Anyways, I guess coming from Swing there are books (such as Filthy Rich Clients, one author Chet Haase works for Adobe now) which cover
Yeah, I heard that rumor as well... lots of neat tricks, details, expert type info. That's what I was sort of wondering about. To be fair, Filthy Rich Clients was written when Java/Swing/2D was pretty mature. At the time, the only other Swing books available just covered the basics. Flex is newer, so maybe the advanced books or books covering specific niche topics about Flex aren't there yet because most people are still getting into it. On the other hand, it's a very approachable platform, so it doesn't take too much of an intro to get you to a place where you can dive in. It is worth checking out some of the blogs and learning sites out there; it's not as easy as having it collected in a table of contents, but there's some nice deep topics covered out there, both for AS3/Flash development in general and for Flex in particular. Chet. --- In [email protected]<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Samuel Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This strikes me a bit odd - what do people think Flex is ? It is > simply a tool > for AS3 development - or do people think this is a RAD tool like VB > where everything > is just point and click with no code ? > > Craig - unfortunately the actual best book is the Adobe online > tutorials and API > reference - its not terribly difficult to pick up once you have an > understanding or > background in C# or Java. If you are new to the development scene, > then obviously > flex will be rather more "daunting" - but it is worthwhile. > > On Sep 26, 2008, at 12:43 PM, cwicky99 wrote: > > > I'm looking for one or more books to really dive into Flex (and > > perhaps AS3). I know the basics and have been using it for a while, > > but I really want to get into the advanced topics and the details for > > some serious Flex development. Most of the books I've seen all seem > > to have the some Table of Contents covering very basic stuff. > > > > Is there anything out there that covers all the details (you know > > sometimes when you read a blog, or watch a videocast you find out > > about a little nugget of information you had never heard of)? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > >
