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Holistic Guidance - Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide
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List Price: $39.99
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Manufacturer: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.696
EAN: 9780596527877
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 059652787X
Label: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library
Manufacturer: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 382
Publication Date: 2008-01-04
Publisher: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library
Release Date: 2008-01-04
Studio: O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library
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Product Description
In this book, authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser share the knowledge they've gained from their years as multimedia developers/designers and teachers. Learning ActionScript 3.0 gives you a solid foundation in the language of Flash and demonstrates how you can use it for practical, everyday projects. The authors do more than just give you a collection of sample scripts. Written for those of you new to ActionScript 3.0, the book describes how ActionScript and Flash work, giving you a clear look into essential topics such as logic, event handling, displaying content, migrating legacy projects to ActionScript 3.0, classes, and much more. You will learn important techniques through hands-on exercises, and then build on those skills as chapters progress. ActionScript 3.0 represents a significant change for many Flash users, and a steeper learning curve for the uninitiated. This book will help guide you through a variety of scripting scenarios. Rather than relying heavily on prior knowledge of object-oriented programming (OOP), topics are explained in focused examples that originate in the timeline, with optional companion classes for those already comfortable with their use. As chapters progress, the book introduces more and more OOP techniques, allowing you to choose which scripting approach you prefer. Learning ActionScript 3.0 reveals: New ways to harness the power and performance of AS3 Common mistakes that people make with the language Essential coverage of text, sound, video, XML, drawing with code, and more Migration issues from AS1 and AS2 to AS3 Simultaneous development of procedural and object-oriented techniques Tips that go beyond simple script collections, including how toapproach a project and which resources can help you along the way The companion web site contains material for all the exercises in the book, as well as short quizzes to make sure you're up to speed with key concepts. ActionScript 3.0 is a different animal from previous versions, and Learning ActionScript 3.0 teaches everything that web designers, GUI-based Flash developers, and those new to ActionScript need to start using the language.
Praise
"The best ActionScript book ever written."
-Lee Brimelow, Creator of The Flash Blog
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Summary: Great book for programmers, albeit badly titled
Comment: First off, let me preface this by saying I have been programming for about 10 years or so and while I think this is a GREAT Flash primer for programmers, this is not a book for beginning programmers.
ActionScript 3 as a language is very similar to Java and other C based Object Oriented Languages, but the hardest entry point into Flash for programmers is the fact that the Flash IDE is really aimed at designers. Adobe has created Flex as a tool for programmers who wish to use ActionScript 3 to create Rich Internet Apps, but the Flex framework has a fairly large (200k) footprint which is not suitable for all applications.
This book does a very good job of explaining how to set up the Document class (so you can start adding code), how the DisplayList works, and how to tie in your visual components to your code as well as having lots of other Flash tips for programmers.
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Summary: Poorly written for begininers
Comment: There is a reason the joke of "hello world" exists.
Because most well written programming books start with a small program and expand on it so you can see how it all connects. This mess of a book jumps around with unconnected code snippets, offering newbies no insight into how it is all put together.
If you are actually a beginner to action script and not a professional doing some log rolling, avoid this book like the plague.
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Summary: Excellent resource for learning AS3
Comment: This is an excellent book, especially for Flash users who need to know the basics of AS3. There's a huge difference between AS2 and AS3, and This book really helps bridge that gap.
If you are just starting out in AS3 then this book is a great place to start. I refer to it daily. While it doesn't have the heavy detail of a 900+ page reference manual, in my opinion this book is probably the best introduction to AS3 currently on the market.
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Summary: Finally! This makes sense!
Comment: I've been using Flash since it was FutureSplash and while that sounds nice, as
a visual design minded person I've felt each improvement to Actionscript has
also brought with it a certain degree of alienation to non C.S. majors. This
book is exactly what I needed--it does much to bridge the gap and I'm
already enjoying the benefits.
And I mean actually enjoying. I have a fairly decent library of Flash books but
Learning Actionscriipt 3.0 is the first one to transport me back to when I was an eight year old kid
with my first decent book on Basic. Only AS3 is so much more awesome.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I came to this book as a designer interested in learning a little something about ActionScript to help my design work. As result of reading this book I'm spending my free time writing ActionScript.
When I can read a technical book without getting tense or confused, it's a terrific success. The writing is clear and the examples the author chose open up lots of possibilities for projects. I consider myself lucky for finding this book to learn ActionScript.
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