the ActionScript page
The programming language inside Flash is called ActionScript. In Flash 5, ActionScript has grown to a full-blown language pretty much following the rules of JavaScript.
If you are new to Flash, don't let ActionScript scare you off. You don't have to deal with it until later. And you could avoid almost all of it entirely if you want to. But it is easy to learn and you will inevitably get interested in it when you see the cool things others do with it.
It turns out that Flash 5 is now a GREAT WAY TO LEARN PROGRAMMING.
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Almost all Flash 5 books will address ActionScript to some extent. A highly recommended book that focuses on ActionScript in Flash and even teaches the basics of programming is Foundation
ActionScript I have been
searching for a book that explains programming to a beginner (me) in
easy to understand terms. This book hit the mark exactly. |
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