John Arana, “Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0”
Apress | 2008-12-01 | ISBN: 1430215844 | 96 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Apress | 2008-12-01 | ISBN: 1430215844 | 96 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 is an introduction to developing widgets for the Internet using the new features of Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. Many social-networking sites, blogs, and personal home pages have adopted the use of widgets and Flash developers can create and distribute their own widgets for others to use. A step-by-step example demonstrates how to design and develop your own Flash widgets and integrate them with XML. In addition, publishing, promoting, and capitalizing on your Flash widgets is discussed.
What you'll learn
Using the new tools in Flash CS4
Basic differences of ActionScript 3.0
Designing and developing widgets
Utilizing XML with widgets
Publishing widgets to the Internet
Promoting and capitalizing on widgets
Who is this book for?
Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 targets novice to intermediate Flash designers/developers interested in learning how to create and publish widgets for the Internet.