Adobe Flash (ActionScript 3.0) Training

Training is provided by an Adobe Certified Expert


We offer 3 courses on ActionScript 3.0 – Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced. Both on- and off-site training is available.
Along with the training, learning materials will be provided either in text or video form for supplementary learning and revision.

Pricing:
The pricing for the training courses listed below is a flat rate of R4000 per day, for 2 to 8 candidates. Larger group deals can be arranged on demand.

Beginner Course - 3 days


Day ONE

  • Introduction
    • Anatomy of a Flash Application
    • What is ActionScript 3.0?
    • What can Flash do?
    • Where can Flash run?
    • The Flash Player
      • How it works
      • What are the limitations?
      • Versions
  • Getting Started with Flash Professional CS5
    • What is Flash Professional?
    • FLA files and SWF files overview
    • Getting help (built-in documentation and on the web)
    • The Action panel
    • Choosing the right Flash Player version
    • Structure of a Flash application
    • Core components
      • Actions panel
      • Timeline panel
      • Properties panel
      • Stage
      • UI Components overview

Day TWO

  • Building a simple application
    • Sample application – animating a car
    • MovieClips
    • Sprites
    • Tweening
      • Programmatic
      • Timeline
    • Document classes
    • Base classes
    • Inheritance
    • UI Components
      • Button
      • Slider
      • Numeric Stepper
      • Check Box
      • Progress Bar
      • ComboBox
      • TextField
      • TextArea
    • Events

Day THREE

  • Diving Deeper with ActionScript 3.0
    • Manipulating controls at run-time
    • Working with community-contributed libraries
    • Working with multimedia
      • Audio
        • Sound effects
        • Creating a simple mp3 player
      • Images
        • Embedding images
        • Creating a simple image viewer
      • Video
        • Creating a simple video player
    • Custom events
    • Working with UILoader
  • Debugging
    • Working with the Bandwidth Profiler
    • Working with the Flash Professional debugger

Intermediate Course - 5 days

Includes Beginner Course

Day FOUR

  • Flash and the Web
    • Loading data from the web at runtime
    • Working with XML
    • Loading XML data into a DataGrid
    • Embedding SWFs in HTML with SWFObject
    • Interacting with JavaScript from a SWF

Day FIVE

  • Flash and the Web
    • Working with SWFAddress
    • Loading SWFs at runtime
    • Cross-SWF communication
    • Optimizing your applications for the Web

Advanced Course - 7 days

Includes Intermediate Course

Day SIX

  • Flash & PHP
    • Setting up AMFPHP
    • Sending/receiving data to/from AMFPHP and Flash
    • Sending/receiving strictly-typed objects from AMFPHP and Flash
    • Integrating AMFPHP with MySQL (retrieving, updating, deleting data)
    • Tips and tricks
    • Debugging Flash & PHP projects with Charles Proxy and FireFlash (Firebug)

Day SEVEN

  • Enterprise Application Development
    • Structure and planning
    • SWF Security and Code Obfuscation
    • Internationalization (multiple languages)
    • Cross-domain scripting (security and practice)
    • SWF file analysis
      • Deep dive into how the SWF file format is structured
      • Flash Player rendering