For your P3, you need to answer the following questions.

  1. What is Flash? Is it a authoring software for multimedia products

  2. A brief history of Flash – first created by ? Called ?

  3. Then in 1996 changed ownership and was called ?

  4. 2005 what happened to Flash?

  5. 2006 what happened to it?

  6. What is Flash mainly used for?

  7. For flash to work on the web what is required?

  8. How many computers in the world are using Flash Player?

  9. What is Actionscript? What is the latest version of it?

  10. Show some sample code and compare it with C++, Java and C# (see the table below)

  11. You may find the following resources are useful.
    http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash http://www.ehow.com/about_5257148_history-macromedia-flash.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript
    http://www.computus.org/journal/?p=17
    http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_road_to_actionscript_3/

 
  AS3.0 (Macromedia ; Adobe) C# (Microsoft) Java (Sun Micro Systems ; Oracle)
OOP? Object oriented programming language Object oriented programming language Object oriented programming language
Common  data types Int
Var myInt : int;
Var  myInt: int = 10;		 Int
Int myInt;
Int myInt = 10;		 Int
Int myInt;
Int myInt = 10;
String Var myString : String = “HELLO”; String String myString = “HELLO”; String String myString = “HELLO”;
Boolean
Var amIRight : Boolean  =  true;		 Boolean
Boolean amIRight = true;		 Boolean
Boolean amIRight = true;
Array Var myarray :Array = new Array(); Array Array myarray = new Array(); Array Array myarray = new Array();
Allows self-defined class/object Var brick1 :Brick = ne Brick(); Allows self-defined class/object Brick brick1  = new Brick(); Allows self-defined class/object Brick brick1  = new Brick();
Using functions
myString.toLowerCase(); /*
Produce the lower case version - hello
*/

 

String csString = "Apple Jack";    csString.ToLower();

/* Does not modify string, instead returns lower case copy of string */

String jString = "Grapes";    jString.toLowerCase();

/* Does not modify string, instead returns lower case copy of string */
Class structure
Package{
Import flash.System;
Class A {
Public function A()
{
Trace (“Hello World”);
}
} }

using System; class A{

public static void Main(String[] args){ Console.WriteLine("Hello World!"); } Public A(){ } }

 class B{ public static void main(String[] args){ System.out.println("Hello World!"); } Public B(){ } }
FOR Loop For (var i:int = 0; i<=10; i++){
Trace(i);
}		 for(int i=0; i<5; i++) { Console.WriteLine("Statement 1"); } for (int i = 1;  i < 100;  i = i+1)  {      System.out.println(i); }
IF statement If(y>=20){
Trace(“A string here”);
} else {
Trace(“A  different string here”);
}

   if (y >= 20){       Console.Write("Statement_1");   } else{       Console.Write("Statement_2"); }

If(I >= 20)  {

      System.out.println(i);

}else {

System.out.println(i);

}
Commenting //single line of comment //single line of comment //single line of comment
  /*
Multiline comment
*/		 /*
Multiline comment
*/		 /*
Multiline comment
*/

 

There are differences! They are for you to find out when you learn the languages!
What are different? Many things are different. For example, the runtime engines are different – from different companies. Three different cars look similar in colour, shape and size. But they run on electrical battery, petrol and hybrid (combining petrol & battery) correspondingly. They are also using different transmission methods – automatic or manual gear boxes. One is rear wheel drive, one is four wheel drive and one is front wheel drive!

 

Why do I choose ActionScript for my development?  

It is embedded in Flash Professional CS3 and higher versions. It is similar to the powerful modern OOP languages such as Java and C#. It will help me understand them in future if I need to learn them.

Create your own table of comparison of the three languages

You may use my examples of C# and Java. But you must provide your own examples for AS3.0.

What is an action list?


From the moment of having a game idea, to the final product on the shelf of a game shop, what should be done? Use your idea to illustrate.

Why is it necessary to test the game?

  1. Function testing – is to ensure the function of objects and program blocks (functions) work as intended
  2. Module testing  - to ensure a module of the software system to work as intended and then it could used to build the system by joining modules together.
  3. System testing – the whole system, containing different objects and functions, should work together as designed. This is still done by the development team.
  4. Beta testing – system testing by users, rather than the developers – before the formal release – publication.

Use the template in the book to design your test plan.

 

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/09/why-adobe-failed/