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Timers are important in all sorts of Flash/Flex applications. Any screen that updates frequently can make use of a timer. Games where elements change on a regular basis can use a timer. Timer objects in Actionscript are relatively easy to program. In this demonstration, Mark will show you how to create a Timer() object, a listener and call back function.

In this Android development tutorial, Mark will show you how to create a custom button and place it within your Android application. If you’ve been working with Android development, you might be surprised how easy it easy to produce and use a custom button. The custom button graphic can have three states, and Mark will you show you the XML to display the button and Java code to make the button execute a task.

Events are serious business in Actionscript– When the user clicks, double clicks, focuses on an object, right clicks, etc., an event is generated. Dealing with those events is a large part of successful Actionscript programming. In this video, Mark will teach you the basics of events and also take a look at the event object and how you can use it to write more efficient code.

Arrays are an important structure in any programming language. Arrays are designed to allow the programmer to hold multiple pieces of data in a single structure. In this tutorial Mark, demonstrates the basics of arrays using Actionscript and Flash Builder. Mark creates two different arrays and populates them with data. Then he demonstrates several array methods that allow you to add to the array, delete from the array, and manipulate the array in several other ways.

Many times programs need to make a decision based on conditions that have occurred during execution. For example, which screen to display, whether or not to allow a user to continue to play a game after their character has been killed, and even determining which button has been pushed on a joystick are all determined by conditionals. In this video tutorial, Mark will show you how to use both simple PHP if else and more complex conditional statements in the PHP programming language.

In this PHP Variables Tutorial, Mark will show you how to use variables in the PHP programming language. You will learn how to declare and initialize PHP variables, the PHP variable operators and how to ouput variable values to the browser window.

PHP is a commonly used, server side programming language, most often used to code web applications. WordPress, Joomla, and many other common web applications are written in PHP. With PHP knowledge you can customize or create just about any kind of web site or web application. In this PHP tutorial, Mark will show you how to set up a PHP testing server and how to output information to the browser window using PHP.

Getting started with Flash Builder (Flex) is easy! Flash Builder (Flex) allows you to build complex web applications using MXML and Actionscript. Due to the impressive and extensive Actionscript API, Flash Builder (Flex) applications can do almost anything. From streaming audio and video applications to games to impressive data visualizations, Flash Builder provides programmers with enormous power.

The XML Language (eXtensible Markup Language) has become more important in recent years as it has developed in to a primary tool for programmers to exchange data. Often when systems don’t speak the same language they can still exchange data using XML. XML is used with Javascript, Java, Android, and just about every other important programming language… Understanding how XML works is essential.

Ajax is an important technology that is behind the front end of many of today’s web sites. Ajax technology, which is coded in Javascript, allows your page to communicate with the server behind the scenes. This behind the scenes communication allows web pages to be updated without refreshing the entire page. Ajax leads to a more seamless, desktop like experience for users.