Introduction and the Basic Building Blocks of ActionScript 3.0

   • Introduction to ActionScript 3.0
   • Variables
   • Data Types
   • Syntax of AS3
   • Objects Explained
   • Operators
   • Object Properties and Methods
   • Conditional Statements
   • Looping

Function Use and Creation

   • Built-In Core Functions and Custom Functions
   • Our First Simple Custom Made Function
   • Function Arguments
   • Using the rest( ... ) Operator for Argument Arrays
   • Properties of the Arguments List Array
   • Returning Values From Functions

Date and Time Intervals

   • Date() Properties and Methods
   • Defining Date() Parameters
   • Creating Timers for Time Interval Based Events
   • Timer Class Methods and Properties

String Control Methods

   • What are Strings and Substrings?
   • Using Single and Double Quotes in Strings
   • Forcing Lowercase and Uppercase
   • String Comparison Operators
   • Length Property
   • Combining Strings
   • Extracting Substrings, Slicing, and Returning
   • Search, Match, and Replace Strings
   • Split Or Explode Strings
   • Search, Validate, and Replace Using Regular Expressions
   • Remove All Substrings or Spaces from a String or Variable
   • Find the Character Index of Matched Substrings

Object-Oriented Programming

   • Understanding OOP - Introduction
   • Inheritance - Sub and super classes
   • Static Classes, methods, properties and variables
   • Design patterns - Introducing Singleton classes

OOP - Classes and examples for real-world applications

   • Creating a fullscreen background class
   • Fluid Sites made easy - FluidObject Class