Re: FLASH: Flash 4 magic (counterpoint)

[Gregg Caines]

It's tricky because actionscript is like no other programming 

language (except maybe lingo, but I've never tried it).  The 

way it jumps from frame to frame to go from one instruction 

to another is unique to it, and it would be difficult to 

understand it in terms of another programming language 

(it's a lot like the old goto statements, but in modern 

programming 'goto' is all but dead and is generally considered 

bad practice).  Also, other programming languages are 

designed to be very organized and keep similar things in 

similar places, but unfortunately this kind of modularity isn't 

very easy with actionscript.  It's too bad that there isn't a 

good actionscript reference for newbies, because the amount 

of work that would go into learning another language isn't worth 

it for the benefits of understanding actionscript alone. Of 

course if you wanted to learn to program anyway, it definitely 

wouldn't be a waste... You might even be surprised how much 

your actionscript experience is useful in real programming.


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

----- Original Message ----- 



> However, since Actionscript appears to be general (almost lite)

> programming. I wondering if some of the experienced flash programmers

> on the list can point some of us left brained people towards a

> beginning text for programming. It doesn't have to be flash centric. 

> I've seen some amazing fla's (bubbles, picture morphing) and I have no

> clue what the script is doing. Is there a good beginning programming

> book out there? 

> Thanks,

> Paul




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