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Title: Flash MX Bible by Robert Reinhardt, Snow Dowd ISBN: 0-7645-3656-7 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is the book for Flash Developers
Comment: I've been doing eLearning application development and technical training since the mid-90's. Good reference books are a key ingredient to successful development and the learning of new skills.
Robert Reinhardt's Flash MX Bible is the reference book to have when you're working with Flash. Reinhardt writes from experience. It shows in his writing that he has the experience, knowledge, and time to get inside Flash MX to see what makes it tick. His writing style and ability to chunk information in easily digestible bites makes it a breeze to find what you're looking for quickly.
I worked with Robert at Rampt Broadband over the summer of 2000. Since then I have gone on to work on some very demanding and exciting projects. I have been able to improve my Flash development skills along the way using his various bible-series books to leverage what I know.
Flash MX is a very powerful development tool. You need a great reference book to be able to take advantage of all it has to offer. The Flash MX Bible is a great book to have nearby.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book for beginner/intermediate; some extraneous topics
Comment: I've been using Flash since Flash 3 or 4 (I can't remember)...and what I've learned has been all self-taught. My work has included Flash-to-SMIL presentations, Flash-to-Director CD-ROM applications, etc.
So...why buy this book? I feel that I'm an intermediate -- I know how to do a lot of things in Flash, but I'm not an "expert" or "certified" level Flash user. I think this book is great for beginners and intermediate users of Flash, as it's very detailed in its explanations of Flash tools/techniques. It also presents the subject matter in a relatively comprehensive, well-organized format.
Caveats to all of this include...
- some chapters barely touch on the samples in the CD-ROM
- some chapters are a bit extraneous
That last one is important -- there's a whole chapter on cartoon animation. While some of the principles in the chapter are essential for animators in general, I think a whole chapter devoted to cartoon animation is a bit much -- a topic for another book. Other "extraneous" chapters are OK, as they're more informative -- the project management chapter is a great example.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars because of these few things, but I can still highly recommend it.
Rating: 1
Summary: Buy something else
Comment: ... There's also lots of useless filler material about non-flash related programs and topics. The examples are geared towards drawing and animation rather than creating an actual web document.
I bought the "After Effects Bible" and loved it but this book is a roundabout, unfocused exercise in frustration. If you are very familiar with Flash already, maybe you can get something out of this. If you want to learn from the ground up, buy something else...
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript Bible by Robert Reinhardt, Joey Lott ISBN: 0764536141 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM by Joseph W. Lowery ISBN: 0764549316 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Fireworks MX Bible by Joseph W. Lowery, Derren Whiteman, David Morris ISBN: 0764536621 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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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 Flash MX Hands-On-Training by Kymberlee Weil ISBN: 0321112725 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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