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Going from using ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3.0 can get tricky. The full switch takes time (and sometimes a few tries), but it’s well worth it.

The first step you want to take in going from AS2 to AS3 is to stop putting code on the timeline. It sounds scary at first, but it’s really simple (more on that later) and it has many great benefits.

One of those benefits is being able to use a different program to edit your code. Flash is great, but it’s built-in actionscript editor is pretty weak.

There are a lot of great, free code editing programs out there in which you can edit both AS2 and AS3.

I like using Flash Develop with Flash CS4 . There is also Flash FTD and Eclipse (you’ll need to download Eclipse for PHP Developers and get the actionscript 3 plugin).

You can still use Flash CS3/CS4 to edit your graphics, sounds, layouts and code if you want.

I suggest downloading one of these programs and getting familiar with them. Open one of your existing projects and try editing your code in those programs. The code hints, auto completion, formatting, and much, much, more is better than Flash’s code editing window.

Next update will have less text and more hands-on stuff.

Tags: ActionScript 3 , AS2 to AS3 , AS2 to AS3 software , AS3.0 , Flash as3

I like the Adobe Flash Builder because I am already familiar with Eclipse. It is free for college students too!

I personally am a fan of FlashDevelop and will pimp it to every new as3 person i can find. Its free and brilliant

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