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Description
ActionScript is a programming language own of Flash, that was created by Macromedia INC . Is a programming language whose approach are the objects, never required the implementation of programs to show results, can be applied to existing objects and show the results. -
Evolution
Flash Player is composed by an engine whose function is translate what was developed in actionscript, when Adobe Flash undergoes changes, this also occur in actionscript at the same time. -
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ActionScript 1.0
Flash 5 developed a relatively small set of commands handled with lists and parameters that contained the implementation of loops, conditionals and variables. It could be written in a text editor. -
Evolution
Developers go back to work on improvements from Flash player 6, they wanted that was compatible with the ECMA 264 standard, was seen as a breakthrough by allowing object-oriented programming, the switch statement and the equality operator is added. -
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ActionScript 2.0
Developers of Flash Player 7 were able to develop stronger tools to enhance object-oriented programming, and language was rewrote to make it faster and powerful, the syntax of class-based inheritance was introduced. -
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ActionScript 3.0
Developers did significant improvements in terms of speed and diversity of options, which were included in Flash Player 9. with ActionScript Virtual Machine ,was increased performance and got better the compiler.
