Importance of Actionscript

[banksworld1986]

Hello everyone.

I'm an up and coming web/database developer. I'm closing in on my completion
of learning HTML/CSS. I want to be a very effective web/database developer so
I've asked around and came up with a curriculum. Actionscript is in that
curriculum of languages I plan to learn.

My ultimate goal is to get into php, mysql, perl...more database languages,
but I also wanted to be able to develop exciting pages as well. So my
question is if learning the language behind flash (actionscript) should be a
priority on my list. What would be the difference in learning the language vs.
just buying the flash program and learning to use it? Is that the route I
should go, considering the fact that I plan to do more database design than
anything?

What are your opinions?

[ryanbutler]

Much beyond basic tweens, and movement of objects from one part of the screen to the other, action script is critical to do more advanced stuff, such as developing navigational systems, showing and hiding content based on the value of a variable, detecting move movement on the screen, etc. In my opinion, you really can't have one without the other.

[copirite]

if your key objective is to create databases, then actionscript does not do databases but can work with your databases to create dynamic interfaces quite easily, so if you want to learn it I would learn it last so that you can create your datatbases and then use Actionscript to interact with your databases. using Flash to interact with your databases I think creates a little more security than interacting with your HTML or Javascript.