AS is easier to learn ( not necessarily easy ) if you already know a decent amount of JavaScript ... which I did and still felt frustrated by some of it -- JavaScript, after all, doesn't have to deal with frames and timelines, etc... but nonetheless I was still able to build a chat room in CF / Flash on my own with nothing more than the Flash docs in about a weekend's time. Dunno what this statement is worth or for accept maybe to show off. :-P but there it is...
http://www.turnkey.to/talkontap > That's just about where I find myself. > The CF I can handle, if it's not too advanced, > but I need beginner's ActionScript, but not AS > that's non-CF applicable, if you know what I mean. > I don't even care if the CF is for beginners, too, > as long as the AS is carefully explained, > babystep-by-babystep, > in conjunction with creating a CF app. > I don't want to have to start with a 500-page book that > explains AS top-to-bottom, then try to pick out what's > most > applicable to a CF app. I want to learn as I go...but > have enough > to build basic apps to start with. > This can't be too much to ask for... > Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:39 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Ben's J2EE Book > This is probably a result of hearing different things from > people who are > primarily CF developers or primarily Flash developers and > therefore, the > Flash folks are apt to think the ActionScript is "too > beginner to be > usefull" and the CF developers are apt to think it's too > complex and not > well enough explained... > Isaac > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > www.turnkey.to > 954-776-0046 >> Now all we need is for someone to step up and say they >> heard the book was perfect. >> Matt Liotta >> President & CEO >> Montara Software, Inc. >> http://www.montarasoftware.com/ >> 888-408-0900 x901 >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:56 AM >>> To: CF-Talk >>> Subject: Re: Ben's J2EE Book >>> >>> On Friday, Sep 27, 2002, at 11:36 US/Pacific, Matt >>> Liotta >>> wrote: >>> > They were all raffled away last at BACFUG; you should >>> > have attended. >>> > BTW, the reviews I've heard so far on the Flash >>> > integration book >> from >>> > CFers is that it is too beginner to be useful. >>> >>> I've actually heard the opposite - that the ActionScript >>> presented is >>> too complex (and not thoroughly explained) for >>> beginners! >>> >>> "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really >>> alive." >>> -- Margaret Atwood >>> >>> >> _________________________________________________________ >> _ >> ____________ >> Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the >> official book at >> http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm >> FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq >> Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ >> Unsubscribe: >> http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the > official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
