Practical Flash tutorials for web developers

In this first part of a three-part series, Andrew shows us how we can write a Twitter app in Flex and PHP.

In the first part of this series, Andrew showed us how easy it is to mock up an application interface in Adobe Illustrator and Flash Catalyst. In part II, we'll add the rest of the code.

Flash Catalyst is an amazing new tool from Adobe that reinvents the process of building Rich Internet Applications. In this tutorial, the first of two parts, Andrew demonstrates building a nifty music library app using Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder, and, well, very little code at all.

In this article, Andrew explains some of the technologies that make up the Flash Platform, and how you can use them to build RIAs. The first 200 people to complete the quiz at the end will receive a free book!

The patent law suit by EOLAS against Microsoft, and the way ActiveX objects are handled in Internet Explorer, has created no end of problems for web developers. In this article, Karina presents a simple solution that works in IE and doesn't affect the way ActiveX works in other browsers.

Few developers know how to use Keyframes, ActionScript, and MovieClips, and can control the Flash playhead to their advantage. Optimizing your use of these elements can help you reduce file size, minimize download times, and create efficiencies that make altering your work easy. Mark shows how it's done in this comprehensive tutorial.

Can you convince visitors to give their undivided attention to your company logo and message for two full minutes? And then watch your commercial? And then give you their email addresses? Yes, you can! Mike shows you how to build a cool Flash Puzzle that entertains *and* communicates.

Create your very own Flash Panel to control the rotation of Movie Clips on the stage using standard Flash MX 2004 components, a hefty sprinkling of ActionScript and some tips and tricks -- Steve shows how it's done!

Load images using Flash components. Create a Random Link of the Day display for your site. Steve's step-by-step tutorials explain all you need to know to complete both projects quickly and easily -- and extend them to meet your own requirements!

Never heard of NumericStepper? Whether you need on-screen controls to alter dynamic feedback from effects you're building, or you want to allow users to select numerical data quickly through a form, it's time to meet Flash's NumericStepper component.