ActionScript

Summary

A dialect of ECMAScript that was designed for creating animations and interactive content for the Flash platform. It was widely used for developing Flash games, rich internet applications, and interactive websites.

Paradigms

object-oriented, prototype-based, imperative, event-driven, functional

Domains

web development, game development, animation, interactive fiction, user interface

Key Features

closures, string interpolation, reflection, operator overloading, traits/interfaces, modules, decorators/annotations

Typing

static system, structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, compile-time checking, moderate type coercion, optional type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

JavaScript, ECMAScript, Java

Ratings

File extensions

as

External Links

• ActionScript official site
• ActionScript jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/actionscript subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories