I always thought the flash as editor is horrible. I've always used external tools such as PrimalScript to code my apps and now I use Flex Builder 2. I use the apps in conjuction with each other and I still put create items visually in flash and have items in movieclips (defined as classes...pointed to the class files built in Flex Builder). It's more of a balanced approached to coding, graphics, and animation then going all out code or all out graphics. (And I don't use Flex, don't believe in it.) I love the code hinting, instantly accessible help, and auto creation of some of the things when you create a file or override a superclasse's methods. It's so nice having things similiar to whats available for other serious languages finally, and having a full IDE for coding and another for animation and all the other which work together.
For things like animating a website header...why would you want to animate that programmatically? It would only make sense to code something which was going to be used more than once or for something that wouldn't be possible just using normal flash. As far as the differences of AS2 and AS3 and Flash don't concern yourself with them. However I think everyone serious about Flash should be starting to learn AS3. It's going to take over development over the next couple of years...better to learn the new stuff then the older stuff especially since AS3 and AS2 are not compatible within the same FLA if they perform any cross scripting. Of course you are going to get lots of opinions which way is the right way to do things, and they are all going to be different. These are mine. Kalani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Micky Hulse Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:32 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start? Hi all, I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and found myself pondering this: Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS? Third paragraph states: "This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2 and have successfully installed it on your computer. ... " What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version of Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the Flash application? Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder? Or, is Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling the new AS3 code? If I only want to animate some objects around the stage programatically (for something like a website header), should I just make the switch to AS3 (if player versions were not an issue), or is AS2 still an acceptable way of producing small action-scripted movies? Sorry if my thinking and/or questions are noobish... Hehe, I am just trying to put the pieces together. Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things? Please advise. :) Tia! Cheers, Micky -- Wishlist: <http://snipurl.com/vrs9> Switch: <http://browsehappy.com/> BCC?: <http://snipurl.com/w6f8> My: <http://del.icio.us/mhulse> _______________________________________________ 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
