustrating each design pattern.

Table of Contents:

Part I - Successful Projects
1. How to Design Applications

2. Programming to Interfaces

Part II - Patterns

3. MVC

4. Singleton

5. Factory (Abstract Factory and Factory Method)

6. Proxy

7. Iterator

8. Composite

9. Decorator

10. Command

11. Memento

12. State

Part III - Advanced ActionScript Topics

13. Working with Events

14. Sending and Loading Data

15. E4X (XML)

16. Regular Expressions



Author Bio
Joey Lott works with ActionScript during the day and by night he's a super-secret international man of mystery, rescuing animals and children from harms way, righting wrongs, and working for global peace, the rights of all living beings, and environmental responsibility. Joey is the author (or co-author) of a veritable arsenal of ActionScript and Flash-related titles, including the ActionScript Cookbook, Programming Flash Communication Server, and the Flash 8 Cookbook. In his free time he likes to write poetry, pursue competitive origami, and train in the art of aikido. Danny Patterson is a Consultant specializing in Flash and Web technologies. He also works with Schematic as a Senior Flash Architect. He is an Adobe Community Expert and has contributed over 40 articles to Community MX and the MX Developers Journal. He is also the co-author of the Flash 8 ActionScript: Training from the Source book by Adobe Press. He has spoken at many conferences and user groups including Flash in the Can and Flash Belt. Danny is certified in both Flash and ColdFusion and has worked on web projects for many large companies including Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Adobe and Starz. You can check out his blog at DannyPatterson.com.