ActionScript Introduction

ActionScriptImage via Wikipedia


ActionScript is THE scripting language for the development of websites or applications using the Adobe Flash Player platform


More DIY videos at 5min.com


ActionScript is used in Flash applications to add functionality, validate forms, detect browsers, and much more.

What is ActionScript?
  • ActionScript was initially designed for controlling vector animations made in Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash).
  • ActionScript is a scripting language based on ECMAScript.
  • ActionScript started as a scripting language for Macromedia's Flash authoring tool, now known as Adobe Flash.

What can a ActionScript do?
  • ActionScript is a programming language used in Flex applications - ActionScript is a scripting language with a very simple syntax!
  • ActionScript can put dynamic content into a Flex application - A ActionScript statement like this: Alert("hello" + name); can write a variable text into a Flex Applicatoin
  • ActionScript can react to events - A ActionScript can be set to execute when something happens, like when an application has finished loading or when a user clicks on an UI component
  • ActionScript can modify Flex component - ActionScript can read and change the properties of a Flex component
  • ActionScript can be used to validate data - ActionScript can be used to validate form data before it is submitted to a server. This saves the server from extra processing

Related articles by Zemanta
Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What is Adobe Flash ?

Image
Image via Wikipedia What is Flash ? Adobe Flash CS4 is a powerful multimedia creation tool used to create and display animation, video, and sound content. It can be also used to create Interactive Rich Internet Application (RIA). Flash can work with: Bitmap Graphics, Sound - you can change the compression of a sound by opening the Sound Properties window Video What are different Flash File types? Following are the different Flash file types: 1) Flash File (.FLA) - Flash working file (while creating artwork) 2) Flash Movie(.SWF) - contains Flash content which can be played in the Flash Player. 3) Video (.FLV, .F4V, .MP4) - These are video file type supported by Flash Player. Existing Movies can be converted to these format using Adobe Media Encoder which is included in Adobe Flash CS4. When you import a video into Flash the controls to play back the video is automatically added. 4) ActionScript File (.AS) - file containing Actionscript code. Using ActionScript you c...
Read more

Prototype based programming

Image
Prototype-based programming is a style of object oriented programming. Prototype based porgramming encourages the programmer to focus on the behavior of some set of examples and only later worry about classifying these objects that are later used in a fashipn similar to classes. Prototype based programming is also known as class-less, prototype-oriented or instance-based programming. Classless programming style is supported by the following programming languages. JavaScript, ActionScript , Lua Open Laszlo In prototype based programming behaviour resues ( known as inheritance in class-based languages) is performed via a process of cloning existing objects that serve as prototypes. Cloning refers to a process whereby a new object is constucted by copyin the behavior of an existing object (its prototype). The new object then carries all the qualities of the original. From this point on, the new object can be modified. The resulting child object maintains an explicit link...
Read more