ActionScript for Java Developers
Abstract
ActionScript, despite it's name is actually more like Java than it is like JavaScript or other scripting languages. In this session you will learn about the differences between Java and ActionScript.
This session will cover the similarities and differences between ActionScript and Java including:
- classes & interfaces
- packages and imports
- Variables & Functions
- Metadata / Annotations
- Scope
- XML Handling
- casting
- primitives
- namespaces (public, protected, private, etc)
- dynamic classes
- dynamic objects
- function closures
- function overloading
