Coming from a designing background I felt I stepped up a gear with the first app I built after reading "Essentail Actionscript 2.0"
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Arnold Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 10:54 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash? I just wanted to respond because I wanted to be a pro! I started a thread about a week ago for what new hires should review. It would be good for anyone not familiar with flash. Just search the archives for my name. I will also send you the doc offlist. Wade On Nov 21, 2005, at 11:50 AM, eric dolecki wrote: > I started early and have progressed over time. Take one aspect you'd > like to learn more about, and beat on it. Read what you can, check > other developer's sources, and most of all experiment with your own > code. Overcoming your own bugs, pitfalls, etc. will help you learn a > lot more than someone just showing you some finished working code in > the long run. > > And this list should help you tons too. I still run into things that > confuse me, and the knowledge on this list is outstanding! > > edolecki > > On 11/21/05, Kevin Aebig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Well I think there's a lot of guys here who started using Flash >> before it was really that complicated. I personally started with >> Flash 3 and just kept learning new techniques as the versions >> progressed... >> >> My suggestion to anyone is to learn the basics, than patiently >> progress up. >> I think a lot of new folks believe if they jump into more advanced >> Actionscript that they can learn it through sheer willpower and >> unfortunately they end up quitting before they even get started. >> >> It also helps that there are a lot of resources available to help you >> along the way too... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Kevin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowen >> Fan >> Sent: November 21, 2005 9:04 AM >> To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> Subject: [flashcoders] Q for the Pro's: How did you learn flash? >> >> 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 <http://www.ricksdesign.com> < >> http://www.ricksdesign.com> www.notrics.nl >> <http://www.notrics.nl><http://www.notrics.nl> >> www.h3omedia.co.uk <http://www.h3omedia.co.uk> >> <http://www.h3omedia.co.uk> www.clusta.com >> <http://www.clusta.com><http://www.clusta.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? >> >> greets, >> Lowen >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
