Tag Archives: Action Script 3

What kind of Willy Wonka magic will web 4.0 include?

This video from the Oglivy 360 PR team has been making the rounds via Twitter today. It wasn’t until the third or fourth retweet that I started to pay attention. Something that got that many nerds that excited has to be good, right? Watch the video you will be amazed (unless you are Jess, then you won’t find digital 3D holograms all that cool).

Personally, I’m more impressed with the fireworks one (found from Spark Project (which includes some insight on how this magic was created):

Desktop Fireworks from Saqoosha on Vimeo.

Pretty rad, huh? We tried a few of these out at The Nerdery and they totally work. I’m thinking some of our AS3 nerds should get on this, because I know the web really wants to play with a 3D digital hologram of the Nerdery.

Get plugged in to Action Script 3

Thanks to our Action Script 3 experts, we’ve got a great list of AS3 resources you can use to familiarize yourself with this programming language.

Books:

• Essential Actionscript by Colin Moock
• Programming Flex 3: The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex by by Chafic Kazoun and Joey Lott
• Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source by Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, Matthew Boles, and James Talbot

Web sites:

• Adobe Flex Resources
• Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java
• ActionScript.org
• Action Script 3 Tutorials
• Flash My Mind, Advanced Action Script 3 Tutorials
• Adobe TV: Creating New Components in Flex 3

Adobe Developer Connection must watch:

• Flex Learning Paths
• Flex in a Week

MN User Groups:

• MN SWF
• Flash MN