Hey everyone, I am fairly proficient in AS2 and am finally moving to AS3 and have a question about project structure.
For my AS2 projects, i would typically have my first actions frame have code like this:
import source.test.TestClass;
var myTestClass:TestClass = new TestClass(this);
then the constructor in TestClass would save the reference to the main timeline / Stage (this) in a variable, and i would use that to attach clips etc. etc.
for AS3 though i am noticing that almost all the examples i come across use the new DocumentClass structure, where the base class extends Sprite or MovieClip, so my above code wouldn’t be necessary. i also notice that using class associations in the library is more robust and seems to be encouraged as well. in the past i had been wary of using this system and preferred to create new class instances manually and then just pass in references to movieclips i created so those classes could control the attached / dynamically generated movieclips. (makes sense hopefully?)
is there any compelling arguments for the new structure i should be aware of, or is my old system still viable? all your thoughts would be appreciated.
–EP
