Got Flash on the brain

I’ve finally started down the path of getting up-to-speed with the newest version of Flash’s actionscript - 3.0. You can get the beta version of the AS3 compiler/Flash 9 IDE from the Adobe Labs site.

Reading through the Programming ActionScript 3.0 Live docs tonight. A lot to absorb! I’m sure it won’t stick till i get a chance to use it to actually build something. Not sure what that something might be yet… Anyway, its quite interesting the changes they have made to the language and the player. I’m pretty excited about how the new programming model will work! The work i’ve been doing recently has been illuminating for me, really allowing me the chance to get some experience building larger, more complex apps. This has been accomplished using an approach similar to that of Arp, but with differences. These mostly have to do with the fact that the app isn’t a client/server Rich Internet Application, but more of a typical flash media site. Still, using a very structured approach has paid off! Ease of handling changes, some quite radical, has been the biggest boon, but also in debugging and general understanding of the project as a whole.

I love that feeling, when you have the ah ha moment, and things become clearer.