# ActionScript Book?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 15, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549 "2003-11-15T03:30:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@ameripax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ameripax)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/1 "2003-11-15T03:30:04Z")
Do you recommend buying the AS book out my Macromedia?
[http://shop.macromedia.com/dr/v2/ec\_MAIN.Entry10?V1=564882&PN=1&SP=10023&xid=46165&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE\_ID=82887](http://shop.macromedia.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?V1=564882&PN=1&SP=10023&xid=46165&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=82887)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/2 "2003-11-15T03:55:53Z")
if you know nothing about AS, it’s a good book. If you have any
decent experience, it’s probably not worth it to you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/3 "2003-11-15T04:07:38Z")
Oh… well I have no experience with it at all… Will this book teach my advanced stuff so I can make a lot of stuff?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/4 "2003-11-15T04:50:58Z")
If you search most people say colin moocks definitive guide or something. Although i never use books so i don’t know…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/5 "2003-11-15T04:54:29Z")
If I remember correctly from paging through that at a local bookstore, there really isn’t anything in there that you can’t easily learn from [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) and [actionscripts.org](http://actionscripts.org). I think it is mainly basics. You’ll learn stuff if you don’t know anything about actionscript, but you might as well just learn the ropes from here and [actionscripts.org](http://actionscripts.org) ([flashkit.com](http://flashkit.com), etc.) but if you have the cash and you’d rather learn from a book then maybe that would be an alright option. I’ve heard lots of good things about Colin Moocks (spelling?) “Actionscript: the definitive guide” but I don’t know if that book is for beginners or not. So I hope my indecisive not-so-much-of-an-answer helped. :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/6 "2003-11-15T05:31:10Z")
If it’s anything like the one for Flash 5, you are probably better off with the help files.
Actionscript: The Definitive Guide (MX) by Colin Moock I hear is a must have for all Flashers (if I had the money I would own it), although I hear it’s more of a reference guide than a how to book.
I don’t own, nor have I read any Flash books so I can’t really recommend anything.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/7 "2003-11-15T07:45:09Z")
14 day free test drive for those books here:
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…gotta have a CC, but you can cancel at the end of the free time…
…personally I think it’s worth the subscription, so I keep it open
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-book/35549/8 "2003-11-15T16:22:26Z")
RelandR, I’ve been thinking about opening a subscription there…
Thanks guys, I’ll look into that book. 🙂