RE: FLASH: Flash 5 - Mr. Wobensmith or Dowdell...(or Hall for that matter)

[Branden Hall]

Javascript. Period. Javascript. Learn it, love it... and make sure you learn

the Object Oriented aspect of it... thats the real deal there!


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer / Instructor

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



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Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash 5 - Mr. Wobensmith or Dowdell...(or Hall for

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Flash Gordon Wrote,

Great...

A NEW language to learn.....

So how close to JavaScript is it?

As a NEWBIE to programming, what should I start learning to be comfortable

with the NEW Actionscripting? (or the OLD Actionscript for that matter)

JavaScript?

C++?

What I am asking is - What language translates the best to learn the new

actionscripting (so I can start learning now)?

I've asked it before, but I want to be able to create my OWN scripts, not

alter others' scripts (though I'll do that too).

I want to learn, but I need to know where to start. I am proficient in HTML,

FLASH (using it since Flash 2), and website design - I am no newbie to

THAT....

What do you think, list?

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Gordon,

	In my humble opinion, JavaScript is what you need to learn. Why? It is

supposed to be similar to Flash's Actionscripting, though I'm not a beta

tester and don't work for MM so I don't know for sure. But You need to know

JavaScript because it is a good object oriented language to start off with.

It isn't to difficult to understand or write code for, if you learn

JavaScript, you can transition to Java if you need to with little effort.

Also, JavaScript is the scripting language of browsers, like HTML is the

native (tagging) language of browsers. Any professional webmaster worth his

weight should know or be learning JavaScript. In my humble opinion. Hope

this helps. If you want to buy a good book to learn JavaScript I recommend

"JavaScript Bible" By Danny Goodman, printed by IDG Books. I'm just

finishing it up myself. If you have trouble or questions feel free to email

me on or off list.

Eric Stewart

ceoarisstudios [dot] com

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