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Migrating to ActionScript 3
Developers and designers talk about migrating to ActionScript 3
Three years after Adobe released ActionScript 3, many designers and developers still hang onto its predecessor. Is migrating from ActionScript 2 really all that difficult? We tracked down several long-time Adobe Flash users at FITC Amsterdam 2009 to get a real-world perspective on how they approached learning ActionScript 3, what the main challenges were, and whether it was worth it for them to invest the time to learn the language:
Resources to get started with ActionScript 3
Whether you use Adobe Flash CS4 Professional or Flash CS3 Professional, the following resources will help you get started with ActionScript 3:
- Top five misperceptions about ActionScript 3 (New)
Read about the misheld beliefs some people have about ActionScript 3. - Top five benefits of ActionScript 3 (New)
Find out what some of the top advantages are of using ActionScript 3 in your projects. - ActionScript 3 migration cookbook beta (New)
Browse through the entries in the ActionScript 3 migration cookbook beta to see how the semantics of the core language are not much different from ActionScript 2 and should not present much of a learning curve. - Migrating to ActionScript 3: Key concepts and changes
Get an overview of key concepts that will help you migrate your applications from ActionScript 2. - ActionScript and code editor changes in Flash
Take advantage of new coding tools in the Actions panel or Script window, and a new debugging tool—designed to reduce the time it takes to write ActionScript 3 code.
- Getting started with ActionScript 3
Learn core principles of ActionScript and interactivity in Flash CS4 Professional by watching this on-screen presentation. - Tips for learning ActionScript 3
Get a head start on ActionScript 3 with these tips and common issues you might encounter during development. - ActionScript 3 Quick Reference Guide excerpts
Make the leap from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3 quickly and painlessly. - Introducing the ActionScript 3 debugger
Take a tour of the debugger in Flash and learn how it greatly simplifies troubleshooting issues with ActionScript 3 classes and frame scripts in FLA files. - Introduction to event handling in ActionScript 3
Use the EventDispatcher class to track mouse interactions and create your own custom events when building applications in Adobe Flex or Flash. - ActionScript 3 migration table
Check out this exhaustive table in the ActionScript 3 Language and Components Reference to see the differences between ActionScript 2 and 3.0.
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