# Book Time! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184 "2003-04-14T08:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soulty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/soulty/32/105_2.png) [@soulty](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/soulty)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/1 "2003-04-14T08:18:09Z")
Hey all i m going to buy some books on action scripting , i have been looking around and i need your opinion on which **TWO** out of the three would be the best buy. thanks :::soulty::😏::: \*\*ActionScripting in Flash MX by Phillip Kerman \*\* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735712956/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735712956/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books) \*\*Macromedia Flash MX Designer’s ActionScript Reference by John Davey, Glen Rhodes, Jen deHaan, Scott Mebberson, Sham Bhangal \*\* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1903450586/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1903450586/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books) \*\*ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition by Colin Moock \*\* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/059600396X/qid=1050308226/sr=1-1/ref=sr\_1\_1/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/059600396X/qid=1050308226/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8772194-3997608?v=glance&s=books) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/2 "2003-04-14T08:55:03Z")
I would take the last two… ASDG is a great book. Designer reference is another one :beam: ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/3 "2003-04-14T10:10:47Z")
Moock. He’s very very good and you’ll learn a lot from reading his work. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/4 "2003-04-14T11:02:02Z")
> \*Originally posted by ahmed \* > \*\*I would take the last two… ASDG is a great book. Designer reference is another one :beam: \*\* Yeah i was told the ASDG is one of the best out there, you were talking about the designer reference one is that the other one i mentioned or are you talking about another book? thanks ahmed and kit for your opinions. ::Soulty::😏: ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/5 "2003-04-14T11:08:08Z")
I was try to say, ASDG is a great book, and ‘Macromedia Flash MX Designer’s ActionScript Reference’ is another great book :beam: ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/6 "2003-04-14T11:09:28Z")
sweet so i’m set, ill buy those two! 🙂 thanks again :beam: ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/7 "2003-04-14T11:12:32Z")
[this](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19835&highlight=ASDG2) might be interesting too 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/8 "2003-04-14T11:31:47Z")
i got the first one for flash 5 and i love it! i think that is a buy, but since you are getting the last two… lol. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/9 "2003-04-14T11:38:25Z")
yeah i know , i like the first one as well, the link i have allows you to check out 52 pages from it, and it looked quite good, is it any better than the other two? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/10 "2003-04-14T11:45:34Z")
well i am learning it from scratch and i really really liked his style. and in the F5 book he has well over 150 more pages at the end of werkshops. So then you can apply it and test youself and such. that was a real turn on too. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/11 "2003-04-14T11:50:39Z")
> \*Originally posted by ahmed \* > \*\*[this](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19835&highlight=ASDG2) might be interesting too 🙂 \*\* that pocket thing is cool, though i would like the big book, some how feel like i m missing out on something if i got the small pocket book. Back at square one, lol, i really do like the look of the first book i listed, though the last two are said to be the best books. :-\ ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/12 "2003-04-14T12:03:55Z")
i dont think the pocket book has all the content the bigger book does, is this right? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/13 "2003-04-14T12:08:12Z")
Colin Moock is one of the most respected guys in the business. I don’t own a copy, but I’ve rad his book, and what isn’t in it isn’t work knowing. 🙂 Check out his website too, it’s full of stuff that’s helpful. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/14 "2003-04-14T12:10:29Z")
ok, yeah i get ya kit. and i am going to buy the moocks’ book though , ahmed mentioned a pocket size one and i checked it out, it seems to be missing stuff that is in his larger size book. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/book-time/18184/15 "2003-04-14T12:16:33Z")
is that the case that the smaller one is missing things that arent in the bigger book? or are you saying that what every he has taken out on the small copy is not worth learning, :-\