Oops, Sorry, revision of my post meant to say: ".. did however notice that the END PARTS of the book was more of a starting point to what we later now know as Cairngorm (not that it was a bad thing, quite the opposite)..."
On 2/2/06, Scott Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Book was fine from my end, so same format (even a clueless git like > me, got the concepts you were ranting about inside thine book). > > oh.. and i'm with you Steven, its Initialisation not Initialization .. > damn Z spellers... > > I did however notice that the book was more of a starting point to > what we later now know as Cairngorm (not that it was a bad thing, > quite the opposite). I'd only flag that as if the framework changes, > it might associate I guess "time" to the book in a more obvious > manner... (ie is this text still relevant? hasn't the framework > evolved? ). That and if certain folk on this list who are > anti-framwork because of some religious reason that most can't > understand, it could be a negative... > > > That all being said, i'm more then happy to download your next book > from various news groups without paying for it... (just kidding, i did > buy your last one). > > On 2/1/06, Steven Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris, > > > > The book will be updated for Flex 2, but we're at the very early stages > > of authoring right now. The current book doesn't cover ActionScript in > > any great amount of detail - it's assumed as knowledge that you'll do a > > much better job of getting elsewhere. Similarly, we don't try in the > > book to be exhaustive in terms of tags and attributes, but rather try to > > go beyond the documentation to give you some concept as to how to think > > about pulling the components of the Flex framework together to build > > your own real-world apps. > > > > So ... I'm highly confident that until the 2.0 book is available, the > > 1.5 book will get you almost all of the way to where you need to be with > > Flex. > > > > With that being said; if anyone wants to drop Ali or I private feedback > > as to what they liked/disliked about the book, and what you'd like to > > see for Flex 2.0 version of the book, it's (almost) not too late for us > > to take that feedback into consideration. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Steven > > > > -- > > Steven Webster > > Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) > > Adobe Consulting > > Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK > > p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 > > m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Velevitch > > > Sent: 27 January 2006 00:00 > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Flex book and Flex 2 > > > > > > Apart from AS3, how much different is mxml as described in > > > the book to mxml in Flex 2? > > > > > > I'm trying to determine whether the book is still of value in > > > learning Flex 2. Wil the book be updated for Flex 2 > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > -- > > > Chris Velevitch > > > Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group www.flashdev.org.au > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.mossyblog.com > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
