Learning AS3
- Started
- Last post
- 11 Responses
- arsenalfc
This is going to sound like a broad question but f**k it.
Has anyone out there got any good tips or links for learning AS3? I've recently been on a three day course so I've got the basics down but I just can't seem to get it to click, it feels like a bit of a mountain to climb when compared to learning Photoshop or After Effects.
I've also been through some Linda tutorials but the penny doesn't seem to have dropped yet.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
- ********0
Learn classes and all that proper programming shit, don't try and tackle it like a scripting language where you can just cobble stuff together.
- Milan0
there have been like 10 threads about this already
- styleplus_amillion0
If you don't already know it, you're too late. Behind the curve.
You should give up before you start.Assuming you don't give up, by the time you get it down... and properly learned, We'll be fucking with AS5.
Then you'll be asking about how to learn that.Give up now.
Try learning some shit like astro-physics. That shit'll should take a few more decades before its antiquated...
- DISCLAIMER: this is a jest.styleplus_amillion
- thanks for the pep talkceiling_cat
- there is some truth to this joke... Flash 5 AS, AS2 and AS3 are very different, some features obsolete, lots of crap to memorizevaxorcist
- armsbottomer0
start by learning programming concepts (classes, objects, functions, datatypes, etc.), then go into the language specific syntax. that way you'll not only know what you're doing, but your as3 skills will be translatable to other languages that are similar. if you skip the basics of programming, the syntax will look like esperanto no matter how long you look at it.
don't try to take on more than you can handle at once; break it down and research/ask about specific concepts you don't understand.
- Learning AS3 as a first programming language is like learning to swim in the north seavaxorcist
- vlakken0
the way i learned is to just convert stuff i have in as2 into as3 code.
things like the displaylist can be daunting at first but I use it the same as I did in as2 in that i duplicate items in lists and only remove them when im done with them.
The biggest problem with as3 when coming from as2 is that it is no longer as forgiving as it was and yet the things you can do are far more.
- maximillion_0
if you have covered the basics this should do:
Colin Moock's AS2 from the ground up :http://www.moock.org/lectures/g...
you would also be better asking at an AS forum
- Pupsipu0
also get FlexBuilder or FDT or some other IDE that will show you errors before you "test movie" so you don't waste time and get stressed out guessing and looking where you went wrong.
You'll have to write stuff as public function and private function in a class, but for simple lessons you probably will only have one class so it won't be that different.
- Mimio0
Hire a trainer or a flash MVP to help you learn the basics. You'll get the hang faster if someone shows you and reacts to your questions and misunderstandings. You will have them.
- rosem0
you mean you spent three whole days learning a programming language, and you don't feel comfortable with it yet?!?
- maximillion_0
FlashDevelop is free and a good IDE