I used to feel that way too. And in fact, reading books like that are great, but they can also give you an overwhelming feeling of all you don't know.
What I would do is this - start out slow. Don't feel like you have to do it "by the book" - that's just not possible until you gain some experience. Create a small class that replaces what one of your function did. Take several of the functions you write, and put them in a class and then use the class. After a while, by using the class to run your functions, you'll learn better how to structure classes and use more than one class. Don't feel like it has to be perfect. I think a lot of people don't dive in to Actionscript 2.0 classes because they think it's too complicated for them and they need to understand a whole lot before they use them, - neither of those arguments are very true IMHO. Some things you can only learn from actual experience. Swimming, skiing, paintball too. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Bellerive >>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 9:41 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Best way to learn OO Analysis and Design with ActionScript >> >>Hi everyone! >> >>I'm having real difficulty understanding how to >>properly architect and structure Flash applications >>using ActionScript 2.0. >> >>I've read Colin Moock's excellent "Essential >>ActionScript 2.0" and several other books and articles >>on the topic and while I can safely say that I do >>understand the syntax, I can't seem to write an entire >>application using OO design mainly because I can't >>figure out what should be in a class, which class >>should do what, which class should extend MovieClip, >>which class should use composition instead, which >>class should start the application, etc. >> >>I'm sure a lot of excellent Flash developpers in this >>mailing list didn't have previous coding experience >>before they started Flash (like myself) and managed to >>become the ActionScript 2.0 OO pros aroud here. >> >>Any help / tips ? >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>http://mail.yahoo.com >>_______________________________________________ >>[email protected] >>To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >>Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >>Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >>http://www.figleaf.com >>http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
