@Ros: thanks for the insightful link. The speed increase alone is tempting me to switch to AS3 :).
I'm not troubled by the emphasis on OO, since I have a solid basis of C++. However, one thing mentioned in the article that I could not yet apply in a useful manner is the (supposedly simpler) concept of timelines. Since I am developing a game and not an animation, I basically "object-oriented programming in externalized class files" exclusively. Can this approach be combined with moving along a timeline? What would an example application in a game be? Sorry for venturing off the topic I started; but apart from the confusion around all the available tools, the use of timelines and gotoandplay() commands is the other thing about Flash development that still puzzles me. ----- Original Message ---- From: Rostislav Siryk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 4:11:17 PM Subject: Re: [osflash] Am I overlooking any crucial tools? @izak: >> Do you think it will be much effort to port my exisiting AS2 code to AS3? Yes and no. Maybe this article will be useful for you: "ActionScript 3.0: Is It Hard or Not?" article by Colin Moock http://www.insideria.com/2008/01/actionscript-30-is-it-hard-or.html Rost On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would highly recommend Flashdevelop over Scite. www.flashdevelop.org unless you can't develop on Windows. Eclipse would be a better editor than Scite too if you can get it to work for you. Flashdevelop also has a lot of Flex support, including MXML code hinting, and they are working to enhance that in the next version. You can setup a Flex-specific project, code it, compile it, view compile-time and runtime errors, and preview it all within FlashDevelop. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog & subscribe. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of izak marais Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:45 AM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: Re: [osflash] Am I overlooking any crucial tools? @Darren. Thanks for the input. Do you think it will be much effort to port my exisiting AS2 code to AS3? I'm glad to hear you also use Scite; so are we not missing out on great functionality by not using elipse? (I could not get the flash eclipe environment to work properly when I tried it a year ago). _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org -- Rostislav Siryk | RIA Developer | GlobalLogic Ukraine [EMAIL PROTECTED] +38 050 406 0396 http://flash-ripper.com/
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