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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide
Mastering Flash Programming
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 14 2002
Though I know some things about programming in few languages as C, C++, Java and therefor read some books about coding this book is really one of the best. It has an well organized structure and is convincing by pure competence. It is unavoidable for everyone dealing a little bit more intensive with FLASH. As well the beginner having made his first contacts with FLASH as the more advanced programmer will take there use to get it with actionscript. Compliments.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 29 2002
Best book on actionscripting so far! Finally you can understand how everything works.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, January 14 2002
Expert Mode
I've been working and experimenting with Flash ActionScript as far back as the early days of version 4. Although I am (and will forever remain) a Flash designer in essence, I've always been keen on developing my programming skills and pushing the envelope of what Flash can do as far as possible.
Flash 5 ActionScript was a joy to behold, but with sub-standard documentation from Macromedia and a series of unsatisfactory and mostly egocentric books from many independent writers, I, like all ActionScript warriors, had to rely on scattered online resources, trial and error, and long hours of .FLA dissecting as the best available source of knowledge and training. I'm not saying that it was a waste of time, but certainly not a pretty situation at all.
Enter Colin Moock's ASDG.
Although I was already a long-time frequenter of Moock's site and held much respect for the man's knowledge and approach, I still had doubts about whether that would necessarily warrant a good book author. When ASDG came out, I read all the possible reviews I could find, reviewed my disappointing experience with ActionScript books I've already read, and kept wondering if anyone could attempt the seemingly impossible and succeed.
ASDG arrived at my desk early in the morning four days ago. About 6 hours later, I was seriously wondering if it was worth kicking myself for waiting THIS long before getting it. For once, I'm gonna ask you to blindly believe the hype you see here and everywhere else -- Yes, if you want to save yourself the hassle and become an expert Flash Developer tomorrow instead of "in a year's time", then do honestly get this book now. Get it today - no, this minute.
Not only is ASDG the most comprehensive, complete and unbelievably detailed ActionScript reference on the planet. Its style, tone, approach and structure is so wonderfully thought out, it could well be the first ever technical reference book that could be dubbed "a page turner". Moock attacks the material with huge aplomb and an unwavering sense of seriousness, yet still manages to keep a great sense of humor and throw in those one-liners at just the right time. Where he really triumphs is in his ability to mold a subject of such complicated nature into a clear and simple down-to-earth format, allowing both total beginners and veteran wizards to benefit from it completely and equally. This is truly no easy feat, and Moock pulls it off magnificently.
The scope of this book honestly leaves no ActionScript stone unturned. However, it is not just a better version of Macromedia’s ActionScript manuals. ASDG is, above all, a complete course in object oriented programming philosophy and technique. Before giving you a complete language reference in the third chapter, Moock takes his time in the first two chapters and offers readers invaluable advice and recommendations that simply do not exist anywhere else in ActionScript literature. His goal is not just to expose the language in its entirety, but to also help you develop a highly professional and truly effective programming style. His concepts about code centralization, modularity, optimization and function organization are priceless, and seldom does one come across such information, let alone the fact that it exist within the cover of a single book. All this is presented with a generous amount of example code, which itself is so extensively commented, you’d rarely (if ever) get stuck figuring out what is going on. In fact, the code comments are so clear, you get the feeling that Moock’s goal was to make your mind process the code as fast as the ActionScript interpreter itself.
All in all, this is a book that redefines perfection. Moock’s passion for the subject is astronomical, yet equally astronomical is his modesty, and his will to hold nothing back and hand over the entirety of his ActionScript experience to the reader. The wealth of his knowledge is amazing, but that is beautifully complemented by his incredible skill as a teacher. This makes this book not just a successful technical reference, but also a role model for technical writers everywhere. The end result is that his passion traverses over to you with consummate ease, and no matter what your skill level in ActionScript is, you will find information in this book that will propel you forward faster than you ever thought possible.
Get ASDG, fire up Flash, open up the Actions window, and prepare to bid a final farewell to Normal Mode.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, December 14 2001
Wow, I have been looking for an actionscript book like this. Figured I would have to write one myself before it even came out. Thanks Colin and Oreilly!
One thing though, that I found so far:
Page 85, regarding the charAt() function, a line of code says:
country.charAT(2) ; // returns "n", the third charachter,
when in fact u would fall at the index of (2)...
