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From Shadowfax

Despite its rejection by Apple and growing indications that Microsoft may also shun it in Windows8 I have a rather soft spot for Flash. Or to be more precise. ActionScript - the programming language behind Flash. It seems so much more of a programming language than JavaScript. I love the way that I can rapidly create animations by scripting.

Over the last few years I've put together a number of ActionScript 3 sample scripts. As time allows I hope to tidy them up and post the best of them here. In the meantime, for starters, here are a handful!

All of these scripts presented here are pure ActionScript. That is to say they were written in FlashDevelop and compiled using the OpenSource FlexSDK for the Flash Player.

• Box Car Averager - plotting the output of the random number generator
• Particle Blur Trail - a smoke trail for a jet fighter or a missile sprite
• Particle Explosion - my attempt at an oil explosion
• Gravity Simulator - a simulation of Newtonian gravitation