# Actionscript Books?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 22, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892 "2004-07-22T07:34:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Axel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Axel)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/1 "2004-07-22T07:34:56Z")
Well, I’m going to B&N tomorrow, hopefully pick up some good books on Actionscripting and do one last study before summer ends, school starts. Any suggestions? I know there was this one book I wanted, ☹ I forgot the name, it has a tree on the front cover, and lightning 😕 ! LOL. Well anyways !
Any favorite books people? 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/2 "2004-07-22T08:38:50Z")
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I forgot the name, it has a tree on the front cover, and lightning 😕 ! LOL. Well anyways !
Thats Robert Penner’s Actionscript Programming book. It mostly focuses on the programming side of actionscript. I pressume you havent been here a long while so I wont go off at you to SEARCH! 😜 :beam:
Im not sure what your into. Are you into just actionscript as a whole or specific areas like OOP and other programming areas? The Robert Penner is a good one from what Ive heard. Though if your into main
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, have a look at:
- Flash MX Actionscript Bible
- Macromedia Training from the Source
- Joshua Davis: Flash to the Core
- Colin Moock: Actionscript: The Definitive Guide (2nd Edition)
- Friends of Ed Series.
- Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX in 24 Hrs (what I have)
The books I have listed are all good and I cant say any of them is unsuitable since they explain and progress
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in different ways as well as diagrams. You should consider Moock’s book as a top priotry and then consider the others. But make sure you take a look at them at the bookstore throughly and see if they are right for you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/3 "2004-07-22T09:09:57Z")
If you already learned how to program with Actionscript you need to learn some hardcore OOP with:
“Essential Actionscript 2.0” By Colin Moock
The most anticipated book of the season.
If you don’t know Actionscript then get his other book first:
“Actionscript MX: The Definitive Guide” By: Colin Moock
Only reason I suggest the same author is because he words everything perfect and makes it easy to learn. Of course he is also like the king of Actionscript OOP.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/4 "2004-07-22T16:45:29Z")
Flash MX Actionscript Bible - teaches you everything. Dynamically loading stuff, all the functions/operators…and I mean ALL. Teaches you advanced preloaders, security for your sites, connecting to other servers, xml chats, tic tac toe multiplayer online…so much stuff in that book =).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/5 "2004-07-22T17:36:35Z")
'Colin Moock: Actionscript: The Definitive Guide (2nd Edition)'
i bought this not so long back, nowhere near finished reading it…but it is a top book, explains things really well.
i also have 'Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX in 24 Hrs’
but its quite poor in relation too Colin Moocks book.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/6 "2004-07-22T20:20:25Z")
Thanks everyone. I ended up getting Essential Actionscript 2.0, it is a good book.
It is by Collin Mook, (A new one) I would say if you have one of his books you will know he is a good writer + its good 🙂 .
I don’t have enough money yet, so I only bought one book, but thanks everyone for your recomendations.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/7 "2004-07-23T08:02:13Z")
good buy… thats the only book you need for learnin’ actionscript.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/8 "2004-07-23T08:56:03Z")
Actually, I would suggest reading his Definitive Guide before venturing into OOP with AS2.0! Like I said earlier:
> “Essential Actionscript 2.0” By Colin Moock
The most anticipated book of the season.
If you don’t know Actionscript then get his other book first:
“Actionscript MX: The Definitive Guide” By: Colin Moock
But if you have a basic grasp on working with AS1.0 then I would definitely suggest “Essential Actionscript 2.0”.
Good luck with the book! :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-books/116892/9 "2004-07-23T20:53:14Z")
Thanks. I got my Actionscript 2.0 Certification from Macromedia, so I understand the very well the basics, I also recommend the book for anyone else who can follow it. 🙂