"Drapple" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I want to buy a reference book for Flash MX 2004 Action Scripting and need
> recommendations so I don't blow a fortune on a dud book.
>
> I am a graphic designer with pretty solid understanding of Flash basics
and
> some Action Scripting but need to start doing more interactivity including
drag
> and drop and graphic quiz files that score correct answers.
>
> I am not a programmer though I can dable and hack some Actionscript and
> Javascript.
>

> I've only been working with Flash for a couple of months now, in order to
> develop some e-learning for my company (but mostly so that I can get these
> skills under my belt and onto my resume to go elsewhere). I went to a
> conference of e-learning designers and they all said to jump right into
the
> actionscripting. I took a one day class on it and although I was a little
> disappointed with it when I left, I am thankful I took it because it
> jumpstarted me. That said, it certainly isn't a requirement if you've
> already done some scripting as you said in your post. The main thing is
> understanding basic programming, which I got originally from knowing C. It
> just so happens that I was at a large bookstore this evening with my wife
> and I took a look at the different actionscript books they had there.
> Everyone recommends the Colin Moock book, which was priced at $55 (I
believe
> it is cheaper online though) and is a big book. I looked through it and it
> looked very good, but I'm hesitant to buy it myself because it is for v1
AS
> and I'm using MX2004/V2. There was a Macromedia ActionScript Dictionary
for
> v2 and that looked pretty good and was less than half the price.
>
> Also, don't forget the actionscript dictionary that is free from within
> Flash - I have found it very useful, particularly the example code, and a
> lot of the books I looked through tonight mimic that layout but with more
> detail.
>
> To summarize, I'm no expert so hopefully others will chime in, but from
what
> I saw of the 5 or so books on AS that I looked through tonight, most of
them
> were good.
>
>
> "Drapple" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:c8jgan$5hd$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> > I want to buy a reference book for Flash MX 2004 Action Scripting and
need
> > recommendations so I don't blow a fortune on a dud book.
> >
> > I am a graphic designer with pretty solid understanding of Flash basics
> and
> > some Action Scripting but need to start doing more interactivity
including
> drag
> > and drop and graphic quiz files that score correct answers.
> >
> > I am not a programmer though I can dable and hack some Actionscript and
> > Javascript.
> >
>
>