The author, Colin Moock, replies: The reader's report is incorrect. country is the name of the variable, not the string that we're performing charAt() on. The string is "Canada", and its third letter (at an index of 2) is indeed "n".
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, August 29 2001
Damned fine book. I have procured several flash/actionscript books through work. When we bought this one I read the first few chapters and went straight out to buy my own copy.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, August 14 2001
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is one of the best computer books ever written and is certainly the best flash book-period.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 03 2001
If you use Flash Actionscript for anything serious, this is THE book to buy. This book covers topics in-serious-depth, that other books only graze, or worse, neglect to cover at all. Not just a collectionof "tips and tricks", but more like a comprehensive guide that will allow you to come up with "tips and tricks" all on your own. One of the best programming books I have ever read.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 03 2001
This is a Great Book, I studied ActionScripts And C for only a month, but I was not really familiar with sytanxes and some specific commands until I received this books two days ago. But this explained everything! By using arrays and string functions I was able to write a 450 lines of scripts for an A.I. character on flash... You can do anything with this book. A must buy for anyone!!
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 30 2001
HI,
ASDG has been a revelation for a beginner in scripting who also thoroughly enjoyed the author's right-on style and the quality of the whole production.
I wish that it laid out the "grammar" of programming language in one place but that is a minor niggle. It's just an excuse to read it through all over again!
Thank you O'R and Colin for making AS a snap!
Ross
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 12 2001
Colin,
<blockquote>You rock! This book had what I needed. Now, are you going to write the Flash manuals from here on out?
</blockquote>
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 08 2001
I purchased another Flash book with some limited
AS information which I returned knowing that this book
would be THE book when it came out.
This book surpasses even these expectations. I don't
have a programming background and when I opened the
book, I did so thinking I had a hard road ahead of me.
It wasn't the case.
I can see I will be far ahead when I finish this very
enjoyable read.
You will learn from and enjoy this extremely well written
book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 08 2001
The book is very thorough .. very comprehensive .. .. it even goes through the slightest details like unicode not being supported .. how you could still use it. how the default conversion works. Actionscript i feel for the first time treated as a complete language and just not another chapter ...a good buy ..
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 05 2001
Great book! Saved me hours of reading, testing, and hair pulling because the answers are right there in the book. Best ActionScript book that I've seen.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 27 2001
After going to web site to web site looking for good ActionScript documentation and not finding any. This book is very much worth its weight and cost. It is wrote in a way that you can read it cover to cover or use it as a reference.
I highly recommend to anyone that has ever looked at Flash ActionScripts and was left wondering what specific terms mean... to pick up this book today. Thank you for another great book and resource.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 23 2001
A very good reference book. Should be on every flashdevelopers bookshelf.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 18 2001
Another great book from O'Reilly - I appreciate the thoroughness of the text and the clear explanations from Colin Moock. I teach interactive media and have been using the tutorials on his site in my classes for years... now there's an entire book I can recommend for students to read. Definitely the most concise book on ActionScript available.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 16 2001
"Actionscript : The Definitive Guide" lives up to its title.
The "If I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book from which I would be expected to learn Actionscript, this would be it." scenario applies here.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 14 2001
really superb chapters for enjoying flash5 which i download from moock.org simply without a bit of boaring any one can master flash5,really cool way and chapters.just waitin for the copy of the book to arrive up to my country Nepal
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 03 2001
From the sample chapters generously posted at Colin's site, I have realised an important philosophical truism: From now on whenever I fail to understand something, I should blame the author and find a better book! Colin's well balanced and succint explanations have been a revelation! I witnessed my vague notions crystalise into practical know-how. Within a day or two I was already succeeding in scripts I would have previously regarded as recklessly overambitious. And all from a couple of sample chapters. You can tell the examples stem from experience, not from some academic ivory tower. I must try to be patient both while my copy arrives and while the rest of the Browser-world upgrades to Flash 5. In short: a quality book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, March 29 2001
To have O'Reilly publish a book on ActionScript gives it a legitimate place in the world of computer languages.
