I don't have any new sources to add to that list, since I am just starting out myself in Flash... But I just wanted to thank you for for sharing it! Anna Vester http://www.veanndesign.com http://reviews.veanndesign.com
Wade Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am working on a list of resources that I would like to give to people that are migrating to flash from other languages. We have just hired a couple people that are CS graduates and others that have been in the java world for the last ten years. Any feedback on what you would want your new hires to review? We have several good books that will get you started in comprehending flash. Books: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Hands-On Training You have to start somewhere Action Script for Flash MX aka the bible Flash Communication Server Wonderful overview of the technology Extending Flash MX 2004 Automating the flash programming environment (still waiting for a good flash remoting book) Weekly websites to review and bookmark: http://osflash.org/ http://www.actionscript.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ Mailing lists: FlashCoders:: Salvation for flash developers. Please dont ask dumb questions on this list http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders OSFLASH http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org Extending Flash http://www.flashguru.co.uk/extending-flash-mailing-list/ Flash Documentation: This is the online version of what is already in your help files inside of flash. http://www.macromedia.com/livedocs/flash/mx2004/ Flash Technologies that we use: Read and understand all Actionscript 2.0 documentation. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/actionscript.html Read and understand all of the version 2 component information. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/components.html The Macromedia component Architecture. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/ component_architecture_03.html Flash Remoting: This link is also included in your help files. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flashremoting/mx2004/ actionscript_api_reference/frameset.html Links to remoting examples: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flashremoting/ Example Applications to learn from others~! http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/sample_apps.html http://www.sephiroth.it/download.php Software Development: All software is designed first so you need to understand basic UML concepts. If you have not worked with UML it would be good to research UML on the web and start learning it as it is expect that you understand how to mark up a UML document and translate UML to code. http://www.actionscript.com/index.php/fw/1/an-introduction-to-uml-key- concepts-applied-to-flash-development/ Design Patterns. You will find that we use many design patterns here. We ask ourselves why, If we find ourselves not using a pattern. http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/mv_controller.html http://www.moock.org/lectures/introToPatterns/ http://java.sun.com/blueprints/patterns/ Requirments Gather. We use the Volere templates for all internal and client work. It will be good for you to understand these concepts and read through all the material. Your first programming assignment will come in this format. http://www.systemsguild.com/GuildSite/Robs/Template.html Application development in groups is almost impossible without unit testing. Flash has a direct port of Junit in actionscrupt. http://www.asunit.org/ We love SubVersion and you will too! Please read up on subversion and how it works. Please read the tortoisesvn manual. http://tortoisesvn.sourceforge.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/help- onepage.html The world needs XML. We just dont need to know how to parse it. The world of XPATH is your friend. XPATH is like regular expressions for xml. Review these documents before starting any XML project. What is Xpath: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath xfactorstudio: third party Xpath Classes http://www.xfactorstudio.com/ActionScript/AS2/XPath/ Example: http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=130 XPATH Explorer: writes the Xpath expression for you!!!! http://www.purpletech.com/xpe/ Xray (The AdminTool) is a snapshot viewer of the current state of your Flash application without impacting the performance or the file size of your application. http://osflash.org/xray _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
