Serge Jespers » learn http://www.webkitchen.be Life as an Adobe platform evangelist Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:26:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Learn ActionScript 3.0 using Flash Professional CS4 http://www.webkitchen.be/2009/07/30/learn-actionscript-3-0-using-flash-professional-cs4/ http://www.webkitchen.be/2009/07/30/learn-actionscript-3-0-using-flash-professional-cs4/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:23:58 +0000 Serge Jespers http://www.webkitchen.be/?p=1585

In the summer it’s usually a little quieter at work so why not use this quiet time to learn something new? ActionScript 3.0 for instance. Doug Winnie, Adobe’s group manager for designer/developer workflows, just started a new series on Adobe TV titled: “ActionScript 1:1″.

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ActionScript 1:1 is a free training resource that combines video tutorials, documentation and sample files to teach you the basics of ActionScript 3.0 using Flash Professional CS4. The course is specifically designed for Flash designers and animators who want to add some custom interaction using ActionScript 3.0 but need a little bit of help getting started. Doug starts off with the very basics and then gradually explains more ActionScript that will make your designs and animations interactive and dynamic. He makes it very easy to understand and I’m sure you’ll be coding ActionScript 3.0 in no time.

ActionScript 1:1 is available on Adobe, through RSS and on iTunes. See Doug’s blog for the links to the videos and the sample projects.

Flash on!

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UPDATE: This is now a more formal offering. You no longer need to send email. For more information read this post.

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that the economy is not in a good place right now. Since October 2008, more than 300.000 people have lost their jobs in the tech industry.

I’m not saying that being laid off is fun but you could see it as an opportunity. An opportunity to learn a new skill and while doing that, upgrade your profile. There’s still a pretty strong demand for Flash/Flex/AS3.0 skills. So, if you haven’t looked in to those technologies, why not do it now?

If you’re interested in learning Flex, send me an email (serge@adobe.com) and I may be able to hook you up with some stuff ;-)

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Aaah… Summer holidays… The perfect time to learn something new. Well… For most people anyway. My apologies to those people who don’t have a holiday planned in the summer (like me) but it may be a bit quieter in the office/on the job and that still makes it the perfect time to learn about a new technology.

How about learning Flex in a week for free? We’ve just published a complete set of training videos with the accompanying exercises for you to test your newly learned skills. The training not only covers all the basics but also more advanced topics like creating your own Flex components with custom events and validating and working with data. Go check it out on the Adobe Flex Devnet.

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