[flexcoders] Flex Books - Detailed/Nitty-Gritty

2008-09-26 Thread cwicky99
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

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books - Detailed/Nitty-Gritty

2008-09-26 Thread Samuel Colak
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

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Andrey
I have bought all the books out there that have been printed so far (and it's not many :( at the moment. Programming Flex 2 is not out yet and only available in rough draft, and even that is only a few chapters that are posted (57 pages available out of 580) actionscript 3.0 cookbook is good, i

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Leif Wells
Both of these books are good. And remember, a lot more books are due out soon. http://www.leifwells.com/index.cfm/2006/12/11/Upcoming-Books-for-Flex-and-Actionscript Leif

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Cortlandt Winters
I'd like to throw out an additional recommendation Advanced Actionscript 3 with Design Patterns I think it just came out recently. I noticed it last week and gave it a chance. I really like it. They just cover the basic ones that you are likely familiar with at least at a high level, but they do

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Is there any particular book out yet you would recommend for someone who is not as much of a programmer? Or are there good websites at this point they will help you get your feet under you with Flex 2? I'm tasked with helping another person get into Flex and I'm having a difficult time figuring

RE: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Stephen Gilson
:16 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Flex books Is there any particular book out yet you would recommend for someone who is not as much of a programmer? Or are there good websites at this point they will help you get your feet under you with Flex 2? I'm tasked

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Mark Lapasa
Sometimes the best way to learn is to get thrown into the fire. Have them go to http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ and run through with Getting Started with Flex 2. Once they get their feet wet with the FlexBuilder IDE, they will know whether MXML/AS3 is for them or not. It also provides

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Clint Tredway
The Training from the source would be a good start. On 2/5/07, Pan Troglodytes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any particular book out yet you would recommend for someone who is not as much of a programmer? Or are there good websites at this point they will help you get your feet under

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-05 Thread Pan Troglodytes
Well, in this case I'd say the boss has already decided the Flex is for them. ;) On 2/5/07, Mark Lapasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes the best way to learn is to get thrown into the fire. Have them go to http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ and run through with Getting Started with

[flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-04 Thread Stembert Olivier (BIL)
Hi flexcoders, Is it worth buying these books??? Programming Flex2 ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook Did you read and recomment them? Rgds, Olivier - An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring to a binding engagement must be confirmed in writing and

Re: [flexcoders] Flex books

2007-02-04 Thread Brendan Meutzner
Can't speak for Programming Flex 2 but I'd recommend the Cookbook for sure... Brendan On 2/4/07, Stembert Olivier (BIL) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi flexcoders, Is it worth buying these books??? Programming Flex2 ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook Did you read and recomment them? Rgds, Olivier

[flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Hi, Just joined the list... Nice to meet ya'll! :D Background: I can do Flash (been using it on/off for years), PHP, CSS, XHTML... Yadda... I am just now learning about Flex... Looks promising. Anyone have good book recommendations? I would prefer something fast-paced and not super-noob.

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
There's the RIA book that's currently in it's pre-release stage. I've seen some drafts and I can say it seems promising. I guess that the url is www.ria-book.com, not sure though. Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just joined the

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread greg h
Micky, 3rd party books are not yet out. Video based training is already out (including Lynda.com as Chris pointed out.) Renaun put up an informal (but pretty complete) list of current and forthcoming 3rd party titles here: http://renaun.com/blog/2006/06/27/49/ Your #1 first stop should be

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Clint Modien
Did someone say PHP... ? That's what I call timing.http://www.themidnightcoders.com/blog/Looks like they'll be releasing a php version of FDS in the next few hours... On 9/1/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just joined the list... Nice to meet

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Clint Modien
Forgot to mention it''s opensource. On 9/1/06, Clint Modien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did someone say PHP... ? That's what I call timing.http://www.themidnightcoders.com/blog/ Looks like they'll be releasing a php version of FDS in the next few hours... On 9/1/06, Micky Hulse [EMAIL

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Thijs Triemstra | Collab
>From a configuration perspective it's like FDS but it's RPC only, no RTMP.ThijsOp 1-sep-2006, om 17:15 heeft Clint Modien het volgende geschreven:Did someone say PHP... ?   That's what I call timing.http://www.themidnightcoders.com/blog/Looks like they'll be releasing a php version of FDS in

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
Did someone say PHP... ? That's what I call timing.http://www.themidnightcoders.com/blog/ Looks like they'll be releasing a php version of FDS in the next few hours... You're kidding!? That's some great news!!Marcelo.On 9/1/06, Thijs Triemstra | Collab [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [flexcoders] Flex Books? Suggestions...

2006-09-01 Thread Micky Hulse
Micky Hulse wrote: Any suggestions would be great. :) Ah, great suggestions so far, thanks all! Looking through the links and researching your suggestions now. So, maybe I should re-phrase: Rather than book suggestions... Links to tutorials, examples, dev websites, blogs, and/or anything

[flexcoders] Flex Books . . .

2005-07-14 Thread chris.alvarado
good moring everyone. . . . i was looking around for possible Flex books and of course saw what may be the only one Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex is written around Flex 1.0. Is there an updated version planned or any new Flex books in the works that anyone knows of? I'll probably

RE: [flexcoders] Flex Books . . .

2005-07-14 Thread Steven Webster
. Please ensure your own checks are carried out before any attachments are opened. -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris.alvarado Sent: 14 July 2005 16:08 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Flex Books . . . good