Chapter 1. The Display Architecture
THIS CHAPTER, ALTHOUGH SHORT, acts as a quick primer for understanding future chapters. While later chapters compare and contrast ActionScript 2 and ActionScript 3, here you will learn the concepts behind the display architecture—a term that defines the hierarchy of visual items and their relationships to one another in ActionScript 3.
You will also learn how the architecture changes will affect your transition from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3.
DisplayObject
The display classes are the classes behind every visual item in Adobe Flash, and the DisplayObject is the superclass of all display classes. All display classes inherit the DisplayObject properties, methods, and events.
As the superclass of the display ...
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