Macintose Course Overview

As a prospective Web developer, you want to create engaging experiences for visitors to your sites. Thus far, you've probably created straightforward HTML, and may have done some programming in languages such as JavaScript, but haven't delved into Flash yet. In this course, you'll create rich Internet applications with Flash. The site you create will pull data from external sources, so it will respond to their choices based on the information in those files. You'll also create ActionScript programming to perform calculations and tailor the interface, and will finish by publishing the final files in .swf format.

Prerequisites:

Experience with Macintosh Operating Systems and various Web browsers. Basic understanding of Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, and Flash.

Objectives:

You will create rich Internet applications using Flash MX 2004 to dynamically integrate with external data and respond to user actions.

Target Student:

The target student is the professional who wants to be an advanced developer of media technologies, on a path towards programming and Web development. Target customers are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, production houses, or departments that work in such disciplines within the latter organization.

Delivery Method:

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course duration:

2 day(s)

Hardware Requirements:

You will need:

• Macintosh platform: 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor
• Macintosh platform: 215 MB available disk space + 125 MB for this course's data files
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• Monitor capable of displaying 1024 by 768 or greater resolution and true (24-bit or greater) color
• Mouse or other pointing device
• CD-ROM drive

• Flash MX 2004 Professional (most activities require the Professional version, not Flash MX 2004).
• Safari

• Macintosh version: Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later, 10.3

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• explore Macromedia Flash MX 2004 to determine the types of applications you can build with it, how to use the program's user interface, and the general process you will follow when creating Flash movies.
• create a simple Flash Slide Presentation using screens.
• import graphics, manipulate layers, and use UI controls on the Stage.
• use different methods to connect with external data.
• use basic ActionScript code.
• use ActionScript to manipulate different Flash components.
• use conditional logic to control the flow of an application.
• create, drag, and drop a MovieClip on the Stage.
• apply several built-in classes to an application.
• create and use functions.
• display various Flash application screens based on a navigation menu.
• use a form to gather and submit user data.
• publish your Flash applications.