Who Is This Book For?
This book is for anyone using Flash to develop games. However, different types of devel-
opers will use this book in different ways.
Someone fairly new to both Flash and programming will be able to use this book as a
next step after learning basic programming skills. A motivated fast learner might also be
able to use this book to learn ActionScript 3.0 from scratch.
If you have previous experience programming with ActionScript 1.0 or 2.0, you can use
this book to get up to speed on ActionScript 3.0.
However, you should try to forget most of what you know about previous versions of
ActionScript. Seriously, ActionScript 3.0 is very different from previous versions. In fact,
I consider it a whole new programming language.
Many Flash users already know the basics of animation and programming but want to
move on to developing games. This is the core audience for the book.
If you are not a programmer at all, but a designer, illustrator, or animator, you can use
the examples in this book as a framework for your own games. In other words, you can
just swap out the graphics from the source file examples.
Likewise, if you already are an expert ActionScript 3.0 programmer, this book can pro-
vide a library of code for you to draw on to make your games. No need to start from
scratch.
What Do You Need To Use This Book?
Most readers will need some previous experience with Flash and programming to get
the most from this book. You also need the right tools.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Readers should be familiar with the Flash CS3 environment. If you are new to Flash, run
through the Flash User Guide that comes with Flash CS3. From inside Flash, choose
Help, Flash Help or press F1. You might also want to consider a beginner’s book or
online tutorial.
This book is not geared toward first-time programmers, unless you are just looking to
use the examples by substituting your own graphics. Therefore, you should have some
programming experience: ActionScript 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0, JavaScript, Java, Lingo, Perl,
PHP, C++, or just about any structured programming language. ActionScript 3.0 is not
hard to understand if you are at least somewhat familiar with loops, conditions, and
functions. Chapter 1, “Using Flash and ActionScript 3.0,” in fact, sums up the basic
ActionScript 3.0 syntax.
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