OK, I didn't really mean that. At least not literally.
If you're a non-programming Flash user and you've decided to start learning Actionscript, remember that AS is not the only language around. While you're digging into AS, take a look around at other languages. What you'll begin to see are the similarities (and differences) between various languages. "Events", "Methods", and "Properties" are not the sole purview of Actionscript. Do your own structural linguistic explorations (you know what I'm talking about, you've got a humanities degree somewhere in the closet). Take a look at how other languages accomplish simple tasks (like printing "Hello World" to the screen). Go to the bookstore and browse a basic programming text book. Or check out Ben Fry and Casey Reas' Processing, "created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context."
In the end, it will make you a better Actionscripter if you learn the generalities of programming as you learn the specifics of Actionscript syntax, and you might pick up another language or two along the way.
1. trace("Hello World");
LOL
Posted at 5:37PM on Jul 18th 2005 by Kiruba