ActionScript 3 - kickass or horrid?

[yauhui]

I was playing around with Flash CS4 when I was suddenly dumbfounded - how on earth do you make a button?!

Then it dawned on me - AS3 was a killer. I wanna see how many of you guys think AS3 is awesome and how many thinks that it sucks.

[Shadowmoon]

Did you search 'how to make a button in Actionscript 3' on the internet?

[farazparsa]

Do you even know how to make a button in AS 1/2?

[SupSuper]

If you don't like ActionScript 3 you can still use ActionScript 2. Unless you plan on doing some serious coding with Flash, I suggest you stick to it, otherwise go check the Help, it's all there. (there's even an AS2 -> AS3 reference)

ActionScript 3 is basically "Java meets ActionScript", which is much faster and efficient, has some cool new features, and it's easier to work with it once you get used to it (specially if you have some programming background, since it's more standard). Probably a bit daunting to newcomers since it's a big jump from ActionScript 2, but nothing some reading won't fix.

[Paul.Power]

I like how this poll has no intermediate options between two very extreme opinions.

And by "I like", I mean "I don't like".

[yauhui]

Did you search 'how to make a button in Actionscript 3' on the internet?

Why yes. All you need is "some event listeners". And I don't know how on earth to make an event listener.

Do you even know how to make a button in AS 1/2?

YEAH. clik on teh grafix than yuo press f8 than selekt 'button' than yuo clik on teh button than open teh actionskript window and type in on(release){gotoandplay(2)}; and taaadaaah.

If you don't like ActionScript 3 you can still use ActionScript 2. Unless you plan on doing some serious coding with Flash, I suggest you stick to it, otherwise go check the Help, it's all there. (there's even an AS2 -> AS3 reference)

ActionScript 3 is basically "Java meets ActionScript", which is much faster and efficient, has some cool new features, and it's easier to work with it once you get used to it (specially if you have some programming background, since it's more standard). Probably a bit daunting to newcomers since it's a big jump from ActionScript 2, but nothing some reading won't fix.

Well of course I can still use AS2 but the cool 3D rotation and Bones feature is not usable in AS2. :( and i hate event listeners. Hell, they even got rid of the _root!

I like how this poll has no intermediate options between two very extreme opinions.

And by "I like", I mean "I don't like".

;)

[Pickleworm]

I do not know how to use something, therefore it sucks.

[Shadowmoon]

Try searching for 'Actionscript 3 tutorials' that might help.

[FutureWorm]

I do not know how to use something, therefore it sucks.
i prefer photoshop 1 over photoshop cs4

[farazparsa]

The poll speaks for itself.

Although it is rather black & white in my opinion.

[Pickleworm]

i prefer photoshop 1 over photoshop cs4

I dunno if you are joking or w/e but yauhui actually said it sucks because he didn't know how to use it

[SupSuper]

Why yes. All you need is "some event listeners". And I don't know how on earth to make an event listener.Eg. Instead of putting this in a button:

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

Put this in a frame:

buttonName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClicked);

function buttonClicked(event:MouseEvent) {
event.target.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

and taaadaaah.
Well of course I can still use AS2 but the cool 3D rotation and Bones feature is not usable in AS2. :( and i hate event listeners. Hell, they even got rid of the _root!Because all the code goes in the frames now so there's no need for _root (if you really need it, there's stage, see this (http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/migration.html)).

[robowurmz]

HAY GUYZ I DUNT KNOW HOW TO USE THIS NEW SCRIPTING LANGUAGE, THAT MEANS IT SUCKS.
:mad:

Yeah, go cry some more. And then, stand up and learn how to use the new one.

[farazparsa]

HAY GUYZ I DUNT KNOW HOW TO USE THIS NEW SCRIPTING LANGUAGE, THAT MEANS IT SUCKS.
:mad:

Yeah, go cry some more. And then, stand up and learn how to use the new one.
Is there an echo in here?

[FutureWorm]

I dunno if you are joking or w/e but yauhui actually said it sucks because he didn't know how to use it
photoshop 1 was released in like 1986 and is borderline unusable, but if i was a child who had never learned how to progress forward in the technological universe i would probably find it preferable to cs4

i'm really bummed that i have to explain this joke to you!!

[yauhui]

@supsuper: thanks for the tip but right now I'm not on the computer with Flash. ActionScript now is my second priority, my new main priority is Javascript. Having some problems with it (mostly because I'm fairly new at it). See the other thread.

I dunno if you are joking or w/e but yauhui actually said it sucks because he didn't know how to use it

I didn't say it sucks, I said it was a killer. And I meant it gave me a real headache.

However I did say "I wanted to know if anyone thinks it sucks" but I didn't say it sucks.