Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickProject Guides)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Russell Chun, Joe Garraffo Our price £21.84 (£22.99) New from £11.09 Used from £3.07 Pages: 648 (Paperback) ISBN: 0321213416 Pub: Peachpit Press Pub date: 2003-12-04 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 180822

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flash mx 2004 advanced (0/0 people found this helpful)

This book is well done what concerns the organization and the visual aids, but I would put bigger graphics in some cases.

Moreover I wouldn't go into depth of subjects like Javascript. At the beginning of chapter 3 it starts explaining the basics of Javascript and how Javascript is a "popular object-oriented programming language" while it's a scripting language instead, because it's not based on classes but on prototypes.

Except from this, the book is really good. Good value for the price too.

If you want professional looking animations buy this book! (19/20 people found this helpful)

This is one of those books that markets itself well (by its contents, its promises, and the inclusion of a CD). I have about a dozen books on FLASH and this is the only one that motivates me to post a review here. Good technical, how-to books in any programming language must be hard to write as many of them are difficult to read. This is an exception. It is masterfully written. This person clearly has mnay years teaching experience and knows exactly what the learner wants from a text like this. The examples are explained very clearly, there are screen shots for dummies like me, and if that aint enough you've got the code on the CD! The description of each animation you are trying to create is kept succinct but with sufficient detail that you can follow what is going on. Though the word 'advanced' is used in the title, don't let this put you off. The best way to learn is by following an example and then by trying to modify the example. This book lets you do this, and so you don't need to be that adavanced. Well done DR. Chun. What is also superb about this book is the accompanying CD-ROM. It opens with an html file allowing you instant access to the flash swf files, so that you can see the fully working animation before you dive in to emulate it. Having identified the animation you want you can easily locate the chapter in the book and the flash file on the CD. This book is excellent value for money.

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