SonSoft Tutorials

This is an updated version to a tutorial I had made a few years back. If you want to use ActionScript in the timeline, see the old version of the as3 php mysql tutorial. I recommend putting all your code into external files to utilize the class structure of ActionScript.

I had a job interview the other day for a programming position with a local marketing company. They asked me to parse an XML file, and use the data to display different objects on the stage. I decided it would make for a nice and quick tutorial. AS3 has some very nice tools included in the language that make it very easy to use XML data in your code. E4X is a standard that AS3 has implemented, and it basically allows you to use XML data the same as you would an array. In this tutorial I'll show you… How to load data from an XML file Reference data using array functions Loop...

Welcome to SonSoft Co.'s Programming site.  I'd like to start things off by explaining how to create a preloader in AS3 for a Flash project.  An AS3 Preloader is a frame in your Flash project that will load before anything else, and shows the progress for the downloading of the rest of your Flash file.  A preloader seems to be one of the hardest things for most people to grasp.  I decided to start the tutorials off with the AS3 preloader because most sites require your flash game or app to have a preloader on it.  It will also help to understand the AS3 preloader before...

Welcome to the beginning of SonSoft Co. My name is Jordan, and I'll take you through the steps to program games in Flash AS3. I'll try to make it as easy as possible, and in the end teach you how to make money from your ideas & creations. I will even show you how to make money online using Flash without knowing how to program in AS3. Please join in on conversations in this new community & benefit from all the things you will learn here. I will start by posting a step by step AS3 game tutorial over several easy entries. This will show you how to use a preloader, make...