I love flash and have been using it since 5. And although at the time, it was almost possible to drag and drop what you needed to get something going, we know there were a host of disadvantages that came with everything being so dynamic and code being everywhere. So as Flash has gotten stricter, I've had to learn more and more about coding practices and OOP of course, and let me say, it's brilliant. Let me say straight up, I'm a designer, not a programmer so much however, if you're going to work with Flash you really NEED to be a bit of both.
Flash is not a toy. You can't pick it up, with no prior knowledge, and expect to have a app 2 hours later. And I'll gladly put in the work to learn for the amount of power flash is beginning to put at our disposal. 3D, EFFICIENT filters and blend modes, pixel level controls - if I was to chose between a system that works well, and a system that's easy to use, I would much rather have the former - shopping online should be easy, building an online shop: not so. And as for flash banners: glorified or otherwise; I detest them and if it were possible to burn them, I would. Ashim -- Yet another Random Lines More usable than ever! www.therandomlines.com 2008/7/17 Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Everyone forgets their roots. Nobody remembers what it was like when they > were first learning Flash and learning the basics of programming. > > Colin Moock forgot his roots when six months ago he wrote an article about > how easy AS3 was to learn and how n00bs should be learning it right out the > gate. > > Colin Moock has now remembered his roots and written what amounts to an > effective retraction of his original article. > > Anyone who looks at the archives of Flashcoders knows where I stand on this > issue. People who say all these features in AS3 are much better are either > > 1. Experienced, talented coders, or people who came from other programming > languages. > > 2. See 1. > > Yes, it's really bad to put scripts on MovieClips or nested in some timeline > somewhere. But, it's also really good for some designer who just needs to > get some glorified banner out the door. > > Yes, it's questionable OOP to use _parent._parent, and it's certainly hard > to maintain, but it's also really good for some animator who just needs to > set the text of some TextField two levels up. > > Advanced coders often take their intelligence and knowledge for granted. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
