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Title: Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX by Kevin Towes ISBN: 0-7357-1333-2 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 12 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.83 (18 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: It's the only option...
Comment: ...for the time being that is. This book is okay to get you started but it does lead to other questions that the book doesn't get into. I found the books web site sample applications weren't all working which was frustrating to say the least. As far as getting started, you probably could do just as well with the on line tutorials at the Macromedia web site. I did find the step by step instructions on setting up the server very helpful and much more complete than the documentation that shipped with the FCS software. In that sense it made the book worth the price yet I am waiting for better books to arrive. I would agree with others that this book was rushed to publication but at least its available. FCS is supported with Director MX but I guess this is so new the book didn't get into it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Typos and Errors and Ommissions, oh my!
Comment: Because this book, for the time being anyway, was essentailly my only option, I bought it. If you have any programming experience what so ever - especially any experience programming ActionScript, you will find this book tedious, repetative and slow moving. It tends to repeat itself every couple of pages and provide no truly useful figures or images, but is chock full of erroneous code and typos. I'm looking forward to replacing this book as soon a a new one on the topic can be found, and I would suggest it ONLY if you truly need some reference material on FlashComm now.
Rating: 1
Summary: Erroneous code and a poor companion website
Comment: I had high hopes for this book especially since Jeremy Allaire wrote the foreword. What I discovered was that I had just bought a book that is FULL of errors. I was unable to get ANY sample application to work that required actionscripting. For days I couldn't figure out what was going on until I realized that the examples are simply poorly written.
Some chapters, like Chapter 9 on creating a presentation application are completely wrong. Kevin Towes wasn't able to even spellcheck his code so you find references such as - root.mymovieclip - or rtmp:\\localhost.
The companion website is just as frustrating. It's difficult to figure out how to dowload sample scripts and when you do the folder structure just doesn't make sense. Even after downloading the completely rewritten version on the app in Chapter 9 it wasn't working.
You will also notice that the book references version 1.0 and NOT 1.5 of FlashComm Server. The changes are minimal but some components have changed since then. The only way you find out is by trial and error.
Since it's mostly error I want my money back. Don't waste yours. It's not worth it.
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Title: Mobile Macromedia Flash MX with Flash Remoting & Flash Communication Server by Alan Yeung, Nicholas Pang ISBN: 0072226455 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 24 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Reality Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX: Strategic Solutions for Online Interaction by William B. Sanders, Bill Sanders ISBN: 0321179145 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition by Colin Moock ISBN: 059600396X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 19 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Macromedia MX: Building Rich Internet Applications by Robert Reinhardt, Simon Allardice ISBN: 0321158814 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 20 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Complete Flash Remoting MX by Joey Lott ISBN: 0764525867 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 03 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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