Sure, you can use Flash MX 2004 without being a master programmer, but as any Flash developer worth his or her salt will tell you, you're not tapping all of its power unless you're taking advantage of its scripting language "ActionScript 2.0" which offers a more robust programming model and better object-oriented programming support than ever before. Here to take the fear factor out of learning it are Flash veterans and best-selling authors Derek Franklin and Jobe Makar, who demonstrate that scripting is an instinctual process you already know by translating real-life activities into ActionScript scripts. In these pages, you'll find methodologies and techniques for building over 40 real-life Flash ActionScript projects, including sample games, --- applications, Web sites, and more. New in this edition are coverage of ActionScript 2.0, Web services, Components, Printing, Video, and more. On the companion CD, you'll find all the project files and images you need to complete each project.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Don't Waste Your Money:
I develop in C, Assembler, PHP, javascript, HTML4/5, XML, C++, etc. Have been doing hardcore development for 30 years. I bought this Flash book to learn Actionscript to gain power from the language. Quite honestly, this book is incomplete at best. No function/method reference. No class/structure reference. Much of the code is incomplete or outright wrong (fails syntacticly). In may cases they don't even cover important arguments in calls made that tell you whether or not functions succeed or fail. Topics of... more info
hrmmmm:
Iam taking a class right now thats using this book. Iam almost done with chapter 2 and i have to say that iam completely lost. This book is by no means good for a beginer. I will probably just finish the book for the class then have to find another book that breaks it down better. I find that it throws concepts at you way to fast and you get to the point that your just typing the code thats in the book. I took a couse in flash using the book Flash MX 2004 Hands on Training by Rosanna Yeung. That book was... more info
A Great Way for Beginners to Learn:
I've been working through the Franklin and Makar book for several weeks now. For someone like myself who has little programming experience and no previous knowledge of ActionScript, it is an excellent learning aid. The authors take the reader step-by-step, starting with simple projects and progressing to more advanced ones. The authors say up front that this book assumes a basic knowledge of how Flash works. They focus on ActionScript, not how to set up objects on the stage, for example. So, if you're... more info
Absolutely surperb!:
I was initially put off buying this book after reading the negative comments below. But, after borrowing a library copy along with other books on AS2, I decided to buy this one. It is for beginners but it actually does a better job than more advanced books in explaining some of the intermediate level topics too. It delivers everything it promises in its blurb. The accompanying CD ROM has all the files and graphics needed to complete the tutorials whch cover the full scope of AS2. The scripts work which is... more info
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