Have you been developing content with ActionScript 3.0 for years and want to take a look at JavaScript? Join Thibault Imbert for a deep dive into JavaScript and HTML5 and discover how they are different from ActionScript 3.0. This session will review the major capabilities available in Adobe Flash Player and AIR and demonstrate the equivalents using web standards. Imbert will cover:• Differences and similarities between JavaScript and ActionScript 3.0• An overview of browser APIs and capabilities to power expressive content• Profiling and performance optimizations

Learn how using Code Snippets in Flash Professional can make building your mobile application a snap.

In this episode of the training series, you will learn how to perform client-side validation in your Flex application, using Validator subclasses, as well as how to trigger validation ActionScript commands.

Explore some of the most popular Flex and ActionScript 3.0 Architecture and Dependency Injection frameworks, such as Cairngorm, Mate, Parsley, PureMVC, Robotlegs, and Swiz. We'll also discuss what each framework's pros and cons are and which framework makes sense when faced with different architectural designs. You'll also learn which architectural patterns (like Model-View-Controller and Presentation Model) are considered popular in current application design.

Join renowned Flash developer R Blank as he explains the basics of getting things done in ActionScript 3.0. In practically focused lessons, R will provide code samples to get you up and running with ActionScript 3.0 — or help you understand more of what you've been doing if you're already playing around. He'll also show off the cool features you can exploit in Flash Player 10. You'll leave with a great set of source files. If you've been putting off the move to ActionScript 3.0 or have had trouble getting up to speed, this talk is for you.

Explore the most current optimization strategies for graphics in Adobe Flash Player and ActionScript 3.0, including their effects on both Adobe AIR content and existing web content. You'll walk away with an understanding of not only how to implement these best practices, but also why they are required for improved performance. From bitmap vs. vector to vector vs. array, this session has you covered.

Jeff Tapper from Digital Primates explores Flex 4’s new component architecture, new states paradigm, and how to use things like a ViewStack or DataGrid (both of which don’t have Flex 4 versions) in your Flex 4 application.

Yoshihiro Shindou covers some of the latest topics and developments covering Flash Professional CS5, Flash Player 10.1 and ActionScript 3. English subtitles are included via closed captioning.

Paul walks you through you a brief introduction to AS3. This episode is very simple and helps you get started using event listeners in Flash so you can begin adding interaction to your Flash projects.

Learn how to incorporate random chance into your Flash projects by generating random numbers using the Math class in ActionScript 3.0.