"Fantastic! It was great that the course was flexible to fit our skills, experience and needs. Relaxed, fun environment with open frank discussions".

                                                                             R. Oliver, Espresso, London

Familiar with Actionscript 3 but looking to take your coding skills to the next level? Learn how, why and when to use Object Oriented Programming techniques and Design Patterns to create robust Actionscript projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your programming knowledge and gain sought-after skills from an industry heavy-weight.

Refreshments and lunch provided.

You will receive a full set of course notes and code samples when attending the course. We also provide full after-course support.

Please bring your own laptop.

Who is the course for?

This course requires an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Actionscript 3. You should be comfortable writing and using your own custom classes, working with events (eg. addEventListener, removeEventListener, custom events) and working with the display list (eg. addChild, Sprite).

Although the course is based on Flash using an external code editor, it is also suitable for Flex developers.

What will you learn?

The course applies the core concepts of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Design Patterns to Actionscript 3.

Day 1 looks at the fundamental concepts of OOP and the reasoning behind them. You will gain essential background knowledge and work through Actionscript 3 code to deepen your understanding.

Day 2 will apply these techniques to typical Actionscript projects, with lots of hands-on programming. It reinforces the general concepts of OOP and you will use them to solve real-life programming tasks. Common design patterns are introduced and used throughout the day.

Day 3 of the course looks at a range of further OOP concepts that play an important role in every-day Actionscript 3 programming. You will also be introduced to the concepts of meta-patterns such as Model-View-Controller (MVC). Workshop-style discussions towards the end help to re-examine the course content and gain an understanding of more complex areas outside the scope of the course itself.

About the Presenter

The training course is run by Nils Millahn, an expert Flash and Flex developer with over 13 years top-end industry experience. Based in London, he regularly leads Flash, Flex and Adobe AIR projects for internationally renowned brands and agencies, specialising in the development of complex application architectures.

Course Outline

• Day 1: Fundamentals of Object Oriented Programming
  • The rationale behind OOP
  • Encapsulation and Abstraction
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Loosely coupled code
  • Inheritance vs. Composition
  • Interfaces
• Day 2: Design Patterns
  • What are Design Patterns and why are they important?
  • The Strategy Pattern
  • The Observer Pattern
  • The Abstract Factory Pattern
  • The Singleton Pattern
• Day 3: Further techniques
  • Static library classes
  • Value Objects and Enumerations
  • Abstract classes
  • The final keyword
  • The Model-View-Controller meta-pattern
  • Next steps and further reading
  • Questions and answers

Please note:

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You may cancel your booking free of charge up to 1 calendar month before the course. If you cancel less than 1 month in advance, 50% of the total cost will still need to be paid. If you cancel less than 14 days in advance, 100% of the total cost will still need to be paid.

Should you need to cancel a booking, we would prefer to move you to a more suitable course instead. Please note that this is only possible if other courses have been scheduled at the time of cancellation.

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