ActionScript 3.0 overview http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/actionscript3_overview.html
Programming ActionScript 3.0 http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/docs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?href=Part5_ProgAS.html ActionScript 3.0 Language Reference http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/index.html I've found these to be great references, and I believe they're really the only ones available. Colin Moock is writing an AS3 reference as well, though I don't know when it's scheduled to come out. Tyler On 7/10/06, Tom Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hey andreas you say AS3 isn't a difficult language to learn for as2'ers, is there any comprehensive books or courses out yet I could dive into? On 10/07/06, Andreas Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hardly benchmarks, but you can get a quick comparison in flashplayer 9: > > http://andreas.rayon.no/AS2.swf > > Press the 3-key on your keyboard to load the most complex system, > observe the BREAKNECK SPEED at which Flash player 8 handles it. > > http://andreas.rayon.no/AS3.swf > > I rest my case :) > > - Andreas > > > Nick Weekes wrote: > > Andreas, you got any links to your benchmarking? Id be interested to > see > > them (Im not planning on migrating to AS3 just yet). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas > > Rønning > > Sent: 10 July 2006 14:59 > > To: Flashcoders mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 faster ?? > > > > I did an l-system implementation in AS2 recently. In FP8 i could only do > > simple systems with a couple of recursions before the player choked, and > > playback was slow as well (i animated the growth with perlin noise for a > > wind effect). Porting to AS3 let me quadruple the l-system complexity, > still > > get instantaneous results and far, far better playback speed. > > > > Not hard numbers, i know, but pretty mindblowing for me to watch as a > > developer. > > > > AS3 doesn't wrap AS2, this is important to remember. AS2 was pretty much > > AS1 with knobs on, AS3 is a new language to learn (albeit not a tough > one to > > learn if you're used to AS2). > > > > - Andreas > > > > neo binedell wrote: > > > >>Of course it will be faster only if you port the code over to AS3 > >>(otherwise it will still use the old AS2/1 VM1). > >> > >>I posted about the 3D engine I wrote and the speed increase I got when > >>I converted it to AS3 a few days ago so you can check that out as an > >>example of just how much faster it is ;p > >> > >>~neo > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>Patrick Matte > >>Sent: 06 July 2006 05:47 PM > >>To: Flashcoders mailing list > >>Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3 faster ?? > >> > >>Hi people, they say that AS3 is 10 times faster than AS2 but what does > >>that really means ? Does that mean that my movies will play faster > >>even if I have a few dozens movieclips with graphics flying all over > >>the screen? Or does it just mean that my .swf will be compiling 10 times > > > > faster? > > > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > >>http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > >>http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > > -- > > - Andreas Rønning > > --------------------------------------- > Flash guy > Rayon Visual Concepts, Oslo, Norway > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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