Book Description:
Flash and XML is the first book to show Web designers and Web developers how to integrate these powerful technologies to create dynamic Web sites. This all-inclusive, concise, and readable guide takes Flash to the next level, explaining how programming in Flash with ActionScript interfaces with XML to enable Flash-based Web sites to access dynamic content, backend databases, server-based applications, and more. Flash and XML is a tutorial that brings you up to speed on both technologies with clear and concise explanations. In addition, this book presents a number of important Web technologies, including PHP, MySQL, and sockets. It shows how to work with these technologies to create n-tier, interactive systems that access the full resources of the Internet. Specific topics covered include: * Flash Architecture * ActionScript techniques * XML in detail--for Flash developers * DTD specification * Internet request and response: HTTP * Server scripting with PHP * Basic SQL syntax * Designing MySQL databases * From MySQL to Flash via XML and PHP * Cookies * Packet Sniffers * Escaping the Domain Perimeter * XML Sockets and streaming data * Multi-user communication in Flash

Book Info:
Published in 2001
Published by Addison-Wesley
Author Jacobson
ISBN 201729202
Size 3.53MB