Dave Watts wrote:
I would get comfortable with AS3 and programming in general before
attempting to tackle a second language.
I don't really agree with this. Learning a domain-specific language
like AS3 teaches a fairly narrow view of programming and how it works.
Perhaps you can explain how AS3 is "narrow". For years Pascal was THE
language to learn programming then eventually it migrated to "Java" and
I don't consider AS3 to be a limited language or narrow in it's outlook.
I think it's rather a good and accessible first language to learn.
Your main point may be that AS3 is really a client side language, I'm
really not sure what you perceive as a limitation. As a language it
supports just about all the notions of a modern OO language, so I don't
think it's really limiting at all.
Most of the programming principles from Java and the like are easily
implemented in AS3, so I have no idea where the problem is.
It's always useful to learn other languages, but choose something
complimentary such a server-side scripting language - PHP, C# whatever.
A general-purpose programming language (C#, Python) complements
anything. My problem with recommending PHP is that it's another
domain-specific language.
I would suggest PHP, not as an AS3 look-alike, but as a good compliment
to AS3 - as good as C# as a companion to As3 in the real-world.
Paul
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