# Actionsript books or site? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [March 19, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954 "2003-03-19T19:33:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darkside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Darkside](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Darkside)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/1 "2003-03-19T19:33:52Z")
Sup everyone! I’m like the newbiest of all newbies when it comes to FLASH. Iv’e just taken an interest in FLASH MX and I like it alot. The only thing is I don’t know what the heck im doing when it comes to actionscripting. Does anyone know of any good books on actionscripting or maybe a good site that teaches it in the easiest and most simplist way? heh 🙂 Thanks, much appreciated. dS ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/2 "2003-03-19T19:35:32Z")
yeah, check out [www.kirupa.com](http://www.kirupa.com) he has a bunch of tutorials for basic actionscript just start with the basics and read thru the tutorials very well… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/3 "2003-03-19T21:56:37Z")
tutorials are excellent and will get you good real quick for books, how about Colin Moock’s ActionScript: The Definitive guide [Moock](http://www.moock.org/asdg/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/4 "2003-03-20T06:11:06Z")
i just bought “flash mx actionscript bible” its great, but before you get that i suggest you check out “flash mx bible” first just to brush up on some as basics :cowboy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/5 "2003-03-20T06:25:17Z")
personally, I think tutorials are the best way to start because you’re going to be learning a specific technique or method of doing something as you need it. Going through a book is good, but I think to use it as a reference is a better idea, at least until you’re more familiar with scripting. Not to mention, tutorials are free. 😉 just my ![](http://www.unflux.com/bb/2cents.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/6 "2003-03-20T06:47:49Z")
there are about 5 tutorials in each chapter of “flash mx bible” and "flash mx actionscript bible"of course they cost $49.99…but compared to the $500 retail price of flash mx, 49 bux for a book shouldn’t be too bad in the pocket 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/7 "2003-03-20T09:21:30Z")
Yeah, I currently have an audio and visual tuturial cd that helped me alot with the most basics of flash which I thought was alot of fun and pretty easy. I really want to start doing some actionscripting to get deeper into flash making. Ive gone to a few bookstores and looked through some books but didn’t know what would probably be the best for me to read/use. Think i’ll look around for the “actionscript bible”. Whos the publisher? If you guys know of any other resources that would be helpful please let me know. Thanks, much appreciated! :beam: dS ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/8 "2003-03-20T19:50:45Z")
I agree with phizion above that Flash MX Actionscript Bible is a good start. It is excellent reference when youve gotten the speed up. The only bad thing about it is that instead of focusing on the free combination of php/mySQL for server-integration, it goes for java, asp, etc. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionsript-books-or-site/15954/9 "2003-03-21T01:02:48Z")
advanced actionscripting: training from the source. comes with a cd with all the tutorials. really good for beginner actionscripting. by derek franklin i believe