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Developers and designers talk about migrating to ActionScript 3

Grant Skinner

"For the average developer, there's a perception that it's going to be really hard to learn ActionScript 3, but it's not as bad as people think it is." — Grant Skinner

Grant Skinner easily transitioned to ActionScript 3 because of his prior experience with Java, and quickly reaped the benefits:
better modularity and code reuse, easier debugging, and major performance improvements. (Running time: 1:29)

• Blog: gskinner.com/blog/
• Twitter: gskinner

Grant Skinner is the CEO and chief architect of gskinner.com, a creative technology company with a focus on the Flash platform. He works with leading new media agencies and progressive corporate clients to create cutting-edge applications, campaigns, and multimedia pieces. His expertise in fusing coding with interface design, usability, marketing, and business logic has garnered international acclaim and resulted in a number of prestigious industry awards. Grant maintains an active blog at gskinner.com/blog/ and an exhibit of his experimental work at incomplet.org. Read more about Grant in the Flash: Ten years, ten perspectives series.

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