The document discusses ActionScript programming with Flash CS3. It covers topics like learning programming as a process, what can be done with ActionScript code like controlling timelines and user interfaces, where to place code within a .fla file, treating the stage like a play with actors and timelines, operators like arithmetic and comparison, conditional statements like if/else, repetitive tasks using while and for loops, functions, and built-in functions. Programming with ActionScript allows controlling timelines, moving objects, and managing data and interfaces.

1. Action Script with Flash CS 3

2. Learning Programming learning to program is a process, not an event expect to learn something every time you program don't worry if you don't follow everything the first time through even those things you don't understand will give you get a sense of what's possible

3. Programming: Talking to Kid be explicit in every detail list every single step that's necessary to complete a task

4. You can do with action script code: control the play head of a timeline move things around create and manage user interfaces play sounds control video manage data (xml, lists, etc) communicate with server-side applications (e.g., web servers)

5. where to put the code within a .fla file, code is attached to either a frame, button, or movie clip to attach code to a frame, button, or movie clip, first select it, then type in the actions panel notice that the actions panel title changes to match the current selection (Actions - Frame, Actions - Button, or Actions - Movie Clip check the actions panel title before typing so you know what you're attaching your code to code on a movie clip or button controls that clip or button generally speaking, placing code on clips and buttons is discouraged, but is sometimes convenient

6. It’s a Stage Play You got Stage You got Timeline You got Actors (MovieClip, Button, Graphic) Plan Actions for Timeline and Actors Control Timeline (play, pause, stop, go to) Direct Actors(move, rotate, scale)

7. Operators arithmetic: -, +, *, / comparison: < (less than), > (greater than) ++,-- Operator precedence

8. conditional statements if, else, else if switch, case

9. Repetitive Tasks while for, for each in while (compare) { statements update } for (initialize; compare; update) { statements }

10. Functions Redundancy is badfunction displayArea (width, height) { trace(width * height);} Built-in functions Exiting functions returning information to the point of execution