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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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This book rocks!
I am a flash developer one year out of school and i work for an e-learning firm.
We produce our lessons using flash.
I never stop using the information in this book for producing interactions for an e-learning environment. without this book I would not be as successful at my job as quickly.
honestly i have been awarded plenty of monetary bonuses from using this book.
It's a must have!!!
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This book is an excellent resource for flash animation for AS3. Saying that if you have the previous version of the book for AS2 there is no need to purchase this book. All it does it show you the same formulas; but in objects. If you don't know about objects and different aspects of OOP for AS3 then i recommend this book Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential). This book takes you from beginning to end of AS3. If you want to learn animation though then this book is it when it comes to AS3.
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I have programmed in AS since Flash 5, and I have read many AS books. This book is an overall average. Its for those who know a little about AS and Flash. If you are totally new to AS, then the books coding in the first chapter will really frustrate you. There are minor coding problems in the first chapter, and the author has a bad time explaining basic definitions. However, its later chapters are overall good, and I enjoyed the book.
I would say: Buy the book if you can stand some frustration and some (minor) unclear explanations. For $25, it's a bargain.
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If you, like me, are designer centric then this may very well be the answer for you when it comes to understanding actionscript. AS2 was a very forgiving but highly mysterious language to me but I was able to make it work even though the how and why remained a blank area. When AS3 arrived I was totally lost in a programmers world were actionscript had suddenly become a foriegn language study.
Buying Foundation Actionscript 3.0 has changed that, although it isn't a book for first time flash users as it assumes that the reader knows Flash fundementals, it clearly leads a non-programmer, like myself, into how to work with AS3 AND understand the why of it working so that one becomes able to work with AS3 and build your own applications with the knowledge of how and why they work.
Excellently written and so so easy to follow!!!
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If you just buy this book and read the codes are not going to work you have to understand the new concept in ACS3.It is similar then ACS2 but works a lit a bit different way so that is why a first time a codes did work for me as I read in others reviews.You have to learn what means class than open the book it will be more clear to you.
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