While we are talking about AS and FlashMX books, for people that already know the basics of Flash5 and want to only discover new FlashMX capabilities, "FlashMX Upgrade Essentials" by Sham Bhangal is the one you're looking for. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903450764
It is a very good one, 99% of other FlashMX books start from the begining and re-explain EVERYTHING : how to draw a line, what is a movieclip... This one only focus on the new features of FlashMX. Benoit Hediard -----Message d'origine----- De : Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : vendredi 27 septembre 2002 23:46 À : CF-Talk Objet : RE: Ben's J2EE Book There are lots of basic AS books out there (and lots of not so basic ones too). I have "Macromedia Flash MX ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source" here and it is quite good. My only objection to it is that all the AS is oriented around UI and it assumes that you know basic Flash UI creation (which for many CFers is not the case). Still, if you need a jump start on AS basics it's a good choice: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0201770229/benfortascoldfusA/ For more advanced ActionScript you'll want Phillip Kerman's "ActionScripting in Flash MX". I have yet to go through this edition thoroughly, but I also have the previous edition and use that one extensively. It's a very good book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0735712956/benfortascoldfusA/ --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Ben's J2EE Book For us AS beginners, the problem is that we *must* learn the most basic aspects of AS to function. Advanced scripters may not want to wade through the basics, but they can still get to where they need to be. Skip the basics, and start with the advanced stuff, and the beginners are left out in cold... If you don't want to write multiple books to satisfy everyone, then it's lowest common denominator time... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Ben's J2EE Book Ok, I am keeping a list ... > More ActionScript > Less ActionScript > More complex ActionScript > Less complex ActionScript > More CFML > Less CFML > Simpler remoting > More complex remoting Great, we'll get right to work on it. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Massimo, Tiziana e Federica [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:28 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Ben's J2EE Book > On Friday, Sep 27, 2002, at 11:36 US/Pacific, Matt Liotta wrote: > > They were all raffled away last at BACFUG; you should have attended. > > BTW, the reviews I've heard so far on the Flash integration book > > from CFers is that it is too beginner to be useful. > > I've actually heard the opposite - that the ActionScript presented is > too complex (and not thoroughly explained) for beginners! > I've heard both, coming from two totally different guys, a fellow Actionscript geek said the ActionScript was good, but "not too fancy or advanced", a CF guy said he burned his mind trying to follow the ActionScript stuff :-))) Massimo ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
