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[18/12/2009] What is AS (Action Script)?
ActionScript is a kind of scripting language that is based on ECMAScript. This is mainly used on developing software and websites using Adobe Flash Player platform. This is also sometimes used in robotics. Initially, ActionScript was design to control some 2-dimensional vector animations that were made in Adobe Flash.ActionScript actually started as a scripting language intended as the authoring tool of Macromedia’s Flash. Now, it is developed by Adobe as Adobe Flash. Basically, there are three main version of this Flash authoring tool that is capable of proving a number of interactivity features. Before, flash developers could just attach simple commands called action to a frame or button.
Now, there are more sets of actions and scripts that could be done through ActionScript that actually made the online gaming industry more successful today. Since ActionScript was conceptualized, more progress and development happened and more flash games were developed. This made flash game design an inexpensive venture.
ActionScript today are widely used in web development. Many flash development companies consider ActionScript as a powerful tool in creating Flash movies to be embedded in websites. ActionScript can also be used in performing difficult calculations. It can also be used in communicating server side applications for the website. Given these, web developing companies were able to take control more of the websites’ interactivity and animations.
Today, ActionScript can also be used in graphic designing. Graphic designers are now capable of producing more creative and attractive web pages through ActionScript. This can be of great help in making corporate logos for companies. Perhaps, you have already encountered corporate animated logos.
ActionScript is an important tool in making rich online applications for websites. It has made more features be available on websites that were not possible before.
Creating ActionScript through XML is also common for people who are into website development. If you want to incorporate flash on the website you are trying to build, you need to understand first ActionScript components that are crucial in websites design and website development. First, the programmer should define the XML structure in the process of creating XML-related components. Meanwhile, if the programmer wants to use simpler components from a prevalent flex component, it is recommended to create MXML component instead.
Many professional web design experts are now considering flash websites a good option given its innovative impression. You should know that website flash design offers a more interesting interface, and website owner could say goodbye to boring and dull websites they had before.
