Roberto Scordino blog

From tomorrow I start to hold a crash course in Actionscript 3 for beginners. Will be nine days to eight hours a day, practically the Texas Chainsaw Massacre … I hope to keep high the concentration of the students, even though I realize that the days are few and the concepts to be learned from the ground are many. My goal is to give them the foundation to be able to independently write simple programs and above all being able to go it alone in the study of Actionscript knowing how to look in the manual, in some book and on the web. In my dreams I would be able to program with them a little breakout-style game but I do not know if it will be possible in such a short time. In fact, even if the 72 hours could be enough, they are too concentrated to give them time to assimilate the many concepts needed and to have some time to do exercises on their own. The ideal would be to dilute the 72 hour course over a minimum of 6 weeks. In order not to give them too much notions all together and have time to make them do some exercises on their own.

The workflow that starts from Photoshop and Illustrator through Catalyst  until you get to Flash Builder 4.

The new version of the server socket SmartfoxServer 2 and consequently the Java language required by this version for implement server-side extensions.

The graphics engine for Flash  of Alternativa for being ready when at the end of next year will be released the new Flash player with built-in support for true 3D.

A better understanding of the Facebook API and Google.

Learn how to develop applications iPhone / iPad starting from Flash and / or Flex Air with the conversion tools that Adobe is setting up.

As you can see there’s a lot of stuff to study among other jobs, but basically this is the beauty of this job or not?