As2 vs as3
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The document compares ActionScript 2 (AS2) and ActionScript 3 (AS3). It discusses the top misperceptions about AS3, including that it is difficult to learn, only for object-oriented programming, and reduces the targetable Flash Player base. It also outlines the top benefits of AS3, such as improved performance, ability to leverage new Flash Player APIs, easier debugging, and future-proof development. The document provides examples of migrating common tasks like variables, functions, and event handling from AS2 to AS3.
As2 vs as3
- 1. AS2 vs AS3 Yash Mody CTO | Tekno Point yash@teknopoint.us ® 1 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 2. Overview ActionScript 3.0 Overview Top Misperceptions Top Bene ts Migration Examples ® 2 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 3. Top 5 Misperceptions about ActionScript 3.0 ® 3 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 4. Misperception #1 ActionScript 3.0 is difficult to learn ® 4 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 5. Misperception #2 ActionScript 3.0 is only for Class based object-oriented programming ® 5 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 6. Misperception #3 Using ActionScript 3.0 reduces the Flash Player base that you can target ® 6 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 7. Misperception #4 You can’t write code on the timeline with ActionScript 3.0 ® 7 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 8. Misperception #5 ActionScript 2.0 development is faster that ActionScript 3.0 development ® 8 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 9. Top 5 Benefits of ActionScript 3.0 ® 9 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 10. Benefit #1 Performance ® 10 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 11. Benefit #2 Ability to leverage new Flash Player APIs and technologies ® 11 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 12. Benefit #3 Leverage Community Libraries and APIs ® 12 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 13. Benefit #4 Easier and faster to debug code ® 13 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 14. Benefit #5 Future proofed, multi-platform development ® 14 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 15. ActionScript 3.0 Gotchas • Use of underscore • Void / void • Alpha value range • Event Model • Code and events on Symbols ® 15 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 16. underscores ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript 3.0 ® 16 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 17. void ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript 3.0 ® 17 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 18. alpha 0-100 0.0-1.0 ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript 3.0 ® 18 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 19. Events ® 19 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 20. no code on symbols ® 20 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 21. Migration Examples ® 21 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 22. Create a Variable Create a Function Create an if statement ® 22 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
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- 24. Loop Through an Array ® 24 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 25. _root ® 25 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 26. Handling Button Clicks ® 26 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 27. Opening a URL ® 27 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 28. Dynamically Attach a MovieClip ® 28 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 29. Load an Image ® 29 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 30. Play a Sound ® 30 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 31. Load and Parse XML… the E4X way ® 31 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.
- 32. Some more stuff Runtime Exceptions - increase in conditions Sealed Classes - xed set of values - better maintainability Method closures - The mx.utils.Delegate not required Regular expressions - native support for better string manipulation 32
- 33. Get onto AS3 today ® 33 Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Con dential.