With its ability to run on numerous machines and operating systems, it is safe to say
that Flash will be around for some time to come, despite rumors that Microsoft ??™ s new developments will
be a threat to Flash.
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Part I: The Core Language
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The Flash IDE, synonymous to developers who create Flash movies, contains its own version of a
Flash file compiler, as does the new Flex Builder application from Adobe. These tools are probably the
forerunners in commercial Flash development, but are not needed to create complete Flash applications.
Since the introduction of ActionScript 2.0 ??” the scripting language behind Flash movies ??” developers
have had the ability to write applications using pure code. Unfortunately, though, the Flash IDE is not
the most ideal environment for building Flash files in this way, as it is aimed primarily at designers. Flex
provides a better solution, but still has drawbacks.
If you contemplate both Flash and Flex and their relative language syntax ??” ActionScript 1 and 2 for the
Flash IDE and MXML & ActionScript 3 for Flex Builder ??” you will see two very different programs and
languages compile to the same platform.
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