Jump in immediately and get your hands dirty with Flash 5 Hands-On Training. The book's project-based exercises, modeled on acclaimed teacher Lynda Weinman's unique brand of instruction, are the ideal way for busy professionals to learn this cutting-edge Web technology. The book emphasizes the practical: You'll master core Flash principles using classroom-tested techniques and hard-won tips that you can apply to real-life projects.
Flash 5 Hands-On Training gives you a complete learning experience, combining the best of book-based and classroom instruction. You get the flexibility of following the book's clear, step-by-step exercises at your own pace, plus a CD full of sample files and QuickTime movies demonstrating key techniques. Armed with a thorough grounding in actual Flash problems and their solutions, you'll soon be creating your own professional interactive and animated Web sites.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
good, but not complete:
The book gives clear step-by step instructions on most Flash 5 functions.
However, the book does not give clear instructions on how to create navigation buttons. I had to spend hours of trial and error.
Nor does the book explain how to make input boxes and provide feedback for an educational program. I am having to purchase a few more Flash 5 manuals and hope that at least one of those manuals will help me.
Good book:
I attempted to learn Flash 5 first with a dummies book and then a sam's book. Neither compared to this one. The whole hands-on-training series offers just that, a hands-on approach to development. The included tutorial movies were especially useful and were the individual exercises the author had us follow along with. It doesn't cover many advanced topics, like action scripting, but for a beginner just wanting to learn flash, this is a good read.
Best Tutorial Book I've Ever Bought:
I've tried 3 or 4 other books while trying to learn Flash over the last two years. This is the one that finally got me way up the learning curve.
Overpriced? No, I don't think so. The authors and editors put in a helluva lot of work on this book, breaking the subject matter into digestible lessons and then double-checking the tutorials. I've paid as much for other books that taught me nothing (because they weren't user-friendly and didn't keep my interest) and paid six times as much for one-day courses... more info
Top Notch:
This book was written by teachers for learning,and it does it better than any other books I've seen. It doesn't hurt that she really knows her Flash as well. Some will bypass the book because it isn't a top notch reference guide for the experienced person. My view is "What good is a reference manual if you don't have a good book to teach you?" You won't do better than this book for learning Flash.
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