ActionScripts 3.0 Design Pattern ~ Most Ebooks

Format : PDF

Author : William B. Sanders and Chandima Cumaranatunge

Publisher : O'Relly Publisher

ISBN-10: 0-596-52846-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-59652846-1

Pages : 510

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Preface

As ActionScript has evolved from a few statements in Flash to a full-fledged Internet programming language in the latest release of Flash and Flex, we have the ability to implement sophisticated designs developed for languages using object-oriented programming (OOP). ActionScript 3.0 heralds a new era in Flash and Flexprogramming because it implements the ECMAScript standard for Internet languages. Many features found in languages such as C++ and JavaTM are now available in Action- Script 3.0.

Along with more sophisticated features in ActionScript 3.0 come more sophisticated ways of programming and thinking about programming. Most readers of this book will be familiar with OOP to some degree, and like the step from sequential or procedural programming to OOP, the step to design pattern programming is a step up for OOP programmers. We felt that because ActionScript 3.0 had arrived at a point where more complexand challenging programming structures can be developed, Flash and Flexprogrammers needed to understand programming techniques to cope with these structures.

By understanding design pattern programming, you will be able to write better OOP code, and reuse that code in other programs. The better paying positions in the programming field favor those developers who can work with team development, and the sophisticated structures that design patterns and OOP were developed to handle. At the same time that you gain proficiency in programming more complexapplications, design patterns actually make programming easier. In large and complex applications, programmers have the most difficulty with poor planning and awkward design structures. Design patterns not only provide solutions for common challenges,
but also focus on maintenance and change. The vocabulary of design patterns is equally important because with it, you can become part of the developer community that communicates clearly in the language of design patterns.