Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Actionscript: Training from the Source

click here for more details, find new or used items	Derek Franklin, Jobe Makar Our price £20.39 (£33.99) New from £10.99 Used from £5.90 Pages: 776 (Paperback) ISBN: 0321213432 Pub: Macromedia Press Pub date: 2003-11-27 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25958

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Totally Baffled (1/1 people found this helpful)

It may be this a book for Web Developers rather than Web Designers but it just went way over my head.
I have been using Flash for two years so don't feel a total novice and wished to improve my Actionscript skills so reading the other reviews looked like the book for me. I have now decided it is not. That is not to say people with good programming skills or perhaps A level maths might not understand it but I ended up totally confused. I would try and read the basic bit and would get confused with their explanation of Arrays, Strings, Variables etc etc however when I did the exercise I could get the drift of what they were saying, and produced the final result. But could I create something of my own and now what i wanted, mmm not sure. But I am sure with a better brain than I obviously have it is probably a good book. I mean it does explain stuff - I just don't understand it!

This is all you need to be very good at action scripting!!!! (4/4 people found this helpful)

This was the kind of comment I read before deciding to buy this book. I bought it out of curiousity and i never regretted buying it.
The book's name ("Training From The Source"), actually has a full description of what the book is all about. I must say here that, it is a very good book for anyone with a very solid OOP (Object Oriented Programming) background. Unlike other books, this is a book that READS BETWEEN THE LINES. It actually DECODES all the codes LINE BY LINE and tells you what each line does. With the lessons in the companion CD, it's just as if you are been taught by a teacher. One other thing I enjoy about the book is that,after taking you through the programming part of the Lessons, it doesn't just leave you to test the output but it also gives you a clear picture of what the output is meant to do by giving you suggestions on what you shoud click or type. I recommend this book to any programmer who wants to unleash the power of Flash's Action Script! It will give you a SOLID FOUNDATION in Action Script and also gives you a very practical knowledge how you can develop your own personal projects.

This is all you need to be very good at action scripting!!!! (0/0 people found this helpful)

This was the kind of comment I read before deciding to buy this book. I bought it out of curiousity and i never regretted buying it.
The book's name ("Training From The Source"), actually has a full description of what the book is all about. I must say here that, it is a very good book for anyone with a very solid OOP (Object Oriented Programming) background. Unlike other books, this is a book that READS BETWEEN THE LINES. It actually DECODES all the codes LINE BY LINE and tells you what each line does. With the lessons in the companion CD, it's just as if you are been taught by a teacher. One other thing I enjoy about the book is that,after taking you through the programming part of the Lessons, it doesn't just leave you to test the output but it also gives you a clear picture of what the output is meant to do by giving you suggestions on what you shoud click or type. I recommend this book to any programmer who wants to unleash the power of Flash's Action Script! It will give you a SOLID FOUNDATION in Action Script and also gives you a very practical knowledge how you can develop your own personal projects.

Solid foudation in ActionSripting 2.0 (0/0 people found this helpful)

I decided to buy this book after borrowing a library copy, along with lots of other books on AS2. I think this is the best book for beginners . It superbly explains the "how" and "why" of AS2 . I found that it actually better explains some of the topics that are being presented by other books as intermediate level. The accompanying CD ROM has all the files and graphics needed to complete the tutorials which cover the full scope of AS2. The scripts work. I don't have any programming experience but I'm delighted by the progress I'm making with this book.

Absolutely surberb (3/3 people found this helpful)

I bought this book after reviewing loads of AS2 books I borrowed from my local library. I can understand now why my local university recommends it to their students studying computer graphics/programming course. The book delivers everything it says in the blurb. The accompanying CD ROM has all the files and graphics needed to complete all the tutorials. It has tons of exercises that cover the full scope of AS2. The scripts work. I'm from a graphics background with no programming experience whatsoever. I'm glad I decided to learn AS2 because it allows me to do things in flash not possible using just graphics and the timeline. And this book is making the programming accessible to me. I have found it to be the best book for giving a solid foundation in AS2 and I've no hestiation in recommending it. In fact, if you're considering buying it then I'd say do it, you'll be happy with your decision. Hope this review helps you.

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