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Title: Foundation Macromedia Flash MX by Kristian Besley, Kris Besley, Sham Bhangal, Amanda Farr ISBN: 1-59059-229-8 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (23 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good start.
Comment: This book does a great job of holding your hand and leading you into the world of Flash. The writing style keeps the more mundane subjects from getting boring.
What I didn't like:
It gets sickening how they repeat instructions so often. It's not all that bad, and most of the time it's helpful because you might have forgotten a keyboard shortcut or something. The problem is that they teach you the long way of doing something, then teach you the quick and easy way a bit later, then assume you still want to use the slow way and so repeat the old instructions from then on.
The other problem is that you don't learn ANY Actionscript until halfway through the 600+ pages. That's fine if you just want to make Flash cartoons, but if you want to make even a simple Flash website, you'll have to wait until that halfway point (when you learn how to make buttons functional). So would-be web developers might get frustrated that they learn how to animate text before they can link pages with it. It's not like it's hard to learn ... Flash MX has what might be called an "Actionscript Wizard" so that you're not even typing it in yourself. Oh well. You can't please everyone. Anyway, it's still probably the best Beginner Flash book, especially for the money.
Rating: 5
Summary: Friends of ED has done it again!
Comment: I'm the kind of learner that can't stand reading dictionaries, I get bored instantly without trying things out myself. However, the learn in '24 hours' type of tutorial book doesn't go into enough detail for me to completely understand the material. This book combines the two; Foundation Flash MX gives you an in-depth look at the basic concepts with the latest version of Flash while walking you through some great tutorials. And as an added bonus a lot of the reading makes you laugh at times.
After having completed this book I feel that I can create entire websites in Flash, in fact the book walks you through your own website from start to finish with it's incredibley helpful 'case study'.
The momentum never stops, I'm already into the Foundation Actionscript For Flash MX and can't wait to keep getting better!
Rating: 5
Summary: Takes a bit of effort to go through, but real solid...
Comment: This book is a VERY GOOD BOOK for those needing solid grounding in Macromedia Flash MX. It's so good that buying this one book replaces all the other books on the shelf to get solid grounding with how to use Flash. The language is easy to understand, without jargon that clogs your brain and tire you out before they get to the point.
If you're like me, you probably suffer from attention deficit disorder that is the trademark of the digital generation. Things come at you so fast, technologies popping up at you at speed of thought, and before you know it a new version of the software that promises miracles is out.
You will learn all you need to build a website in Flash MX and have a new career waiting for you, if you're any talented in aesthetic design, but there is a catch; If and only if you are patient enough to sit through the entire thing. It took me months to get to Chapter 11, and that's not even the end yet. The first 6 chapters went through easily, but then I always have stamina problems going through really thick, technical books. I probably have about 6 more chapters to go, and although it has taken me this long and will take a bit more of my time, I found some Flash MX books a waste of my money.
I have about 10 books on Flash MX in various forms, and this one is by far the best investment. Most books out there are robbing you in broad daylight, giving you a shaky foundation with so much jargon that it confuses you. Don't bother with the other beginner's books and buy this one instead. It will give you real skills, a real case study, and even some real-world Flash MX web development extras.
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Title: Foundation ActionScript for Flash MX by Sham Bhangal, Ben Renow-Clarke ISBN: 1590591666 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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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 Express by Leon Cych, Benjamin J. Mace, Glen Rhodes ISBN: 1903450950 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Foundation Dreamweaver MX by Craig Grannell, Todd Marks, George McLachlan, Matt Stephens, Jerome Turner ISBN: 1590591976 Publisher: APress Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with Visual Basic.NET by Chris Goode, John Kauffman, Christopher L. Miller, Neil Raybould, Srinivasa Sivakumar, Dave Sussman, Ollie Cornes, Rob Birdwell, Matt Butler, Gary Johnson ISBN: 0764543695 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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