Hi Ian, sorry for the late reply. I've been sooooo busy. I personally recomend NOT worrying about design patterns and such. Instead, go for a good AS2 book which will, as a matter of course lead you through the principals of good Object Oriented design and development. The principals are truly very simple but there tends to be a belief that they are attainable only by years of study and self abuse. This is entirely untrue. If you simply want to learn OO design and programming then I would recommend any of the myriad of excellent OO or Java for beginners books as these are truely excellent. If, however, you want to learn your OOD and OOP on actionscript itself (as this is obviously more relevant) then I have to recomend New Riders' Object Oriented Programming in Actionscript 2.0. I found this an invaluable reference. It's worth mentioning at this point that AS 3.0 will be more stricly typed (see your OO book for that reference) and as such more of a strict OO language. As such you'd be well advised to get a decent AS 3 book once you've got the principals of OO in AS 2 under your belt. FoE are bringing out a Foundation AS3 book which is aimed at giving designers and new developers a better handle on AS3.
Good luck mate Sean McSharry www.flashcoder.net/blog > Hi, > Can anyone recommend a good book to teach designers who know a bit > of AS1 scripting up to speed with AS2? I've been asked for a > recommendation and it's been so long since I bought a book (or was > scripting AS1!), I'm at a loss to pick out one from the myriad that a > Google search brings up. > > Cheers, > Ian > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > 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 > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com 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
