ActionScript Best Practices

If you're like me, you looked through the Flash help manuals a few times when you first got Flash MX 2004 and then moved on to the real work of building cool stuff.

However Macromedia upgraded a lot of the help content for the 7.2 release. For example, the Using ActionScript manual now includes a very strong Best Practices chapter that's worth a look. It covers a lot of ground and offers numerous hints and tips. Jen de Haan wrote and compiled most of the content and did a very thorough job.

Anyone who works on Flash projects and ActionScript code in a team environment should get a lot out of this chapter. It's called "Using Best Practices" inside the Using ActionScript book. You can find it in your Flash help, or on LiveDocs.

Here's a list of the chapter topics:

• Working with FLA files
• General coding conventions
• ActionScript coding standards
• Using classes and ActionScript 2.0
• Behaviors conventions
• Screens conventions
• Video conventions
• Performance and Flash Player
• Guidelines for Flash applications
• Projects and version control guidelines
• Guidelines for accessibility in Flash
• Advertising with Flash

Comments

[Dinesh]

Hi, I use it a lot.
But i could not find any helpful information about using XMLconnector and binding class runtime.

it would be nice if you u help me?

[Fernando quick]

I will use it.

[Christian carter]

However Macromedia upgraded a lot of the help content for the 7.2 release. For example, the Using ActionScript manual now includes a very strong Best Practices chapter that's worth a look.
http://www.qqaq.info/Macromedia.html
It covers a lot of ground and offers numerous hints and tips. Jen de Haan wrote and compiled most of the content and did a very thorough job.