Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks (0735713820) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

Server geeks, take heart: If you're sick of wading through pages of animation and graphics instruction just to find the nugget of info that's relevant to you, you now have an alternative! This volume leaves the designing to the designers and instead focuses on the core concepts that you (as a programmer and developer) need to master to create rich user interfaces, online advertising, enterprise application front ends, and more with Flash MX Pro 2004. By providing advanced functionality for creating sophisticated interactive content, rich Internet applications, pro-quality video, and easy device deployment, Flash MX 2004 Pro offers an ideal development environment--and one that's being widely adopted across the Web. Using hands-on projects--including two real-world applications--and exercises to reinforce learning, author

Nate Weiss

delivers important quick-start information for those new to Flash MX development and goes in depth for veterans. A companion Web site includes downloadable code, links to the working applications developed through the book's exercises, and video demos.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

For the developer:

This book delivers exactly what the title implies: it teaches developers the 4 different ways in which they can tie a flash application with external data. The information found in this book is definitely not found in any generic Flash or Macromedia Studio MX book.
After reading the book I never regretted buying it and I keep it for reference. If you do not think that Macromedia's "Rich Internet Applications" are any different than regular web applications, this book might change your mind.

I keep this book at arms length:

Well thought out book.
Great examples.
Gets you to were you need to be in relation to building RIA with ActionScripting.
Holds your hand along the way.
-Highly recommended.

Truly a Great Book for Server Geeks!:

As the book stated, this is a book for application developers (e.g. people that write web applications using Java, C#, ColdFusion). If you are one of those people, and like me, need to learn how to use Flash as a rich client front-end and retrieves data from a server, this is hands-down the best book!! I have never used Flash in my life and this is the first book I went through. After going through it, I was able to use Flash adequately and have a VERY GOOD understanding how to bring data back from the... more info

Finally .. A Flash Book for Developers ... About Time ....:

This book is awesome! I've been developing CF applications for a few years and wanted to learn how to integrate with Flash. Problem was that most Flash books either leave out integrating with a database, OR assume the user knows how to use Actionscript and Flash. this book assumes neither and easily and clearly walks through WORKING examples in CF, .NET, and Java ... it's easy to see why CF is the preferred method. Geeks, you know who you are ... this is the book that will show you what you need to know to... more info

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