RE: FLASH: Flash 5 scripting?

[Branden Hall]

You won't.

The script looks different, but you still have the the click-n-pick

funcitonality if you want it. Choose the action, fill in the blanks... its

can be that easy if you want it to be. Then, once you are ready, you can

move on up the real programming language. :-) The cool thing is... I teach

quite a bit, and I think that F5 is the easiest program to learn Object

Oriented programming with because, quite simply, you can see the results

with a simple test movie... :-)


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Senior Interactive Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software - "We've got you covered!"





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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 11:43 PM

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Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 5 scripting?



It sounds like action scripting, as it is known in flash 4, is being left

behind?


So here is a question for those in the know:

Which individual do you think will be more comforatable with the new flash 5

programming environment, someone with plenty of action scripting knowledge

but little java script, or someone with plenty of java script experience and

little action scripting knowledge?


I know its a hypathetical(sp?) question, but I have invested a lot of time

becoming familiar with the action scripting 'art form', that is flash 4.

And I quess I'm worried that I will have to start at square 1 again because

I have little java script experince.



Craig.


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From: "John Dowdell" <

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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:20 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash 5 scripting?



> At 11:32 AM 8/4/0, Brad Merritt wrote:

> > From what I saw at FF2k, it looks like F5 scripting is basically

> > JavaScript. Can any Flash5 users enlighten me if it would be a

> > good idea for me to get a JavaScript book or go through the

> > webmonkey tutorials so I can have a better grip on the new F5

> > scripting? Does the new scripting have the same JS functions,

> > syntax etc?

>

> Yes, a JavaScript book can be a useful resource. Details:

>

> --  The new ActionScript is modeled as closely as possible on JavaScript.

> This was a key design goal.

>

> --  However, ActionScript is not JavaScript... these scripts are processed

> entirely within the Macromedia Flash 5 Player, and do not use external

> JavaScript interpreters. These languages merely share syntax and

structure.

>

> --  You don't have to worry about browser differences in the Document

> Object Model (DOM). With JavaScript every browser exposes different

> properties and events to each type of object. In the Macromedia Flash

> Player everything is predictable, regardless of which browser the SWF

> happens to be playing in.

>

> --  Any third-party book on JavaScript can likely be useful, because it

> shows code structures and technique for achieving goals. Scripts within

> such books may or may not be applicable... logic routines are easily

> brought over, but DOM manipulations may be irrelevant in the Macromedia

> Flash Player.

>

> Summary: ActionScript uses JavaScript syntax and structure whenever

> possible, so it should be easy to leverage JavaScript experience. These

> scripts are executed by the Macromedia Flash Player rather than the

varying

> JavaScript interpreters, however, so they are not actually JavaScript

> routines.

>

> jd

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