I've downloaded the sample chapters from the Moock site (please add more !!) and I am very pleased with what I've read. ActionScript is my first language. Other ActionScript books on the market today give snippets of concept and teach the user a to copy specific examples. Moock actually teaches the language. He starts with an excellent overview of ActionScript in the style that Kernighan and Ritchie created for "C". The following chapters teach ActionScript from the ground up. I'll learn to program from this book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, March 22 2001
I have only tried the sample chapters that are available on the moock website, but from the taster that I have had, it has already taught me loads of things that I had always wanted to know but never had been able to find out !. From what I have seen, it is really well written and explains things in a fun and practical way (lots of examples and excercises) it starts from the ground up and isn't presuming or pretentious ... I can't wait for the book to come out so I can get a copy !.
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First Edition May 2001
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(Average of 21 Customer Reviews)
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is for web developers and web authors who want to go beyond simple Flash animations to create enhanced Flash-driven sites. Regardless of your level of programming expertise, this combination of ActionScript fundamentals, applications, and handy quick-reference will have you scripting like a pro.
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Given its ability to deliver high-impact experiences even over low-bandwidth connections, Flash has become the de facto standard for hundreds of thousands of multimedia web developers worldwide.
Flash 5 now includes a new full-fledged programming language called "ActionScript" for controlling animation and multimedia. It's a quantum leap from the bare-bones "Actions" supported in Flash 4, and
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is the first book dedicated entirely to documenting and demonstrating this new language.
ActionScript includes all fundamental programming constructs (variables, loops, conditionals, functions, etc.), and is inextricably fused with Flash's authoring behaviors and animation timelines. Because ActionScript is based heavily on the ECMAScript Language Specification (ECMA-262) and is syntactically nearly identical to JavaScript, Macromedia expects thousands of existing JavaScript programmers to migrate to ActionScript.
This book is divided into three sections.
Post-purchase benefits:
- "ActionScript Fundamentals" introduces both programmers and non-programmers to the new language by first describing fundamental programming concepts and then delineating in detail the components, syntax, and usage of ActionScript.
- "Applied ActionScript Code Depot" shows you how to use common applications, such as processing online forms.
- "Language Reference" is a concise and detailed reference that makes all ActionScript globals, properties, and objects, including extensive implementation samples, easy to find quickly.
- Step-by-step tutorials of the most common ActionScript behaviors
- Object-oriented programming in Flash
- Intelligent interface development
- Server communication
- Dynamic content generation
- Password protection
- String handling
- Message boards
- Basic physics
- Games
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Title:
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide
Subtitle: Mastering Flash Programming
First Edition: May 2001
ISBN 10: 1-56592-852-0
ISBN 13: 9781565928527
Pages: 720
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 21 Reviews)
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 14 2002
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Submitted by Stephan Haitz
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Though I know some things about programming in few languages as C, C++, Java and therefor read some books about coding this book is really one of the best. It has an well organized structure and is convincing by pure competence. It is unavoidable for everyone dealing a little bit more intensive with FLASH. As well the beginner having made his first contacts with FLASH as the more advanced programmer will take there use to get it with actionscript. Compliments.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 29 2002
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Submitted by Minh Luu
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Best book on actionscripting so far! Finally you can understand how everything works.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, January 14 2002
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Expert Mode
I've been working and experimenting with Flash ActionScript as far back as the early days of version 4. Although I am (and will forever remain) a Flash designer in essence, I've always been keen on developing my programming skills and pushing the envelope of what Flash can do as far as possible.
Flash 5 ActionScript was a joy to behold, but with sub-standard documentation from Macromedia and a series of unsatisfactory and mostly egocentric books from many independent writers, I, like all ActionScript warriors, had to rely on scattered online resources, trial and error, and long hours of .FLA dissecting as the best available source of knowledge and training. I'm not saying that it was a waste of time, but certainly not a pretty situation at all.
Enter Colin Moock's ASDG.
Although I was already a long-time frequenter of Moock's site and held much respect for the man's knowledge and approach, I still had doubts about whether that would necessarily warrant a good book author. When ASDG came out, I read all the possible reviews I could find, reviewed my disappointing experience with ActionScript books I've already read, and kept wondering if anyone could attempt the seemingly impossible and succeed.
ASDG arrived at my desk early in the morning four days ago. About 6 hours later, I was seriously wondering if it was worth kicking myself for waiting THIS long before getting it. For once, I'm gonna ask you to blindly believe the hype you see here and everywhere else -- Yes, if you want to save yourself the hassle and become an expert Flash Developer tomorrow instead of "in a year's time", then do honestly get this book now. Get it today - no, this minute.
