Flash MX 2004: Application Development

FUTURE MEDIA CONCEPTS, INC.
New York,Boston,Philadelphia,Washington DC,Miami,Orlando, NY,MA,PA,FL, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Macromedia Flash MX 2004: Application Development provides students with no prior Flash or programming experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build a rich Internet application with Flash. This course focuses on using screens, built-in components, behaviors, and data binding to quickly get students proficient in building Flash applications. The course also introduces the ActionScript language and teaches students fundamental programming constructs including loops, conditional logic, functions, and arrays.

Audience
This course is for people without prior programming skills that are new to Flash (or who have used it only to create rich media) and want to use it to create applications and/or learn ActionScript.The student should be familiar with the interface and timeline before comimg to class


COURSE OUTLINE

Unit 1: Introducing the Course

About the course
Course objectives
Course prerequisites
Unit 2: Introducing the Flash Interface

Introducing Flash
Using the Flash interface
Publishing a Flash document
Unit 3: Architecting with Screens

Building Flash applications with screens
Architecting a site with screens
Placing content on screens
Unit 4: Adding and Organizing Content

Importing graphics
Layering Flash elements
Organizing using layers
Reusing graphics as symbols
Adding UI components
Unit 5: Connecting to External Data

Understanding dynamic content
Using the XML data binding component
Binding results to a ComboBox
Creating a master-detail RIA
Unit 6: Manipulating Components with ActionScript

Introducing ActionScript
Using the basic elements of ActionScript
Debugging ActionScript
Populating a TextArea
Storing data in variables
Handling user events on UI components
Unit 7: Controlling Application Flow

Using conditional logic
Controlling interaction between components
Unit 8: Implementing Drag and Drop on MovieClips

Introducing the MovieClip
Reacting to MovieClip events
Using dragging behaviors
Referencing MovieClips
Using the hitTest( ) method
Using a MovieClip from the Library
Understanding ActionScript best practices
Unit 9: Using Built-In Classes

Introducing object-oriented terminology
Using the TextField class
Using the TextFormat class
Retrieving data from a text file in Flash
Reading the data from the text file
Using the returned data
Unit 10: Creating MovieClip Dynamically

Creating dynamic MovieClips
Loading content into MovieClips
Unit 11: Reusing Code with Functions

Introducing functions
Creating user defined functions
Calling functions
Using global functions
Referencing an external ActionScript file
Unit 12: Building a Navigation System

Creating buttons
Using screens to build a menu
Using screens to build a sub-menu
Unit 13: Submitting User Data Using Forms

Understanding forms
Submitting a form
Validating user input
Unit 14: Manipulating Data with Arrays

Understanding Arrays
Controlling application flow with loops
Using the Date class to generate indices
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