# Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-for-the-pros-how-did-you-learn-flash/169951
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 21, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-for-the-pros-how-did-you-learn-flash/169951 "2005-11-21T14:54:48Z")
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#### Post date: [November 21, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/q-for-the-pros-how-did-you-learn-flash/169951/1 "2005-11-21T14:54:48Z")

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Hi All. I’m an advanced beginner, i know the basics, how the application works, a bit of actionscript… Now I was wondering how did the pro’s/advanced users evolve from here?  
Did you use a book(s) or just a lot of tutorials and experimenting? (What book(s)?)

Another big question is when to use actionscript and when not to? Are sites like: [www.ricksdesign.com [url=“http://www.notrics.nl”]www.notrics.nl [url=“http://www.h3omedia.co.uk”]www.h3omedia.co.uk [url=“http://www.clusta.com”]www.clusta.com](http://www.ricksdesign.com) heavily based on actionscript? I’m still so confused how to achieve certain effects etc and apply them in a site. My goal is to create these kind of sites, hopefully in the future as a job.

Can anyone give advice?