ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language used mainly to create interactive content in Macromedia Flash, later owned by Adobe, such as animations, games and web applications. It began as a simple set of commands for controlling animation and developed into a language based on the same standard as JavaScript. The third version, ActionScript 3.0, was much faster and more strictly structured, and ran in the Flash Player and the Adobe AIR platform. For years, Flash content was an important part of the web, with games and video players. With the rise of HTML5 and mobile devices that did not support Flash, the technology declined, and Adobe ended support for the Flash Player at the end of 2020.
Before and after
- 11 December 1997Kyoto Protocol
- 24 December 1997Publication of One Piece
- 24 December 1997Death of Toshirō Mifune
- 1998Creation of XML
- 1998Creation of ActionScript
- 1998Construction of Very Large Telescope
- 1998Publication of Terminologia Anatomica
- from 1998 to 2017Launch of DMOZ
- 1998Publication of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 1950Discovery of californium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
The era
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