first start - ActionScript3 developer

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

hi all,
I’m a french actionscript developer, who has just discovered Corona. Thanks god - I mean Ansca, it seems that I’ll be able to create my own iphone applications without learning Objective-C (i’ve started, but I have no time enough!), or waiting for the flash CS5.
But, as an ActionScript3 developper, I have some questions - maybe it’s noob questions, but I haven’t found answers on this forum, so…
Actually, I’m working on windows with flashdevelopp in order to create flash application, it’s a very powerful text editor, with a great auto-completion and many tips that make my dev life easier. But what about Corona ? Most of the best text editor on mac seems to be paying, I’ve tried TextWrangler 5 minutes ago, in order to make my first “hello world”, but is it possible to have the same functionalities than in flashdevelopp ? Like the auto-completion ?

Even if I’ve started with AS2 many years ago, I really love object language as in AS3, I remember that with AS2 it was possible to work as the language was really an object language, even if it wasn’t, is it possible with Corona too ? (not sure my question is really clear - sorry !)

In summery, what advices can a Corona developer can give to an AS3 coder who wants to work with Corona?

Thanks a lot! [import]uid: 4635 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 300469[/import]

#2

Did you take a look at the PDF on Flash Lite to Corona conversions?

http://developer.anscamobile.com/system/files/FlashliteToCorona.pdf

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#3

Hello/bonjour halleck, and welcome! As an Actionscript developer myself, I’m working on more documentation about moving from Flash coding to Corona, and this should start to appear on the site over the next week or so.

Regarding code editing, you might want to try BBEdit or XCode, both of which support Lua coding and should have more advanced features than TextWrangler (see the instructions on page 8 of “GettingStartedGuide.pdf”).

However, even text editors that know about Lua still won’t know about the additional Corona objects, so that is something we’re working to improve!

Regarding object-oriented programming in Lua, you should take a look at Chapter 16 of the “Programming in Lua” book (http://www.lua.org/pil/16.html). Or, for a simpler example of an “object” style, see the “Graphics/Movieclip” sample project in the Corona sample code. [import]uid: 3007 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 896[/import]

#4

hy, thanks you two for your answers.
I will try BBcode or Xcode. And hope the auto-completion feature on Corona library will come soon !
I’ll also look at your book and pdf.

Thanks (again!) [import]uid: 4635 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 924[/import]

#5

I’m an AS3 person too. I’m using TextMate with a Lua bundle.

From looking at the ui.lua file included I was able to do some basic OOP stuff. [import]uid: 2997 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 955[/import]

#6

why can’t I access this PDF: http://developer.anscamobile.com/system/files/FlashliteToCorona.pdf

When I try to access it if I’m not logged in I am asked to login.
But when I’m logged in and try to access it I get a pages saying

"You are already logged in.

You are not authorized to access this page." [import]uid: 295 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 5388[/import]

#7

@tokyodan – you are correct: that link doesn’t work anymore! This must have changed in a site revision.

I’ve now linked the PDF properly from this page, so it’ll work again: http://developer.anscamobile.com/content/flash-lite-corona [import]uid: 3007 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 5390[/import]

#8

Got it! Thanks. [import]uid: 295 topic_id: 469 reply_id: 5406[/import]