Everything about ActionScript

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: ActionScriptA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Project Management and File Management in Multimedia Applications Version of ActionScript 2.0Influential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Flash MobileThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Between Worlds: Securing Mixed JavaScript/ActionScript Multi-Party Web ContentCited 18 times
5. Go sideways: Action Message FormatA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: ECMAScript version historyA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Between Worlds: Securing Mixed JavaScript/ActionScript Multi-Party Web Content

  Phu H. Phung, Maliheh Monshizadeh, Meera Sridhar · 2015 · IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing · 18 citations

• Developing Understanding of Programming Principles using Flash Actionscript

  Graham Routledge, Amin Aminaei, Phillip Benachour · 2007 · Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences · 2 citations

• KINECT with FLASH ActionScript 3.0 Applications in Interactive Design

  Kuo Kuang Fan, Ko Jung Lin · 2011 · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 1 citations

• Interactive Optical Art used in Infographic of SNS Influence - Using Flash Actionscript 3.0 and Twitter API -

  Kim Yong Gyu, 이상선 · 2013 · Journal of Integrated Design Research · 1 citations

• Design of an Alpine Skiing Game Using ActionScript 3.0

  Bai-Tiantain Bai-Tiantain, Jong-Hoon Park, Chul-Won Kim · 2012 · Journal of information and communication convergence engineering · 0 citations

• PENGEMBANGAN MULTIMEDIA PEMBELAJARAN INTERAKTIF BERBASIS ADOBE FLASH CS4 ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 PADA MATERI RAGAM HIAS NUSANTARA DI KELAS X DKV SMKN 2 KECAMATAN GUGUAK.

  Mauliya Mayshitah YF, Suib Awrus · 2024 · Serupa The Journal of Art Education · 0 citations

• USING ACTIONSCRIPT 3.00 TO DEVELOP AN ANDROID APPLICATION FOR MATHEMATICS COURSE

  M. Amasha · 2016 · International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Information Sciences · 0 citations

• AJVM – JAVA Virtual Machine Implemented in Actionscript 3.0

  Arkadiusz Janik, Jakub Krawczyk · 2016 · Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics & Intelligent Systems · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Project Management and File Management in Multimedia Applications Version of ActionScript 2.0

  Bella Hardiyana, Diana Effendi · 2023 · International Journal of Informatics, Information System and Computer Engineering (INJIISCOM) · 0 citations

• Desain Game Karakter 3d Tokoh Madura dengan Actionscript Macromedia

  Mohammad Ibrahim Ashari, Ahmad Faisol · 2022 · Prosiding SENIATI · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Flash MobileMatthew David · 2012
• ActionScriptColin Moock · 2001
• ActionScript 3.0 bibleRoger Braunstein, Mims H. Wright · 2007
• Understanding Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript 2Andrew Rapo · 2006
• Flash XML ApplicationsJoachim Bernhard Schnier · 2007
• Professional Flash Lite mobile developmentJermaine G. Anderson · 2010
• ActionScript developer's guide to PureMVCCliff Hall · 2011
• Foundation Flash CS4 for designersGreen, Thomas J. · 2009

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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