| Overview
Well before Ajax and Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation
hit the scene, Macromedia offered the first method for building web
pages with the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs
with its Flash-based "Rich Internet Applications". Now, new owner
Adobe is taking Flash and its powerful capabilities beyond the Web
and making it a full-fledged development environment.
Rather than focus on theory, the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
concentrates on the practical application of ActionScript, with
more than 300 solutions you can use to solve a wide range of common
coding dilemmas. You'll find recipes that show you how to: Detect the user's Flash Player version or their operating
system Build custom classes Format dates and currency types Work with strings Build user interface components Work with audio and video Make remote procedure calls using Flash Remoting and web
services Load, send, and search XML data And much, much more ...
Each code recipe presents the Problem, Solution, and Discussion
of how you can use it in other ways or personalize it for your own
needs, and why it works. You can quickly locate the recipe that
most closely matches your situation and get the solution without
reading the whole book to understand the underlying code. Solutions
progress from short recipes for small problems to more complex
scripts for thornier riddles, and the discussions offer a deeper
analysis for resolving similar issues in the future, along with
possible design choices and ramifications. You'll even learn how to
link modular ActionScript pieces together to create rock-solid
solutions for Flex 2 and Flash applications. When you're not sure how ActionScript 3.0 works or how to
approach a specific programming dilemma, you can simply pick up the
book, flip to the relevant recipe(s), and quickly find the solution
you're looking for. Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership
between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to
produce the number one information resources for developers who use
Adobe technologies. Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is
the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help
developers create expressive and interactive web applications that
can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With top-notch books
and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich
Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library
offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the
source.
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionWell before Ajax and Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation hit the scene, Macromedia offered the first method for building web pages with the responsiveness and functionality of desktop programs with its Flash-based "Rich Internet Applications." Now, new owner Adobe is taking Flash and its powerful capabilities beyond the Web and making it a full-fledged development environment. Rather than focus on theory, the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook concentrates on the practical application of ActionScript, with more than 300 solutions you can use to solve a wide range of common coding dilemmas. You'll find recipes that show you how to: Detect the user's Flash Player version or their operating system Build custom classes Format dates and currency types Work with strings Build user interface components Work with audio and video Make remote procedure calls using Flash Remoting and web services Load, send, and search XML data And much, much more ... Each code recipe presents the Problem, Solution, and Discussion of how you can use it in other ways or personalize it for your own needs, and why it works. You can quickly locate the recipe that most closely matches your situation and get the solution without reading the whole book to understand the underlying code. Solutions progress from short recipes for small problems to more complex scripts for thornier riddles, and the discussions offer a deeper analysis for resolving similar issues in the future, along with possible design choices and ramifications. You'll even learn how to link modular ActionScript pieces together to create rock-solid solutions for Flex 2 and Flash applications. When you're not sure how ActionScript 3.0 works or howto approach a specific programming dilemma, you can simply pick up the book, flip to the relevant recipe(s), and quickly find the solution you're looking for. Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number one information resources for developers who use Adobe technologies. Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 33 reviews. Was this book proofread?, 2008-09-03 Reviewer rating: It *appears* that the authors know their material, and there's a lot of useful stuff covered.
Unfortunately the book is so full of errors that when encountering a confusing point, it's difficult to determine whether to believe what's written and try to figure it out, or simply write it off to another incorrect statement by the authors.
I find it hard to believe this thing was proofread. O'Reilly, you should be ashamed to put your name on such a poorly-edited publication! This is NOT up to your usual standards. | AS 3.0 Cook Book, 2008-07-24 Reviewer rating: It's me first AS 3.0 book.
This is a good book. Easy to read and learn action script 3.0.
Have examples good and clear for all of the topics.
I like it.
Este fue mi primer libro de Action Script 3.0.
Es un buen libro. Fácil de leer y aprrender AS 3.0
Tiene ejemplos buenos y fáciles para todos los puntos que toca.
Me gusta.
Carlos Barboni
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| basic idea, 2008-07-08 Reviewer rating: very simple recipes. for any intermediate to advanced programmer this book is not recommended. | Spend your money elsewhere!, 2008-06-08 Reviewer rating: In theory this book could have been very good. There were a few things that I did like about it. I liked the problem, solution, discussion approach to learning ActionScript. The book covered all of the topics I was interested in. It used real world examples to demonstrate the points.
The reasons I gave this book a poor rating were the fact that it was written for Flex developers and all examples used the Flex tool to build (not very good for me who uses Flash), and they continually gave examples and explained how to solve problems using their predefined, custom classes. The pages would have been better spent showing us how to build these useful Classes ourselves, instead of teaching us how to use them. Luckily for me, I was already versed in ActionScript and could easily understand that these Classes were not part of ActionScript. If I were not, I think it would have been rather confusing to try to pick out their custom classes from what comes with ActionScript 3. I'm trying to learn ActionScript, not the custom Classes the authors have created.
If you are new to ActionScript and not a Flex developer, do yourself a favor and buy a different book.
_t | Exactly What the Title Says - No More No Less, 2008-06-02 Reviewer rating: This book is about ActionScript ONLY. when I bought it, I was hoping to find cookbook solutions for Flash and/or Flex IDE and all the step-by-step color illustrations and the cool visual effects that you can implement with those IDEs. That is not really what this book is geared for. So when I first started this review, I really wanted to give it a less-than-5-star rating, but I realized I can't do that in all fairness, because it does serve the purpose it portends. If you want an unadorned, pedantic, O'Reilly-ish how-to on ActionScript, this their ilk. If you want something with easy-to-follow illustrations on the Flash/Flex IDE and flashy visual effects, look elsewhere. Buyer beware. |
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