North Bay Multimedia Association

Events - May ActionScript Salon

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Actionscript Fundamentals

Who: Marc Tanenbaum
When: Monday, May 19, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM Q&A, networking; 7:00-8:15 PM program; 8:15-9:00 PM Q&A
Where: PINC/GAI, 665 Third Street (near Townsend), Suite 500, San Francisco, CA (Directions)
Cost: Free to NBMA members; Non-members may attend this 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 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.

So I can already hear you asking: "Fundamentals? In the third Salon? Shouldn't that have come first?" Perhaps.

In response to several requests, we're going to back up this month and make sure that we get as many people as possible up-to-speed with some foundational concepts. By the time you leave this Salon, you'll understand frame actions, onClipEvents, and button actions. We'll also cover some of the MovieClip properties, such as (_x, _y, _alpha, and _rotation), and talk about general approaches to coding with AS.

As a new aspect of the Salon, we'll have an informal Q&A starting at 6:30pm. If you're having trouble with something in Flash (whether or not it's related to the evening's topic), come and ask about it. We'll try to get you back on the road to productivity!

This Salon is rated: BEGINNER

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.

Marc Tanenbaum is the NBMA Web SIG leader. He is a writer, designer and Flash developer. He hangs out at flashmxfiles.com, flashgoddess.com and bit-101.com forums where he dispenses Flash and Actionscript advice to the unwary.

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.