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Title: How To Do Everything with Macromedia Flash¿ 5 by Bonnie Blake ISBN: 0-07-212714-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 14 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: How To Do Everything with Macromedia Flash 5
Comment: This is by the far the best book on the market today covering concepts that are clearly explained, with examples that precisely illustrate the "how to" and "why" things are done. It covers pertinent information for the avid Flash professional and makes for a handy reference manual, aside from the fact that it's a "must have" for the Flash beginner as well. This book is extremely well written and its coverage of the object oriented ActionScript is filled with examples that make its concepts easy to grasp. Finally, a book that sticks to Flash and isn't crammed with hundreds of pages of topics that have nothing to do with Flash or its concepts.
Rating: 5
Summary: I think it does really say everything
Comment: This book was really a pleasent surprise. It is very upfront and easy to read and packed with answers to questions I could not find anywhere else. And Flash is a subject that seems easy at first, but it'sreally quite complex. Bonnie makes the complex seem very easy. Especially in the Actionscript section. Instead of coming with a CD, you can download online files. The publisher could have made this a little easier to find, but once I found them, they were really great. Very helpful in totally understanding the concepts.
I'd say this is a great book for any level Flash user. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 2
Summary: I wonder about some of these glowing reviews...
Comment: Despite the author's impressive credentials, I found this book to be poorly written. Despite the incessant mention of careful planning when using Flash, the author didn't seem to plan well herself. The chapters often tend to veer off topic, and the explanations are excessively wordy and often ambiguous or unclear. The useful content of this book could be easily condensed into one about 1/4 the size. There are also numerous mistakes throughout the book. While this is not uncommon in technical books these days, one would think that somebody would sit down and actually read the book before it is published. The code examples, which must be downloaded from the publisher's web site, often don't match up with the text. This as well as the errors and typos can make it very confusing to somebody actually trying to learn something. In addition, despite the glossy, colorful cover, this is a one-color book. Several times, there are references to color in the figures as if the book was originally intended to be printed with color examples. If you want a wordy, haphazard guide to Flash with poor direction and basic content get this book. If you're starting from scratch and want to learn how to do everything with Flash, look elsewhere.
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Title: Flash 5! Creative Web Animation (With CD-ROM) by Derek Franklin, Brooks Patton ISBN: 020171969X Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 22 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 5 in 24 Hours by Phillip Kerman ISBN: 067231892X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 17 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash 5 From Scratch by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Duncan ISBN: 0789724618 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 13 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Flash 5 Magic: With ActionScript by Scott Hamlin, David J. Emberton, J. Scott Hamlin ISBN: 0735710236 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 10 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Advanced Flash 5, ActionScript in Action by Dan Livingston ISBN: 0130931276 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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