ActionScript
Sign in to saveActionScript is an object-oriented programming language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. (later acquired by Adobe). It is influenced by HyperTalk, the scripting language for HyperCard. It is now an implementation of ECMAScript (meaning it is a superset of the syntax and semantics of the language more widely known as JavaScript), though it originally arose as a sibling, both being influenced by HyperTalk. ActionScript code is usually converted to bytecode format by a compiler.
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ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language created by Macromedia (now Adobe) that was originally inspired by HyperTalk and has evolved into a version of ECMAScript, making it closely related to JavaScript. It matters because it enabled interactive content creation, particularly for web-based applications, with code that gets compiled into bytecode for execution.
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Key facts
- Programming language.name
- ActionScript
- Programming language.logo
- ActionScript icon.png
- Programming language.paradigm
- Multi-paradigm: object-oriented (prototype-based), functional, imperative, scripting
- Programming language.family
- ECMAScript
- Programming language.designer
- Gary Grossman
- Programming language.developer
- Macromedia (merged into Adobe Systems, 2005)
- Programming language.latest release version
- 3.0
- Programming language.typing
- strong, static
- Programming language.implementations
- Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Apache Flex, Scaleform GFx
- Programming language.scope
- lexical
- Programming language.influenced by
- HyperTalk, JavaScript, Java
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Overview
- History
- Timeline by player version
- Timeline by ActionScript version
- 2000–2004: ActionScript "1.0"
- 2003–2006: ActionScript 2.0
- 2006–2020: ActionScript 3.0
- Flash Lite
- AIR
- Syntax
- ActionScript 2.0
- ActionScript 3.0
- Data structures
- Data types
- Using data types
- Code protection
- References
- External links
ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. (later acquired by Adobe). It is influenced by HyperTalk, the scripting language for HyperCard. It is now an implementation of ECMAScript (meaning it is a superset of the syntax and semantics of the language more widely known as JavaScript), though it originally arose as a sibling, both being influenced by HyperTalk. ActionScript code is usually converted to bytecode format by a compiler.
ActionScript is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the Adobe Flash platform, originally finding use on web pages in the form of embedded SWF files.