ActionScript is the programming language integral to the Adobe TechnologyPlatform. It began as a simple scripting language for creating interactivity andanimation in Flash, but is now used to create full-featured Web applications, not only in Flash but in Flex. ActionScript 3, introduced with Flex 2, is now afull-fledged object-oriented programming language, and the need for teachingmaterials, for both newcomers and veterans, is great.This task-based tutorial is for students with no programming experience as wellas those programmers who have learned earlier versions of the programminglanguage and now need to learn the new version. The book walks a readerthrough all the fundamentals, then moves on to creating interactivity, workingwith data, looping and decision making, programming visualizations, andworking with multimedia. It's a complete end-to-end tutorial.