ActionScript 3.0: Terms and Definitions

ActionScript 3.0: Terms and Definitions

VARIABLE

A variable represents a specific piece of data.

When you declare(create) a variable, you assign a data type.

Assigning a data type determines what kind of data the variable can represent.

var is the keyword used to create a variable

KEYWORD

A word used to perform a specific task

var is the keyword used to create a variable

PARAMETER

The value between parentheses

A detail for a particular command

In the method gotoAndPlay(5), 5 is the parameter

FUNCTION

A group of statements referred to by name

OBJECT

abstract data that helps to perform tasks

A button is an object.

METHOD

the verbs of ActionScript

stop() is a method

gotoAndPlay(5) is a method

PROPERTIES

data that describes an object

height, width, x and y coordinates are properties

EVENT

occurences that happen inside the Flash environment

a mouse click is an event