Creating Flash Widgets with Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0 is an introduction to developing widgets for the Internet using the features of Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. Many social-networking sites, blogs, and personal home pages have adopted the use of widgets and Flash developers can create and distribute their own widgets for others to use. A step-by-step example demonstrates how to design and develop your own Flash widgets and integrate them with XML. In addition, publishing, promoting, and capitalizing on your Flash widgets is discussed.
First book to cover this compelling combination of tools This is an exploding market with the added break-out potential of Google’s just released OpenSocial APIs Written by leading Flash expert with a nose for everything cool in leading-edge software development
John Arana
ActionScript ActionScript 3 Adobe Flash Internet Web Services