This may be a little late to this conversation but I'd have to disagree.
I would learn AS3 and skip AS2. You can only learn and experiment with
AS3 in Flex Builder 2 (as far as i know) since Flash Authoring (the next
version of Flash) is not out yet.
Looking at the specs and transitions from AS2 to AS3 a lot has changed.
Look at this list
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/migration.html
In fact it's a whole new engine reworked from the ground up. Some
functions have changed, moved or been removed so you are going to learn
about a lot of syntax and methods and functions and by the time you
learn it and get it down you will have to throw it out because AS3 is
vastly different. It's just a personal opinion but this late in the game
it might just end up confusing you to learn AS2 now.
Judah Frangipane
Merrill, Jason wrote:
Pretty much everything you'll learn in Moock's AS2 book, you'll need for
AS3, so learning AS2 is a great place to start. Plus, there aren't any
AS3 books out there yet anyway.
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 6:06 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Learn AS2 or AS3?
I have never really got around to learning AS2 and tend to program
everything in AS1 - tutt tutt!!
Anyway I was thinking it is about time I got with the times and was
going to
start working through the book I bought a while ago "Essential
Actionscript
2" by Colin Moock. I bought this a while ago but never got round to
reading
it.
Well there is alot of talk about AS3 these days. I would like to know
if is
better to just learn AS3 rather than AS2 first? Or does one naturally
lead
onto the other?
Thanks
Paul
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