Well the future is AS3. AS3 is coming in the next version of the Flash
Authoring app as well.
When should you make the switch? Well, if you are working on a project that
you can define as "application" (heavy usage of GUI controls like buttons,
tabs etc), less or no stress on design and multimedia interfaces, and the
project is large, and requires fast script execution -> Flex Builder 2 is
your app.
If you're working on a project that is interactive multimedia experience,
such as movie sites, game sites, cartoon sites, animated brochures, ads,
banners, then AS2 is more than capable, and you can migrate naturally when
the Authoring is available and you have the need for a feature only
available in AS3.
Regards, Stan Vassilev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Micky Hulse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 7:32 AM
Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?
Hi all,
I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and found
myself pondering this:
Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS?
Third paragraph states:
"This book assumes that you have obtained a copy of Flex Builder 2 and
have successfully installed it on your computer. ... "
What happened to coding in Flash? Am I waiting for the next version of
Flash until I can successfully and/or easily write AS3 via the Flash
application? Will the future of Flash AS always require the Flex Builder?
Or, is Flex Builder just one out of many/few code editors for compiling
the new AS3 code?
If I only want to animate some objects around the stage programatically
(for something like a website header), should I just make the switch to
AS3 (if player versions were not an issue), or is AS2 still an acceptable
way of producing small action-scripted movies?
Sorry if my thinking and/or questions are noobish... Hehe, I am just
trying to put the pieces together.
Links? Blog posts? Articles? Am I over-complicating things?
Please advise. :)
Tia!
Cheers,
Micky
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