Not only is ASDG the most comprehensive, complete and unbelievably detailed ActionScript reference on the planet. Its style, tone, approach and structure is so wonderfully thought out, it could well be the first ever technical reference book that could be dubbed "a page turner". Moock attacks the material with huge aplomb and an unwavering sense of seriousness, yet still manages to keep a great sense of humor and throw in those one-liners at just the right time. Where he really triumphs is in his ability to mold a subject of such complicated nature into a clear and simple down-to-earth format, allowing both total beginners and veteran wizards to benefit from it completely and equally. This is truly no easy feat, and Moock pulls it off magnificently.
The scope of this book honestly leaves no ActionScript stone unturned. However, it is not just a better version of Macromedia’s ActionScript manuals. ASDG is, above all, a complete course in object oriented programming philosophy and technique. Before giving you a complete language reference in the third chapter, Moock takes his time in the first two chapters and offers readers invaluable advice and recommendations that simply do not exist anywhere else in ActionScript literature. His goal is not just to expose the language in its entirety, but to also help you develop a highly professional and truly effective programming style. His concepts about code centralization, modularity, optimization and function organization are priceless, and seldom does one come across such information, let alone the fact that it exist within the cover of a single book. All this is presented with a generous amount of example code, which itself is so extensively commented, you’d rarely (if ever) get stuck figuring out what is going on. In fact, the code comments are so clear, you get the feeling that Moock’s goal was to make your mind process the code as fast as the ActionScript interpreter itself.
All in all, this is a book that redefines perfection. Moock’s passion for the subject is astronomical, yet equally astronomical is his modesty, and his will to hold nothing back and hand over the entirety of his ActionScript experience to the reader. The wealth of his knowledge is amazing, but that is beautifully complemented by his incredible skill as a teacher. This makes this book not just a successful technical reference, but also a role model for technical writers everywhere. The end result is that his passion traverses over to you with consummate ease, and no matter what your skill level in ActionScript is, you will find information in this book that will propel you forward faster than you ever thought possible.
Get ASDG, fire up Flash, open up the Actions window, and prepare to bid a final farewell to Normal Mode.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, December 14 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Jesse Seaver
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Wow, I have been looking for an actionscript book like this. Figured I would have to write one myself before it even came out. Thanks Colin and Oreilly!
One thing though, that I found so far:
Page 85, regarding the charAt() function, a line of code says:
country.charAT(2) ; // returns "n", the third charachter,
when in fact u would fall at the index of (2)...
The author, Colin Moock, replies: The reader's report is incorrect. country is the name of the variable, not the string that we're performing charAt() on. The string is "Canada", and its third letter (at an index of 2) is indeed "n".
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, August 29 2001
Rating:
Submitted by swampy
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Damned fine book. I have procured several flash/actionscript books through work. When we bought this one I read the first few chapters and went straight out to buy my own copy.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, August 14 2001
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Submitted by John Attebury
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ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is one of the best computer books ever written and is certainly the best flash book-period.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 03 2001
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Submitted by eA. Fulton
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If you use Flash Actionscript for anything serious, this is THE book to buy. This book covers topics in-serious-depth, that other books only graze, or worse, neglect to cover at all. Not just a collectionof "tips and tricks", but more like a comprehensive guide that will allow you to come up with "tips and tricks" all on your own. One of the best programming books I have ever read.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, July 03 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Suan Zhu
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This is a Great Book, I studied ActionScripts And C for only a month, but I was not really familiar with sytanxes and some specific commands until I received this books two days ago. But this explained everything! By using arrays and string functions I was able to write a 450 lines of scripts for an A.I. character on flash... You can do anything with this book. A must buy for anyone!!
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 30 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Ross
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HI,
ASDG has been a revelation for a beginner in scripting who also thoroughly enjoyed the author's right-on style and the quality of the whole production.
I wish that it laid out the "grammar" of programming language in one place but that is a minor niggle. It's just an excuse to read it through all over again!
Thank you O'R and Colin for making AS a snap!
Ross
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 12 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Witherspoon
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Colin,
<blockquote>You rock! This book had what I needed. Now, are you going to write the Flash manuals from here on out?
</blockquote>
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 08 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Sean
[Respond | View]
I purchased another Flash book with some limited
AS information which I returned knowing that this book
would be THE book when it came out.
