I’m done doc editing for the day. FWIW, I’m trying to add a bit of content every day to try to make the docs more useful. Some of the content could use more filling out in case anyone is inclined...
Harbs > On Dec 16, 2021, at 5:38 PM, ha...@apache.org wrote: > > This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository. > > harbs pushed a commit to branch master > in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/royale-docs.git > > > The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push: > new 9e73688 edited basics > 9e73688 is described below > > commit 9e736887f6e4e2c22685215e7f441b964e4ef506 > Author: Harbs <ha...@in-tools.com> > AuthorDate: Thu Dec 16 17:38:07 2021 +0200 > > edited basics > --- > features/as3/language-basics.md | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/features/as3/language-basics.md b/features/as3/language-basics.md > index 68f076f..ee7d3b9 100644 > --- a/features/as3/language-basics.md > +++ b/features/as3/language-basics.md > @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ permalink: /features/as3/language-basics > > Language basics in ActionScript 3 > > +ActionScript is a superset of the ecma 4 spec. That gives it the same roots > as Javascript and code will look very similar. The biggest difference is the > optionally typed quality of ActionScript, and classes. Ecma 6 added classes > to Javascript as well, but Javascript classes are less structured that > ActionScript classes. > + > +Because ActionScript was forked from the ecma spec at version 4, there are > features that Javascript has which are missing from ActionScript and vice > versa. Below is an overview of the main ActionScript features. > ## Scope > > There are four levels of access scope in ActionScript:
