I'd like to second that recommendation. I just picked that up yesterday and have already learned a good bit from it. I enjoy that books like this are finally coming out. Another good thing about this book so far is that The examples are short and focused on what you are supposed to be learning so before the attention span is shot you're throwing in two or three new lines of code and having the reasons clarified.
Another book that I've been enjoying a piece at a time is Object Oriented Actionscript in Flash 8. also from FOE. I'm learning a lot from it. The only gripe I have is that I feel as if the case study- although excellent and illustrative about the techniques- has been a turn off in my current situation because I need to build a component set quick fast and in a hurry at work. It is really nice though that it's taking me through the planning and implementation of building a component architecture from the ground up and why. I learned a ton about what could be done with components from The Flex book because despite being geared toward Flex development it exposed some of the API and uses of it that I had not come across. I would recommend the Flash -Pro app development training from the source -I learned a lot from that book but I think that with Flex on the horizon-that might not be how things are done very soon. I agree with you that most of the book recommendations out right now are dated. This is a very fast moving period in ActionScript and even with the books fresh off the press I'm wondering if they're not already behind the times and it is almost impossible to find books that go beyond the very basic. Mani On 3/11/06, Jonathan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rich, that sounds like something that I could use. Mastery and not just > introductory stuff. The books I have read just go over the basic > components, > like list or scrollpane, not things like the datagrid or learning how to > use > a cellrenderer. Thanks again. > > On 3/11/06, Rich Rodecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > well, you mentioned you were up on your components, so I don't know > > how 'advanced' this book would be for you...but I am reading <a > > href=" > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=richrodecker-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F1590595939%2Fqid%3D1142032643%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dbooks%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D283155 > > ">AdvancED > > Actionscript Components : Mastering the Flash Component > > Architecture</a> and I'm really digging it. The author doesn't just > > show you the methods and properties availabel to a component, like the > > other book that is just a reprint of the help docs, he goes into the > > flash component architcture itself to give you a better understanding > > of how things are working, and whats going on behind the scenes. > > > > He goes into this thing about XLEFF (XML Layout engine for Flash) for > > a little bit, but I just kinda glossed over that so far, since im not > > really interested, i just want to undersatnd the components > > better....but skipping over all that stuff doesnt affect understanding > > anything else in the book. > > > > > > > > On 3/11/06, Jonathan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply, Karthik. I checked the archives and came up with > > 136 > > > prior messages in relation to "advanced books" but none that were > > current, > > > as in the last year or so. I noticed someone else just posted in > > relation to > > > a book recommendation and got some good responses, so it would be > great > > if > > > someone would have some information on an advanced book. > > > > > > On 3/10/06, Karthik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey Flashers, how about a book for an intermediate/advanced level > > coder? > > > > I > > > > > don't want to read about what objects, properties, methods, > events, > > > > event > > > > > handlers, and listeners are, or even how to write basic classes. > > That > > > > stuff > > > > > is always repeated in both the AS books (or any introductory > > programming > > > > > books for that matter - rant) that I have read. I read the > deHaans' > > > > > Macromedia Press books starting with MX2004 and the AS 2.0 book > for > > > > Flash 8. > > > > > I also own the AS 2.0 reference for Flash 8 and the Flash 8 > > component > > > > > reference. I guess I am just looking for something that will have > > more > > > > > hardcore examples, practical ones at that. I do remember seeing an > > > > advanced > > > > > book for MX a few years ago and wondered if they have anything > like > > that > > > > for > > > > > 2004 or 8. Your help much to be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Please check the archives. Book recommendations posts appear once > > > > every 36.34 hours on this list :) The link is in the footer. > > > > > > > > This is the first time I've seen one of these lame corporate > > > > disclaimer footnotes from a gmail address. 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