With the release of Macromedia Flash 8, Flash is now the mostpowerful and widely used client software for the web, and it's theonly one that runs on virtually every browser, on every platform. Italso features ActionScript, a scripting language with greatobject-oriented support. As such, Flash is the ideal platform forproducing sophisticated object-oriented web applications. Complexapplications demand a solid understanding of object-orientedprogramming (OOP) techniques, regardless of the language and platformused, and this book will provide all you need. Object-OrientedActionScript For Flash 8 teaches the theory and practice of OOP withActionScript. You do not need any extensive prior programmingexperience, you just need to want to go beyond the usual Flashinterfaces. Authors, and working Flash developers, Peter Elst andTodd Yard take you through the complete development cycle of a seriesof related applications, using numerous step-by-step instructions.You'll be able to develop highly reusable applications and servicesthat leverage the dynamic features in Flash. This book demonstratesprofessional OOP skills and techniques that are completelytransferable to other programming languages and technologies,including Inheritance, Polymorphism, managing classes, componentdevelopment, consuming web services, and much more. It also includessome cutting edge ActionScript programming techniques, and animationand effects classes.