Flex/Actionscript Math Library (as3mathlib)¶

The Flex/Actionscript Math Library (as3mathlib) is intended to provide a rudimentary numerical analysis toolkit for the Actionscript/Flex programming environment.

It is based off of the WIS Actionscript 2 libraries, which are still available

Details¶

This library includes support for

• Geometric Objects and Intersection calculations
• Integral and Differential equation calculations
• Bezier, Quadric, Polynomial, Complex, Vector and Matrix calculations
• Symbolic expression parsing

Status¶

This library has just been converted from Actionscript 2 to Actionscript 3. It is not ready for general use.

• It compiles with no errors and only a few warnings.
• It has not been sanity-checked for compatibility or correctness
• It has not been subjected to unit testing
• It still uses deprecated AS2 practices and vernacular
• Its design is heavily functional-programming oriented, and doesn't (for the most part) present an object-oriented, pattern-design interface.

On the positive side,

• The scope and architecture are in place
• All of the algorithms are in place and were well-tested in their former incarnation
• The code base is nicely modular, so different developers can break off little pieces and get them working independently.

Goals¶

Our two, no three primary goals -- our five primary goals are:

• Correctness: the library is accompanied by a complete set of regression tests.
• Clarity of code: the routines are well commented and follow best practices of software engineering.
• Modularity: In most cases users will need only a few routines out of the package. To the extent possible, this should require bringing in a correspondingly small portion of the library.
• Flexibility: A few, general, easily understood routines are more desirable than a comprehensive deathmarch through advanced numerical methods. Think "Numerical Recipes", not "Lapack".
• Performance: Actionscript will never be a premiere high-performance computing environment. With that said, the library should support prototyping applications calculations of modest scope. Routines that don't meet this modest standard won't be included.