Here is our list of Flash and Actionscript resources, including tutorials, sample code, and articles on makin’ the monays from your Flash creations.

Understanding Classes in AS3

• Part 1 – Move your first-frame code into its own .as Class file
• Part 2 – Write a custom Class for the MovieClips in your library
• Part 3 – Decide which pieces of code should be written as separate Classes
• Part 4 – Learn all about encapsulation and how to break it

Flash Tutorials

• Introduction to A* (A-Star) Pathfinding in ActionScript 3 (AS3)
• Fade MovieClips In and Out Solidly
• Twitter Updates in Flash Part 2
• Resample Bitmaps in Flash AS3
• Building a Flash/AS3 FPS (Frames Per Second) Counter
• Pause Your Game in Flash AS3
• Pull Twitter Updates into Flash
• Flash 3D Depth Management
• Get a random number
• Instantiate a class using a dynamic name
• Build a paginated gallery with back/next arrows
• Add sound effects without using the Sound class

Making money from Flash

• Pimp My Game

Helper Class

These articles list methods that you can include in a super-useful helper class to cut down on your code (and the time you spend writing it!)

• PadStringWithZeroes – display a score as 0000010 instead of 10
• RandomBoolean – throw Boolean TRUE or FALSE randomly
• FindAngle – find the angle between two points
• RadiansToDegrees and DegreesToRadians – helpful conversion methods for trigonometry
• ShowDisplayList – trace out all of a DisplayObject’s children
• Fence – keep a value constrained within a rectangle
• Wrap – constrain a value between min and max values

AS3 Pitfalls

• my stop(); action is ignored in a nested MovieClip
• i can’t unload content in Flash Player 9
• the keyboard is not responding when I test my movie
• ._xscale (and xscale) don’t work any more
• Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
• Italicized and bolded fonts aren’t showing up in my dynamic text field
• I can’t use BitmapData methods on images loaded from another domain
• TextField.setSelection isn’t working
• MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK doesn’t work

AIR Pitfalls

• I can’t debug my AIR movie
• My trace actions aren’t working

Flash Pitfalls

• Recover a Flash CS5 corrupt file: ‘Flash can not parse this document.’

Transitioning to AS3

• AS3 and the Scoop on OOP
• Kicking AS – From Actionscript 2 to Actionscript 3

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