if you genuinely want to learn about programming, i'd recommend getting essential actionscript 3.0 by colin moock or Friends of Ed's Foundation Actionscript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex (Paperback). I've seen plenty of people try to learn by reading random stuff from the web and seeing if they can muddle through it and they invariably become a massive burden to anyone that has to work with them so please don't try to side step the work of learning how to code
good luck a On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:19 PM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < [email protected]> wrote: > classes used in oop are generally separate .as files (in flash) that are > templates that create custom objects which interact with each other (it is > possible to program oop as a single file using as1-style prototype chains > but these are outdated and frankly painful) > > a class would consist of properties (or variables in procedural parlence) > which allow the class/object to store data and / or methods (or functions) > which allow the class/object to execute functionality > > what you've described is more a procedural style of coding where the whole > program exists in a single block of code with all of it's variables and > functions in one place. This isn't oop (object oriented programming). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_programming > > hope this helps > ax > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:50 PM, beno - <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Matt S. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM, beno - <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> You are correct. I don't fully understand classes, although I doubt >> I'm >> > far >> > > from it. I will google what you have suggested. Thank you! >> > > >> > >> > Didnt you say: "I have many years working with python"? Were you able >> > to do that without touching oop or classes, "beno"? >> > >> >> I'm ashamed to admit it, yes. I might very well be working in classes and >> what I'm doing in python could very well be oop, but I've never studied it >> as such and I obviously need to. I write all sorts of things like: >> >> def whatever(var, var2): >> stuff here >> >> and call that from other functions. If that's classes and oop, then I've >> been all over that for years. I dunno <:-} >> >> We're OT again <caution> >> beno >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
