# AS2 or AS3?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-or-as3/284406
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**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-or-as3/284406 "2009-03-18T21:35:13Z")
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### Author: ![CS4newbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@CS4newbie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CS4newbie)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-or-as3/284406/1 "2009-03-18T21:35:13Z")

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Hi all

Very green newbie to Flash and AS here, Ive recently started playing with CS4, and want to learn Actionscript. Sorry, got 3 questions here:  
Is it better to learn AS2 first or skip it completely and start with AS3 right off the bat?  
Is it better to learn Flash completely before I start learning AS at all?  
Any fool-proof very simple-to-follow tutorials out there about the basics of CS4 and AS3?  
I have found a few but they are all either at an advanced level or aimed at users who have previous experience with Flash CS3 and AS2.

Thanks