books about: actionscript (applications professional)

books about: actionscript

books:

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Video Studio Techniques

13 reviews
Robert Reinhardt

Adobe Press, 2007

Just what I was looking for
My company bought other Flash Video books, but this book had the ActionScript 3.0 code I was looking for. The DVD included with the book rocks--I've always wanted to test HD footage in Flash, but didn't want to spend too much time looking for huge files on the Internet. The DVD has lots of HD content to use as sample content.

Macromedia Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference

20 reviews
Jen deHaan, Sham Bhangal, ...

friends of ED, 2003

A programmers perspective
I am a former programming teacher and I have a style to teach my students the most UNDERSTANDABLE way to do something not just how to do it. This text/reference achieves that purpose. If you have an understanding of Flash (which you should have before getting into scripting see Weinman books) then this book will serve you well. There are other books on scripting - great books - such as Moock's ...

Actionscript Para Flash Mx (Guias Practicas)

1 review
Daniel De La Cruz Heras

Anaya Publishers, 2005

La guía básica para aprender AS y programación
Un libro que trata la programación en AS en un lenguaje accesible para todos los diseñadores sin experiencia previa y para complementar a los que llevan un camino recorrido. Además del libro de Coolin Moock es un básico para la colección de todo flashero, además de brindar apoyo a través del foro Flashla.

Learning Flex 3: Getting up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (Adobe Developer Library)

5 reviews
Alaric Cole

Adobe Dev Library, 2008

A great beginning to intermediate Flex 3 book
I've worked with Flash and ActionScript for a few years, but I'm new to Flex so I purchased three Flex books and I found this one to be the best one. I like how the author has you build smaller applications that work by themselves but also adds more features to them as the book progresses. There are some minor code issues, but he answered my questions on his website which is one of the best ...

ActionScript: Manuales Users, en Español / Spanish (Manuales Users)

1 review
Julian Drault

M P Ediciones S.A., 2004

ActionScript
Este libro es bueno para los que quieran comenzar con programacion en Flash. Por supuesto, es mejor si tienes algo de conocimiento con Flash, pero el libro es muy didactico y permite aprender desde cero. Conviene, sin embargo, conseguir algun otro manual de Flash basico, como el propio de MP que se llama Flash 5.

Flash MX: Advanced ActionScript

4 reviews
James L. Mohler, Nishant Kothary

Delmar Cengage Learning, 2002

Great book even for beginners
I'm a beginning flash user, and I picked this book up as a follow up to Mohler's first book. Even though it explores advanced scripting, the explanations are clear enough for beginners like myself to understand. I actually understand OOP because of the great dog class example. There are some really great examples on the cd-rom. It's so helpful to have an actual Flash file to play with, so I can ...

Game Development with ActionScript (Game Development)

12 reviews
Lewis Moronta

Course Technology PTR, 2003

Enthusiastic, Excellence, Easy to follow
This is an enthusiastic book to read because once you open it and see how easy it is to follow you'll be excited to continue to read, and learn how to use flash mx. The author shows excellence in communicating the information to his readers. I am not fimilar with programming, but interested in programming and i was able to gain a lot of information that I was able to apply(which is the most ...

ActionScripting in Flash

20 reviews
Phillip Kerman

Sams, 2001

WOW - Buy it Buy it Buy it!
If you're looking for a book with lots of pictures and fluff this is not the book for you. But if you're actually interested in learning to program ActionScript this is the first and only book you should buy. Phillip Kerman explains everything in a clear understandable way and approaches the ideas of good programming as opposed to bad as well as the actual language itself. This alone will save ...

ActionScript : The Definitive Guide

67 reviews
Colin Moock, Gary Grossman

O'Reilly, 2001

Superb
Finally, an actionscript guide that is superb in its production! My hat is off to Colin and Gary for this detail-oriented volume that has cleared the smoke out of my head and has made a programmer out of an artist. Bravo!!!

ActionScript: The Complete Reference

2 reviews

McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2002

In Constant Use
This is one of those books that I use all the time. Because this is the first book I've given 5 stars, I'd better explain. First, I like the way the book organized itself along the lines that the ActionScript editor or toolbox lists the different ActionScript terms. The parallel makes things easy to find. Second, I like the way the examples are used. For instance, the author explains the geometry ...

Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript

36 reviews
Branden Hall, Samuel Wan

New Riders Press, 2002

Fantastic book for OOP concepts in ActionScript.
I've worked with Flash for many years. I've also been programming in Pascal, C, C++ for many years. This book helped me for the first time tie the OOP concept to Flash movie clips, frames, sound objects, and timelines. I didn't need a book with pages of code examples. I just needed to have a good explaination and short examples of how the components work or how to manipulate the XML object. In ...

Essential ActionScript 2.0

43 reviews
Colin Moock

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Top-Tier Computer Science Course in a Book
I took a Java course at the University of Texas @ Austin, which has a well regarded CS program, and I walked out of it knowing what classes, subclasses, and instances were, but no idea how to practically use them. After reading Moock's book, I not only better understand the theory behind object-oriented programming, but how to use it following best practices. I wish I hadn't taken the Java ...

Flash ActionScript for Dummies

1 review
Doug Sahlin

For Dummies, 2001

EASY TO READ
Loved this book. ActionScript was such a mystery to me but this book really made it easy to understand. I am an instructor and technical writer who has been called on to teach Flash. The Actionscript stuff had me stumped; but this book really helped me pick up a few tricks that really are impressive. It is the only book I ever read on the subject that is not boring. This guy definitely has a ...

EZ Flash MX: Animation, ActionScript and Gaming for Macromedia Flash

1 review

Academe Publishing, 2003

The Best
This book is WOW!!! Chapter 2 and I loved it! Produced 1rst Flash animation. The short projects are GREAT! The chapters on games are FANTASTIC. I sold my Flash game!! My only complaint: I need to sleep!! Get ideas and before I know-it it is 4 am!! Best book I have found for Flash!

How to Use Macromedia Flash MX and ActionScript (2nd Edition) (How to Use)

1 review
Denise Tyler

Que, 2002

Easy to read and follow
Step by step instructions and illustrations help you understand the steps. A good introductory book for beginners. If you know the basics, then get a more advanced book.

Flash ActionScript: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Flash-enhanced Web Sites

1 review
Denise Etheridge

Visual, 2002

good illustrated how-to
This book is similar to Thomson Learning's Illustrated Series, where you have one topic simply explained with how-to steps on 2 facing pages, including illustrations. No lengthy explanations, not an intro book, you'll have to explore basics or "why" elsewhere; you just get the basic steps to do the task. And since that's what the authors intended, I give them full stars for achieving it with a ...

How to Cheat in Flash CS3: The art of design and animation in Adobe Flash CS3

36 reviews
Chris Georgenes

Focal Press, 2007

The Flash Animator's Cheat Sheet
One of the most comprehensive flash references I have seen. Being an animator and illustrator for a small interactive company, this book gives you priceless tips and tricks on how to save valuable time and meet those never ending deadlines. Great job Chris. I'm sure all flash animators old and new could benefit from this little gem.

Flash MX 2004 Games: Art to ActionScript

1 review
Nik Lever

Focal Press, 2004

Highly Recommeded To All Flash Users
I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and quantity of information offered in this book. It is well written, liberally illustrated. This is one of the best book on Flash MX 2004 which I have find for so long. The simple explanations and pratical uses deserve applause. The examples are set out into easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures. This means you'll never be left wondering. ...

Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers (Foundation)

35 reviews
Tom Green, David Stiller

friends of ED, 2007

Very Well Done
I shake my head when I think about the amount of planning that has to go into a book of this caliber. They couldn't have done a better job keeping track of the ideas introduced in early chapters and building on them in succeeding chapters until they are well ingrained. The tone is good -- occasional bits of levity but not so much that it becomes grating. I came to this book with some ...

ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

54 reviews
Colin Moock

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002

Glad I didn't throw it away
Was going through my books looking to get some space on the shelf for new ones and had this in my hand ready to go but for some reason couldn't do it. I hadn't done Flash/Flex (Flesh? Flax?) in a couple of years (moved mostly to C#) then recently I got a chance to do the quirky & kludgey beast of computing again with Flash8 and This Old Book Still Had The Goods. If you don't own it, buy it. ...