# Help ME Choose books! I am New to flash **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434 "2003-05-08T16:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gecko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gecko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gecko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/1 "2003-05-08T16:26:23Z")
Hi, I am very new to flash… in fact I have zero expierence with flash. But I would really like to learn… So I wanna get some books on it, but am having a hard time choosing. I know for sure that I am going to get the swift 3d foundation book… but thats not for flash… I am considering getting the flash mx bible and the flash mx actionscript bible… as well as the ADGS2. Are these good choices? The only books I have on web design are “Learning Web Design” And “Web Design in a nut shell” both very good books… I also have fireworks mx visual quickstart guide… but I don’t like it… And I’m pretty good with fireworks anyways… So anyways, will those flash books be good choices? Or do you people have better recommendations? Thanks A lot ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/2 "2003-05-08T16:28:58Z")
No need to buy the Bible, the AS Bible and the Definitive Bible. My advice would be: buy the ADGS2, then try to find a few Friends of Ed book, for instance Fresh Flash, Flash MX Studio or equivalent… ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/3 "2003-05-08T17:20:17Z")
Flashmxunrealesed great book, covers all aspects of flash mx ---
**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:** [May 8, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/4 "2003-05-08T19:06:58Z")
flash mx actionscripting advanced training from the source is good. i would buy a book about object oriented programming and read that before you start trying to learn flash… but hey thats just me. flash OOP is good 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:** [May 8, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/5 "2003-05-08T20:28:19Z")
Foundation Flash MX -Friends Of Ed Flash Mx Most Wanted - Friends Of Ed ---
**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:** [May 9, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/6 "2003-05-09T04:17:12Z")
Phillip Kerman’s book is a good one too on learning ActionScript. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/7 "2003-05-09T09:17:36Z")
hmmm… guess you try installing P2P applications like kazaa and search and download for books there… hehehehe… (-: ---
**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:** [May 9, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-choose-books-i-am-new-to-flash/20434/8 "2003-05-09T13:44:53Z")
hi Gecko! welcome to the forum! well, i guess, for a good start, if your flash app is already open, you can press F1… that’s it! ;)! i have heard this book is a good one… never have it yet tho (no budget! :P) it’s Foundation PHP for Flash by Steve Webster i think this is really good… hitting 2 birds in one stone (come think of it… Flash and PHP… wow i think that’s cool! :thumb: ) plus, if im not wrong, it has an online support… (i have heard friends of eds online support was closed) leftover: now, if you like that book and it has help you a lot… then, buy me one! lol 😛