Thanks Johan, My hardcopy has not arrived yet, so I will certainly do a little "pre-reading" in the PDF.
Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Lopes Sent: vrijdag 6 januari 2006 23:33 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash Hi, Just a note that you can download the "Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8" as PDF from MM's site. Although, I myself prefer to buy a hard copy if it's good. Link is here: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flash/fl8/fl8_learning_a s2.zip /Johan On 1/5/06, Ben Deroo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for the book suggestions, > I ended up ordering a couple of books: > > Foundation PHP 5 for Flash > Foundation ASP.NET for Flash > Foundation XML for Flash > Learning ActionScript 2.0 for Macromedia Flash 8 > Using ActionScript 2.0 Components with Macromedia Flash 8 > > should keep me busy for a while :-) > > Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Potter > Sent: dinsdag 3 januari 2006 21:49 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash > > Can I third that? Not to be mean, but I saw them speak at flash forward > and Joey Lott had to keep answering questions they didn't know. He > (Joey) was really nice about it, but it was ugly. > > I would start in the docs and here: > http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials.shtml > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscptckbk/index.html?CMP=IL7015 > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript2/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Lapasa > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:14 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash > > I heartily second this notion. Don't the get Jacobsen and Jacobsen book > for > all the same reasons. I just happened to gain a better insight from > Flash's > docs than the book. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Merrill, > Jason > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:14 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash > > > Whatever you do, don't buy "Flash and XML: A Developers Guide" by Dov > Jacobsen and Jesse Jacobsen - Addison-Wesley Press - besides being Flash > 5, the book sucks. You get the impression these guys are much more into > XML than Flash. If they even use Flash at all in their professional > lives. Apologies in advance if you're on thist list and one of the > authors. There's some good stuff in it, but for someone new to Flash or > doing basic stuff, it's not the book for you. But even the advanced > stuff lacks depth though. > > Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Deroo > >>Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:29 PM > >>To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>Subject: [Flashcoders] recommended books on XML in Flash > >> > >>Hi, > >>The title says it all I guess. > >>Are there any good books out there on the subject of Flash 8 and XML? > >>I found one called "XML in Flash" from Que publications, but as far as > I can > >>tell it is for Flash 5 and was written in 2001. > >> > >>Is that still "current"? I am assuming not. > >> > >>What books should I read when just getting into this subject, again, > using > >>Flash 8 or Flash MX2004? > >> > >> > >>Thanks for your help, > >>Ben > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Flashcoders mailing list > >>Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > >>http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > NOTICE: > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain > privileged > or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please > notify > the sender immediately and delete the original. 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