heh yeah your thread got hijacked. Charles P.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Todd Kerpelman <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, in case anybody was wondering, I ended up picking up the > O'Reilly Flex Cookbook over the Training From the Source one, primarily > because the O'Reilly site had a very simple "Buy the PDF" option. (It's a > little easier to read and code on the train if I can just have everything > on > my laptop.) Somebody oughta tell these Adobe folks about this .pdf format > I've been hearing so much about. I bet they'd like it! > > --T > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think one of the things that will determine whether you like Flex > > training from the source, is whether you want a book you can just read > and > > later pick up and thumb through a section. Flex training from the source > is > > arranged more as a series of hands-on exercises where the reader is told > how > > to follow through on a computer and any discussion is based on the > practical > > work done. It's not so much a "Pick me up and dip into me" type of book > > because so much of the content is centred around actively sitting at a > > computer doing the exercises. It would make a poor reference but is > strong > > at "hands-on". Very much a "doing" book. > > > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

