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Name: What is ActionScript and Why Should I Care?
ID: m34441
Language: English (en)
Summary: This tutorial lesson is the first in a continuing series of lessons dedicated to teaching object-oriented programming (OOP) with ActionScript.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: actionscript, flash, flashbuilder, flashdevelop, object, programming
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Copyright Holders: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Maintainers: Richard Baldwin (Baldwin@DickBaldwin.com)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: May 13, 2010 10:18 pm -0500
Last revision to module: May 19, 2010 11:39 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.3 May 19, 2010 11:39 pm -0500 by Richard Baldwin
Changes: 
Changes to improve PDF quality.
Version: 1.2 May 16, 2010 10:49 am -0500 by Richard Baldwin
Changes: 
Update section headers
Version: 1.1 May 15, 2010 5:21 pm -0500 by Richard Baldwin
Changes: 
First publication.

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