# As 2.0 & As 3.0

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-as-3-0/243241>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 4, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-as-3-0/243241 "2007-11-04T23:13:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![nvidia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@nvidia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nvidia)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-2-0-as-3-0/243241/1 "2007-11-04T23:13:10Z")

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Hi guys i have been learning as 2 for about a month now, since early October, using the “[Lynda.com](http://Lynda.com) - ActionScript 2.0 in Macromedia Flash MX 2004” video tutorial set i downloaded. I told my friend that i am learning AS 2.0 and he told me that i am learning an older language and should be learning AS 3.0. Plus, he said that if i wanted to do complex actionscripting, i should learn AS 3.0. My response to this was that i choose to learn AS 2.0 to get a good foundation and i also said that they were not COMPLETELY different. I also said that if i wanted to learn AS 3.0 i had to have know AS 2.0.

Right now i learning about objects and classes but after understanding AS 2.0, i may not even decide to learn as 3.0 because i want to then learn how to incorporate server-side languages like PHP to develop a web application.

If you were in my position, would you have started to learn AS 3.0? Or do you think i should stop and learn AS 3.0?

You comments and suggestions would be very appreciated.

Thanks