Understanding Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript 2

5A Brief Overview of ActionScript 2 Programming

Scripting

Scripting is often thought of as a kind of programming where built-in features — such as MovieClips, timelines, and buttons — provide most of the application's functionality. For example, a Web site that uses Flash for navigation may make use of MovieClips, Buttons, Sounds, etc. This kind of functionality is provided by ActionScript and very little additional programming is required. On the other hand, a game created with Flash may require code for handling physics, collisions, special timing control, etc. Usually, some significant programming is required to accomplish this. Writing this code using ActionScript 1.0 is possible, but it can often be cumbersome and the code can easily get ...