Actionscript Books?

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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, :frowning: I forgot the name, it has a tree on the front cover, and lightning :confused: ! LOL. Well anyways !

Any favorite books people? :smiley:

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I forgot the name, it has a tree on the front cover, and lightning :confused: ! 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! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :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

, 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

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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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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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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'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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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 :slight_smile: .

I don’t have enough money yet, so I only bought one book, but thanks everyone for your recomendations.

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good buy… thats the only book you need for learnin’ actionscript.

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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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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. :slight_smile: