IMPORTANT: This title is no longer current and has been replaced by: Certified Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developer Study Guide

Description: NOTE: THIS TITLE IS NOT A BEN FORTA BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN BY DR. TIM PARKER AS PART OF A SERIES OF TITLES ON MACROMEDIA CERTIFICATION ORIGINALLY CREATED BY BEN FORTA. THIS PAGE AND THE ONLINE EXAM ARE BEING HOSTED AS A FAVOR TO TIM AND MACROMEDIA PRESS. BEN FORTA TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OF CONTENT IN THIS TITLE, BUT WILL POST ERRATA HERE AS A SERVICE TO READERS.

Certified Flash Developer Study Guide does not teach Flash, rather, it is a review guide that provides helpful pointers for examinees. The book's coverage is thorough, but is highly readable in small bite-sized chunks. Each subject is presented in clear and direct language, with useful and well explained code examples. Sample questions accompany each subject, as well as references to recommended reading (documentation, course work, and existing ColdFusion books).

To prepare for your exam you should start at the beginning of the book and systematically work you way through it. The book flow, layout, and form-factor have all been especially designed to make reviewing content as pleasant an experience as possible. The content has been designed to be highly readable, and digestible in small bite sized chunks so that it'll feel more like reading that studying.

Once you have reviewed all content, reread the topics that you feel you need extra help brushing up on. Topics are all covered in highly focused and very manageable (and cross referenced) chapters so that you can easily drill-down to the exact content you need.

Even after the exam, you'll find that the style and design of this book makes it an invaluable desktop reference tool as well.

And as an added bonus, this book contains a coupon for 15% off the exam fee (so you'll get most of the cost of the book back). So, grab your copy of this title, book your exam, and get ready to be recognized as one of the best of the best.

Chapter listing:

• - Introduction
• 1 - The Flash Environment
• 2 - Drawing Tools
• 3 - Flash Fundamentals
• 4 - Actions
• 5 - Using Variables
• 6 - ActionScript
• 7 - Events
• 8 - Variables
• 9 - Functions
• 10 - Programming Basics
• 11 - Code Reuse
• 12 - Using Objects
• 13 - The MovieClip Object
• 14 - Arrays
• 15 - Color
• 16 - Key
• 17 - The Mouse Object
• 18 - Sound
• 19 - Other Objects
• 20 - External Data
• 21 - Data Driven Movies
• 22 - Debugging
• 23 - Error Handling
• 24 - Profiling
• Appendix - Answers to Sample Questions

• Click here to take the sample exam.