AS2 OOP: Conclusion

by senocular   | filed under Object-Oriented Programming

So there ya. ActionScript 2.0. Was it all you had hoped for and more? Yeah, I expected more as well. You have to think about it though. Macromedia cannot very easily pull drastic overhaul on its Flash player - one of the, if not the most widely distributed web plug-ins in the world. An entirely new programming environment would require a new runtime environment which would mean Flash really wouldn't be much of Flash anymore. Then the plug-in would have to basically provide two players - one for the new Flash environment and one for the classic environment. It doesn't seem like Flash is about to jump ship and head in that direction just yet.

Nevertheless, ActionScript 2.0 does completely change the way you look at ActionScript. Those who were brought up on Flash are now getting a taste of the real programmer's world, while other developers migrating to ActionScript are given a much more friendly coding environment, something a little more familiar and inviting.

If you have comments, questions or corrections please let me know. And for additional help, don't forget to visit our forums!

Senocular

Source Files Summary
Bouncing Balls (zip)	origin
French Fries (zip)	origin
Secretive Lady (zip)	origin
Intrinsic Wonderful (zip)	origin
SimpleFightingStyle Interface (zip)	origin
Super Chair (zip)	origin
Flash "Game" using a package (zip)	origin

External Links Summary
ECMAScript Edition 4 specification	origin
SciTE|Flash	origin
The V2 Component Event Model Part 1- EventDispatcher	origin

That wraps up this tutorial. A huge thank you to all of you who buy kirupa's books, became a paid subscriber, watch the videos, and/or interact on the forums. Your support is what keeps writing like this online! 😇

This tutorial was written by senocular, also known as Trevor McCauley. He has been one of this community's most generous teachers since the early Flash days, and he is still around: find him on senocular.com and on the forums.