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Title: Foundation ActionScript by Sham Bhangal ISBN: 1-903450-32-2 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 20 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (46 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Fun book, but that's about it.
Comment: You may not want to start out on your Flash adventures here. This book assumes (as well it should) that you know the basics of flash and are well versed in how flash works and what you can do with it.
That said: it is an Actionscript book. It SHOWS you how to code some cool games/applications etc. None of which are usefull in business. But i'll say however that i did "grasp" the concepts used mostly because i have a big JavaScript background. With a deep understanding of JavaScript i was able to pickup on all the techniques Sham was using.
If you're interested in Actionscript i would suggest getting a book based on Flash MX (rather than flash 5). If you plan to use and deploy movies in flash 5 format, and know some actionscript and want a simple book that SHOWS you how to do things by example then this is your book. This is not by any means an Actionscript Reference. You'd be hard pressed to find more than 15% of flash's true capabilities in this book. It does focus on broad range items that lots of people already know how to do. (You may get as much out of this book as you will by browsing the web to find a bunch of Flash tutorials).
Last note. The game Sham writes in the end is really cool. I was able to make a few variations of the same game using the concepts he did. However the beginner will have a tough time understanding as he goes very quickly assuming you understand some things he didn't quite explain.
Gave 2 stars because its a bit outdated (using flash 5) and that it doesn't explain the actionscript language so much as it does it for you.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not the best book that I've read on Actionscript...
Comment: If you are serious about learning the basic principles of Actionscript, I recommend skipping this particular title - (sorry...)
This was the first Actionscript book that I had ever purchased, and I found myself purchasing another Actionscript shortly thereafter. Don't get me wrong, for the few days I was learning things, but as soon as the actual coding begins, alot of the syntax explanation was simply not there leaving me with more questions than answers. Even the live example site documented in the book was kinda weak. I like the "Friends of Ed" titles but you can tell that this was an early work.
The most important keys were missing, syntax and way that the Actionscript interpretor in the Flash Player works - pretty important subjects. Luckily, I found a more "definitive guide" (hint to the title) by Colin Moock that covered the language pretty fully and left me with more answers than questions!
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent actionscript primer
Comment: from a non-programmers perspective i found this book an incredibly useful way of understanding the concepts of actionscript which had eluded me when working with other books and the products tutorials.
very well structured with excellent examples which can be immediately applied to your own projects, in contrast to other reviewers i found the level of this book to be very high, as i already had an understanding of actionscript, i couldnt have asked to be taken higher in the available space.
time dedicated to working through this book will be well rewarded.
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Title: Flash 5 Studio with CD-ROM by Sham Bhangal, Peter Holm, Nikhil Adnani ISBN: 1903450306 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 16 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Flash 5 Actionscript Studio by David Beard Et Al, Justin Everett-Church, Jamie MacDonald, Josie R. Rodriguez, Adam Wolff ISBN: 1903450357 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 04 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Foundation Flash 5 by Sham Bhangal ISBN: 1903450314 Publisher: Pub Resource Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: ActionScript : The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock ISBN: 1565928520 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Flash 5 Dynamic Content Studio (with CD ROM) by Philippe Archontakis, David Beard, Eng Wei Chua, Jorge Diogo, Paul Doyle, Brandon Ellis, Justin Everett-Church, Branden Hall, Dan Humphrey, Randy Kato ISBN: 1903450063 Publisher: Pub Resource Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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