Flash 5 Actionscript Studio

ActionScript is Javascript for motion-web designers using Flash. The pressure on web designers using Flash has been seriously stepped up. If you want to compete in state-of-the-art interactive web design, you had better learn ActionScript. Topics covered include the value of object-oriented techniques in programming and design, and total control of the appearance and effects of interfaces. This book covers everything you need to know about the theory and practice of great interactive design with Flash: the principles of good interactive design, navigating through motion, ActionScript syntax and fundamentals, advanced features of the visual studio, combining ActionScript with Javascript, ASP, CGI scripts, servlets, JSP and PHP, building database driven sites with ActionScript and SQL, file optimisation, scalability and more. Aimed at professionals, this text explores the use of ActionScript and Flash in innovative ways.