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Woops, trigger finger! This time as I send, I'll send an actual reply.

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Don't underestimate the amount of that "lot of work". ;)

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My programming mentor for the last five years has told me again and
again, "Big things are made up of many little things." To follow on the
heels of the fleece's advice ...

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.... which I basically agree with, I would add the above little proverb.
Take your goals and break them down into smaller subgoals. If things still
don't make sense, break those subgoals yet further, until you arrive at
something you can understand. Take that concept -- those concepts -- and
master them, then work your way up.

Many beginners simply dive in, thinking they can suddenly build websites
of the sort you describe, or games, even after ... oh, a week.

I recently wrote an article on how to get the most out of the
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference. It's actually been getting some good
feedback, so for what it's worth, you may want to give it a shot.

http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/tackling-the-actionscript-20-language-reference

I would also recommend these two, since all three basically go
hand-in-hand ...

http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/actionscript-20/ojects-building-blocks
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/debugging-actionscript

Now, if you're not so much into reading, I recommend the Lynda.com
Online Training Library. It's video-based online training, and you really
can't do better for the price (there are several levels, and the cheapest is
$25 a month, which you can cancel whenever you like).


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays: http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Hi!

I've just ot Flash 8 Pro at college and I'm pretty much a beginner to this...
I've made the odd simple movie with it before but only with my own trial and
error methods.

I'd like to get some resource which will help me learn it fairly quickly
(although obviously theres a lot of work involved) - I'm guessing I'll need
actionscript knowledge as well cos i'm looking to do a fairly complex website
menu with changing images, drop down animated menus etc.

So what books/online tutorials/courses can you all recommend? I'm not made of
money so i want to pick the best 1 or 2 to splash out on.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Matthew.

play with it
read the help files
play some more

This website was recommended to me in an earlier post...it's pretty awesome:

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/

Dave


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Try this site:

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/


Dave


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I am new to flash also. The help files are actually helpful : )

I do sort of like to read text books while I am learning a new
application. I like the O'Reilly Safari bookshelf myself. I get a five
slot bookshelf for $10 a month. A good deal if your ready to read 4
books on flash this month. It gives you a chance to get going and
figure out what books might be best to purchase as permanent
references, depending on what directions your experiments lead.

I've got some programming experience, so the code looks pretty familiar
to me. I started anyway with Sams Teach Yourself Flash=99 MX
ActionScript in 24 Hours, just for an overview. As I'm delving deeper,
I've cracked Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia=AE Flash=AE 8.
Don't know yet if I'd buy these, but I'll browse them $10.

Good Luck,

Sue

of course this site is pretty good too