+1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "nathanpdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 6:31 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex Books - Detailed/Nitty-Gritty
>I highly suggest the Flex 3 Cookbook - not so great for "tutorials" > but it is "freakin' AWESOME" (my thoughts personally... :D) if you > have a decent grasp & know what you wanna do. I use it everyday > > Just a thought! > -Nathan D. > > > --- In [email protected], Chet Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> 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 <sam.colak@> 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! >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Alternative FAQ location: > https://share.acrobat.com/adc/document.do?docid=942dbdc8-e469-446f-b4cf-1e62079f6847 > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >
