Colin Moock

Colin Moock
Areas of Expertise:

Actionscript
Flash
emerging technology
consulting

speaking
programming
training
writing

Biography

Colin Moock is an independent Flash platform expert with a passion for networked creativity and expression. He has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. Moock's career started at SoftQuad, Inc. (makers of HoTMetaL PRO), followed by a five-year term at Canadian interactive agency, ICE. Since then, Moock has focused on writing books, speaking at conferences, and researching emerging web technology. Moock's works include ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, ActionScript: The Definitive Guide for Flash MX, Essential ActionScript 2.0, and Essential ActionScript 3.0. He is also the co-creator of Unity, a multiuser client/server development kit.

Books

Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend Course 1 by Colin Moock March 2009 Print: $129.99	Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend Course 2 by Colin Moock March 2009 Print: $129.99
Essential ActionScript 3.0 by Colin Moock June 2007 Print: $54.99 Ebook: $43.99 Bundle: $71.49 (4) (Read Reviews)	Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock June 2004 Print: $39.95 Ebook: $31.99 Bundle: $51.94 (5) (Read Reviews)
ActionScript for Flash MX Pocket Reference by Colin Moock March 2003 Print: $9.95 Ebook: $4.99 Bundle: $12.93 (4) (Read Reviews)	ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock Second Edition December 2002 Print: $54.95 Ebook: $43.99 Bundle: $71.44 (4) (Read Reviews)
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock May 2001 OUT OF PRINT (5) (Read Reviews)

Articles

You need to enable JavaScript to view more than 15 articles by this author. ActionScript 3.0: Is It Hard or Not?
Publish Date: Dec. 21, 2007In parts of the Flash community, ActionScript 3.0 seems to have gained a reputation for being “hard” —- particularly among those who have not yet tried the new language. Colin Moock, author of Essential ActionScript 3.0, explores this issue and offers code examples comparing earlier versions of ActionScript to version 3.0. A Study in Flash Form Submission
Publish Date: May. 20, 2003The release of Flash MX's Flash UI components made the Flash form creation process easier. But form submission is still trickier in Flash than it is in HTML. In HTML, forms can be submitted via a submit button or via the Enter key. Flash does not have built-in support for Enter-key form submission; thus, Colin Moock, author of ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, explains how to handle the Enter key manually. What Is a Flash MX Component?
Publish Date: Jan. 28, 2003With the release of Flash MX, Macromedia added an extensible library of user interface widgets, known as the Flash UI Components. Colin Moock, author of ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition, explains what these components are, and he includes several resources for creating and using them. The Art of Flash 5 Preloading
Publish Date: May. 29, 2001O'Reilly author describes the art of Flash 5 Preloading. By Colin Moock, author of O'Reilly's ActionScript: The Definitive Guide, (May 2001).

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The Official "visible vs alpha vs removeChild()" Showdown

November 22 2008

Flash Player's display API offers three different tools for hiding display objects from the screen: the visible variable, the alpha variable, and the removeChild() method. All three tools achieve the same end result—hiding a graphic—but each tool serves a different structural need. Hence, there is no single answer to the… read more

The Charges Against ActionScript 3.0

July 15 2008

More than a year has passed since Flash CS3 was released to widely positive reviews, but many Flash users are still frustrated by some of the workflow changes introduced by ActionScript 3.0. The truly problematic changes are relatively few, but together they have a deep effect on the typical Flash… read more

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