School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Art and Technology Studies

Shawn Decker

Programming in Flash

This is a course that focuses on programming in Actionscript 3.0 as a primary creative and design strategy  for creating web-based programs and designs, as well as for creating desktop applications, and mobile-device applications.  While the course will cover some basics of Flash animation, sound and video manipulation, the bulk of our work will be the integration and application of Actionscript 3.0 programming with Flash animation and media to create autonomous and interactive works and applications.

Books:

Recommended Textbooks (the O’Reily Actionscript text is required – others are recommended)Note: These books come and go practically every 6 months with new versions. Below are the texts that are current as of now (but not for long…)
Required:Learning Actionscript 3.0, A Beginner’s Guide. Rich Schupe with Zevan Rosser. O’Reilly Press.
Recommended: (good for general Flash techniques and reference)Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Bible, Robert Reinhardt and Snow Dowd, Wiley Press