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Designing a new Flash course

Last years i have been doing flash training with Adobe authorized training material, after the launch of CS3 Adobe decided to stop making new courseware. So for flash cs3 we tried some other course material but i was always missing the more global picture of creating flash projects, next to that i think that most as3.0 courses are to much focussing on building ria’s.

So i’m thinking about creating a course focussed on flash projects targeted for online marketing. I will be targeting flash developers and designer with a basic knowledge of actionscript.
Some basic ideas for an outline are:

  • checklist before starting
    • wireframes
    • source material: psd, ai’s, fonts
    • copy, translations
    • how to communicate with backend
  • tools
    • fla in flash
    • as in flexbuilder, flashdevelop or fdt
  • setting up
    • framework setup
    • multiple languages
    • server setup
    • backend setup
  • build a solid and flexible navigation system
  • building a reusable framework
  • working together: version control and best practises
  • lab exercise: working together as a team to create a small game

Feel free to make additions or remarks on this basic outline.

 

2 Comments so far

  1. chris on July 8th, 2008

    what about a level 200 course later that could use the material above as an AIR app? That would be exciting for me

  2. admin on July 9th, 2008

    i don’t think there is an issue to publish to an air app, maybe we can add some core air api’s into the lab exercise.

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