Erik Bianchi, a member of the editorial board of Web Designer's & Developer's Journal, is a software engineer with more than five years of experience developing Flash-based RIAs and enterprise-wide applications for Fortune 50 and 500 companies. In his spare time he enjoys building Flash-based games, writing or tech editing Flash-related books, and when burned out on code, playing video games on his PC/console systems. You can get more info about Erik and his latest projects on his blog at www.erikbianchi.com.
Flash developers who are still using ActionScript 1.0 are drastically
limiting their capabilities, wasting valuable time and resources. Because
most Flash developers come from a nonprogramming background, they don't fully
understand the true power and benefits of ActionScript 2.0. This article
attempts to clear up some common misconceptions about AS2 and gives some
clear examples demonstrating the new concepts and methodologies that can be
applied using it.
AS1 Is Not Deprecated
What is now referred to as AS1 is the same AS you'll find in Flash MX.
Contrary to popular belief, the AS1 programming style - using prototype
objects as classes - is not deprecated. You can still write prototype objects
and modify existing objects' prototypes in AS2 using the exact same AS1
syntax. AS2 does not deprecate AS1; it extends and refines it.
Class Declarations
With AS1 you could ... (more)
Erik Bianchi, a member of the editorial board of Web Designer's & Developer's Journal, is a software engineer with more than five years of experience developing Flash-based RIAs and enterprise-wide applications for Fortune 50 and 500 companies. In his spare time he enjoys building Flash-based games, writing or tech editing Flash-related books, and when burned out on code, playing video games on his PC/console systems. You can get more info about Erik and his latest projects on his blog at www.erikbianchi.com.
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