I strongly suggest Application Design Solutions (FriendsOfED) which is a unique book about flash RIA development. Essential Actionscript 2 is also a good one.
On 11/10/06, Millie Niss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I looked at that XML book in the bookstore and dicovered its ghastliness in time. The very worst Flash book I ever bought was one of the first Actionscript 2.0 books: Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 2.0by Tapper, Talbot, Haffner (New Riders, usually an ok press). I read it and thought one would have to write about 10,000 lines of very cryptic code to make a component or even a subclass of MovieClip. Early on, I bought loads of early friendsofed books that were really, really bad, in the Flash 5 days when they were almost the only press to cover "advanced" Flash programming. But several of their more recent books are actually good. Aside from the XML one, Flash 8 Essentials actually covers the new Actionscript (along with IDE stuff) in a serious way in a short book, and the new Object Oriented Actionscript (Elst/Yard) is also good and uses design patterns. Millie Niss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sporkworld.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript,book suggestion I bought that book too. It is the worst computer book I have ever read. At their talk they gave on the subject at MAX a couple of years ago (it could have been flash forward), Joey Lott kept having to correct them from the audience. He was so nice about it, but it was pretty obvious they didn't know what they were talking about. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:21 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Noob, basic questions on actionscript,book suggestion >>This is not the same book as some older friendsofed books on XML and Flash >>(using A.S. 1.0/older versions of Flash) which were terrible. LOL. Another XML and Flash book to avoid is "Flash and XML: A Developer's Guide" by Dov Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen. Very pretty, but filled full of off-topic stuff and hardly anthing you can make much use of, let alone understand. Not only that, filled full of Flash worst-practices. I wasted a good $35 on that one a few years back. Should have plopped into one of those cushy chairs at Borders and skimmed for a good while instead of making a quick impulse buy. Anyway, just have to get that off my chest =:) Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning & Organizational Effectiveness _______________________________________________ [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 _______________________________________________ [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
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