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ActionScript vs Groovy: What are the differences?
Developers describe ActionScript as "An object-oriented programming language *". It is the programming language for the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtime environments. It is used by developers to create animations and video games. On the other hand, *Groovy** is detailed as "A dynamic language for the Java platform". Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve.
ActionScript and Groovy can be categorized as "Languages" tools.
Groovy is an open source tool with 1.49K GitHub stars and 415 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Groovy's open source repository on GitHub.
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Pros of ActionScript
- Very good on ActionScript 21
Pros of Groovy
- Java platform44
- Much more productive than java33
- Concise and readable29
- Very little code needed for complex tasks28
- Dynamic language22
- Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm13
- Very fast9
- Can work with JSON as an object7
- Easy to setup7
- Supports closures (lambdas)6
- Literal Collections6
- Syntactic sugar3
- Optional static typing3
- Developer Friendly2
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Cons of ActionScript
Cons of Groovy
Cons of ActionScript
- Not good on ActionScript 31
Cons of Groovy
- Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code3
- Absurd syntax1
- Objects cause stateful/heap mess1
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What is ActionScript?
It is the programming language for the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtime environments. It is used by developers to create animations and video games.
What is Groovy?
It is a powerful multi-faceted programming language for the JVM platform. It supports a spectrum of programming styles incorporating features from dynamic languages such as optional and duck typing, but also static compilation and static type checking at levels similar to or greater than Java through its extensible static type checker. It aims to greatly increase developer productivity with many powerful features but also a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax.
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