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Flash developer here. Actionscript is actually extremely similar to Javascript -- it's ECMAscript with adornments. The problems with "Javascript" are actually p

Flash developer here. Actionscript is actually extremely similar to Javascript -- it's ECMAscript with adornments. The problems with "Javascript" are actually problems with the DOM. Actionscript programmers should be very comfortable with Javascript; but programmers accustomed to the sane APIs of AS3 and Flex naturally recoil from the seething pestilence of browser and library compatibility issues that characterizes AJAX development.

WilliamLP 17y ago
> with adornments Including a reasonable standard object system. With Javascript, different brilliant people have different ideas about how to handle objects and prototypes and have "wonderful" ideas for dynamically adding mix-ins, and manipulating what "this" should refer to... All of this leads to an absolute nightmare of coordination. The danger isn't as much with newbie programmers but with brilliant programmers who have individual styles and strong opinions. (And all strong programmers have strong and individual styles and opinions.)