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Have you ever head of Macromedia? They originally developed ActionScript - an object oriented language. It is a dialect of ECMAScript (meaning it has the same syntax and semantics of the more widely known JavaScript). Actionscript is primarily used for the development of software and website targeting the Adobe Flash Player platform, used on websites in the form of embedded SWF files. Specifications can be found freely on the internet.
Initially designed for controlling two dimmensional animations and offering limited script capability and few interactivity features. Later versions added functionality allowing for the creation of Web-based games and rich Internet applications with streaming media (such as audio and video). In the present time, ActionScript is suitable for use in basic robotics like the Make Controller kit and in some database applications.
You should know that the new version of Actionscript is much faster than its predecessors with a 10 time increase in the performance. It's so much better when you can build much faster in a shorter period of time. There is a new API which makes Actionscript 3.0 more powerful as it has contains hundreds of new API's e.g the drawing API. The structure of Actionscript has also been reorganised to make it easier to find particular features. The Actionscript code is now more modular and extendable which makes it easier to cide.Now it's easier to code in AS since the actionscript code is extendable and more modular. Actionscript 3.0 is enjoyable to work with and less buggy. Your projects will not be as slow as in AS2 with AS3 because many bugs have been eradicated. That said, some few minor bugs still exist.
I always used to think Actionscript shouldn't be too hard to understand. Many things seemed very logical, but I haven't understood the basics. If I had found a step by step tutorial that goes through all the outs and ins of Actionscript back then, I would have definitely put it to good use.
If you want to take this road and start learning about ActionScript and Adobe Flash, simply do a Google search and you should find a helpful list of resources for getting started. There is plenty documentation available on the internet if you ever encounter a problem and there are so many ways to learn about ActionScript and Flash, but keep in mind that there are so many out there that would be happy to help. One of the best community out there of ActionScript, Flash and Flex is FlashForum dot net (a Q&A Forum).If you want help and assistance you can also find on Adobe website, but in the form of articles
In its early days, Flash was considered primarily an animation tool. Have you noticed that Flash sites began to pop up everywhere? Well someone noticed the potential of Flash and the things you can accomplish with it. Flash quickly went from being a simple animation program to a powerful application development tool.. It's hard to be a Flash developer today if you only have animation skills; it's not enough. With ActionScript you can do advance stuff, and that's why it's essential to. You can use your knowledge to chat programs, forms and more. This is a new era of FLash and now you can create dynamic projects that respond to the passage of time or the current date. Now you can control the panning and sound volume, dynamically.
You can always take part in the new community named Flash Forum if you would like to ask a Flash-related question or to help others by answering their questions.
Simply go to ActionScript Forum and put your questions, someone will answer your question. This forum seeks to answer your questions about Flash, Actionscript, as well as giving you hints on how to improve your projects. Here is the right place to place your question..
