Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-18 Thread Webdevotion
Hey Millie, I think the main pre-requisite should be some knowledge of the concept OOP. It's a well written book, but OOP can be hard to grasp at times. If you worked with classes etc using AS 2.0 you should be fine with this book. It explains some of the biggest changes in the first few pages o

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-18 Thread Charles Parcell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:38 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books > > Millie Niss wrote: > >> I was just looking at Joey Lott's "Advanced Actionscript 3 With Design Patterns" book in

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-18 Thread Morten Reinholdt
lessons available. Lori- From: Morten Reinholdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:38 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books Millie Niss wrote: I was just looking at Joey Lott's "Advanced Actionsc

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-18 Thread Lori
le. Lori- From: Morten Reinholdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 1:38 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books Millie Niss wrote: > I was just looking at Joe

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-17 Thread Morten Reinholdt
Millie Niss wrote: I was just looking at Joey Lott's "Advanced Actionscript 3 With Design Patterns" book in the store, and it looked pretty good, but it had "knowledge of Actionscript 3" as a pre-requisite. I am not aware of any (print) books introducing Actionscript 3... Are there any? I'd

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-17 Thread Charles Parcell
Millie, I have this book and am half way through it. Having flipped ahead in the book I can say this. The first two-thirds of the book focus on OOP, class architecture, and patterns. The last third of the book talks more to specific AS3 implementation. With that said, I find it to be a very valu

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-16 Thread Michael Tuminello
actionscript cookbook is out. moock's as3 book is partially available as pdf through safari rough cuts. MT On Dec 15, 2006, at 4:44 PM, slangeberg wrote: They probably are more concerned with your knowledge of 'compiling AS3'. If you know AS2, then you're good to go! I figured out AS3 when

RE: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-15 Thread Rapo, Andrew
Niss Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:34 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books I was just looking at Joey Lott's "Advanced Actionscript 3 With Design Patterns" book in the store, and it looked pretty good, but it had "knowledge of Acti

Re: [Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-15 Thread slangeberg
They probably are more concerned with your knowledge of 'compiling AS3'. If you know AS2, then you're good to go! I figured out AS3 when flex 2 was in alpha. Not much to it, if you know any java/C#/javascript-like language (what, Algol-based?). Especially if you download that language ref. -Scot

[Flashcoders] Actionscript 3 Books

2006-12-15 Thread Millie Niss
I was just looking at Joey Lott's "Advanced Actionscript 3 With Design Patterns" book in the store, and it looked pretty good, but it had "knowledge of Actionscript 3" as a pre-requisite. I am not aware of any (print) books introducing Actionscript 3... Are there any? I'd like to start learni