North Bay Multimedia Association

Events - March ActionScript Salon

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Prototypes and Functions

Who: Marc Tanenbaum
When: Monday, March 17, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM, networking, 7:00-8:15 PM, program, Q&A 8:15-9:00
Where: PINC/GAI, 665 Third Street (near Townsend), Suite 500, San Francisco, CA (Directions)
Cost: Free to NBMA members; Non-members may attend this first Salon for $5. Pricing at future Actionscript Salons may be subject to change.
Register: Members and non-Members, please pre-register with Acteva to hold your spot.
Info Contact: Marc Tanenbaum.

The North Bay Multimedia Association presents the first in a continuing series of topics on programming inside the Flash environment. Actionscript is a powerful, built-in language that operates from within Flash, and is at the heart of all truly dynamic swfs. Mastering Actionscript can transport your websites and other Flash files from glorified Powerpoint presentations into the realm of full-featured applications.

For our first Salon, Marc Tanenbaum, Salon leader, will strike right at what he considers the middle-point of AS programming: understanding functions and prototypes. These are the real workhorses of Flash code, and understanding how to use them will fundamentally change the way you program in Flash. Learn how to radically reduce the amount of code you need, consolidate your scripts into one easy-to-find location, and speed up your workflow.

To get the most out of this month's Salon, you should already be familiar with the basic use of event handlers -- e.g., onClipEvent(enterFrame) -- and variables.

This Salon is rated: INTERMEDIATE

Beginner: basic understanding of fundamental concepts, button control, handlers, properties, variables, etc.
Intermediate: complex math operations, arrays, objects, functions, bitwise operations, debugging, dynamic movieclip control.
Advanced: XML, server-side integration, remoting, multi-dimensional arrays, AI.

The Actionscript Salon series is made possible with the support of The Graphic Arts Institute. Since 1968, GAI has been a dedicated leader in providing education and training in the graphic communications industry. GAI is an Adobe Certified Training Provider.