Doug continues to cover best practices for accessing data in object-oriented programming. In this video, he uses the "get" command to make his custom class' private method act like a regular public variable.

Doug shows the ActionScript coding needed to bring the dice-rolling application from the last few videos alive.  He focuses on the importance of communication among multiple classes in object-oriented programming.

Doug demonstrates the difference between public and private methods, and their respective effects, inside custom classes for your Flash Professional projects.

Building on the skills covered in his continuing lesson on object-oriented programming in Flash Professional, Doug highlights how to create mouse events for classes that automatically are part of each instance.

In the last few videos, Doug explained the concept of custom classes in object-oriented programming and how to create them. Now Doug introduces the class-specific function known as a method.

Doug further explores the usefulness of customized classes in object-oriented programming in Flash Professional CS5.  He also explains more of how the constructor works as he expands the dice project.

In this video, Doug discusses how to create customized classes, and explains more about how a class constructor works for custom classes.

Doug explains how to associate a Flash Professional project to a specific class called the Document class, and how to create the class using ActionScript.

In this video, Doug opens up a new topic for developers working in Flash Professional CS5.  He defines what object-oriented programming means, and explains the role that classes play in an object’s behavior.

Discover visual and conceptual models that can help you understand programming generally and ActionScript specifically. Everything shown will be supplemented with related code samples. You'll walk away with clear (and, possibly, new and unique) ways to think about properties, methods, data types, classes, and object oriented programming. Additional topics may include variables, loops, arrays, and value objects. All are welcome, but ActionScript experience is recommended.