This book surpasses even these expectations. I don't
have a programming background and when I opened the
book, I did so thinking I had a hard road ahead of me.
It wasn't the case.
I can see I will be far ahead when I finish this very
enjoyable read.
You will learn from and enjoy this extremely well written
book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 08 2001
Rating:
Submitted by RS
[Respond | View]
The book is very thorough .. very comprehensive .. .. it even goes through the slightest details like unicode not being supported .. how you could still use it. how the default conversion works. Actionscript i feel for the first time treated as a complete language and just not another chapter ...a good buy ..
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, June 05 2001
Rating:
Submitted by jt
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Great book! Saved me hours of reading, testing, and hair pulling because the answers are right there in the book. Best ActionScript book that I've seen.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 27 2001
Rating:
Submitted by J. Todd Patrick
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After going to web site to web site looking for good ActionScript documentation and not finding any. This book is very much worth its weight and cost. It is wrote in a way that you can read it cover to cover or use it as a reference.
I highly recommend to anyone that has ever looked at Flash ActionScripts and was left wondering what specific terms mean... to pick up this book today. Thank you for another great book and resource.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 23 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Klas
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A very good reference book. Should be on every flashdevelopers bookshelf.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 18 2001
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Submitted by janell
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Another great book from O'Reilly - I appreciate the thoroughness of the text and the clear explanations from Colin Moock. I teach interactive media and have been using the tutorials on his site in my classes for years... now there's an entire book I can recommend for students to read. Definitely the most concise book on ActionScript available.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 16 2001
Rating:
Submitted by brian
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"Actionscript : The Definitive Guide" lives up to its title.
The "If I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book from which I would be expected to learn Actionscript, this would be it." scenario applies here.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 14 2001
Rating:
Submitted by suresh
[Respond | View]
really superb chapters for enjoying flash5 which i download from moock.org simply without a bit of boaring any one can master flash5,really cool way and chapters.just waitin for the copy of the book to arrive up to my country Nepal
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, May 03 2001
Rating:
Submitted by gus
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From the sample chapters generously posted at Colin's site, I have realised an important philosophical truism: From now on whenever I fail to understand something, I should blame the author and find a better book! Colin's well balanced and succint explanations have been a revelation! I witnessed my vague notions crystalise into practical know-how. Within a day or two I was already succeeding in scripts I would have previously regarded as recklessly overambitious. And all from a couple of sample chapters. You can tell the examples stem from experience, not from some academic ivory tower. I must try to be patient both while my copy arrives and while the rest of the Browser-world upgrades to Flash 5. In short: a quality book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, March 29 2001
Rating:
Submitted by Abby Wyschogrod
[Respond | View]
To have O'Reilly publish a book on ActionScript gives it a legitimate place in the world of computer languages.
I've downloaded the sample chapters from the Moock site (please add more !!) and I am very pleased with what I've read. ActionScript is my first language. Other ActionScript books on the market today give snippets of concept and teach the user a to copy specific examples. Moock actually teaches the language. He starts with an excellent overview of ActionScript in the style that Kernighan and Ritchie created for "C". The following chapters teach ActionScript from the ground up. I'll learn to program from this book.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide Review, March 22 2001
Rating:
Submitted by bertie
[Respond | View]
I have only tried the sample chapters that are available on the moock website, but from the taster that I have had, it has already taught me loads of things that I had always wanted to know but never had been able to find out !. From what I have seen, it is really well written and explains things in a fun and practical way (lots of examples and excercises) it starts from the ground up and isn't presuming or pretentious ... I can't wait for the book to come out so I can get a copy !.
Media reviews
"There are those books that you collect and rarely reference and then there are those that you use all the time and keep close to you. This book will be one of the latter. If becoming a better Flash developer is your goal then get this book!
"--David Gault, AK ColdFusion User Group Newsletter. May 14, 2002
"the most complete and thorough text for beginners and pro alike."--Mark Christiansen, DV, May 2002
"Few Flash books are really worth owning. Most are either poorly written, have old code, or are ego strokes for their contributors. Some are all of the above. Colin Moock's ActionScript guide however is how the Macromedia Flash manual should have been written. His clear style helps ActionScript make sense, especially for those who don't come from a programming background. The only Flash book worth owning."
--https://www.whatdoiknow.org/
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