There are a lot of really great features within Flex 2 that Flash developers dream of having, but few know they already exist. When I moved to Flex 2 from Flash based AS2 development it was nice to see some native classes that had similar functionality to those that I had developed for my AS2 class library. In fact it gave me some really great ideas on how to improve some of my AS2 classes and even develop others from scratch. It's not too hard to emulate portions of the Flex 2 framework within AS2.

Once you start to use Flex 2 classes like the ArrayCollection, ObjectUtil and Logger it will be easy to see why you should take the time to make this functionality available to you in AS2. Be sure to peruse the Flex 2 Language Reference for some good ideas. You'll also probably want to start using Eclipse for your AS2 development, if so you should check out ASDT or FDT.

The reality for most Flash developers that are getting into Flex 2 or AS3, is that you will continue to have to do both AS2 and AS3 for some time to come. It would be great if the adoption rate of new Flash versions by clients would be as fast as the plug-in. But don't forget, there are still poor soles that are required to develop in Flash 6. Let's give them a moment of silence...

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