Introduction

Note: In this draft of Programming ActionScript 3.0, this chapter includes only heading titles,
with no further content. The following chapters include more complete information:
■ “ActionScript Language and Syntax”
■ “Display Programming”
■ “Working with Strings”
■ “Using Regular Expressions”
■ “Working with XML”
■ “Event Handling”
■ “Networking and Communication”
■ “Client System Environment”
■ “Using the External API”

What Is ActionScript?
Why Use ActionScript?
Documentation Map
Links to other docs
Developer Center
ActionScript in Context
Based on ECMAScript standards
Why ECMAScript compliance is important
One language used by many products: Flash, Flex,
Remoting, Comm Server
What’s New in ActionScript 3.0
New features
Language changes
Performance improvements