Well it all depends on what your background knowledge is. Can you create simple "if" statements, "while" and "for" loops, and so on? Do you understand OOP?
Maybe you want to get comfortable with AS3 first before developing Flex apps. And that's easier to learn in Flash, IMHO. Try making a simple shooting game with object oriented approach and you will pick up a lot of important programming knowledge. Anyway, 9 months seems quite a bit. It usually takes me 2, 3 months to train a person to the "usable" level if one has at least some idea of the programming beforehand. Good luck. Alen --- In [email protected], "Paul Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sheriff > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:27 AM > Subject: [flexcoders] Best Way to learn Flex > > > So I have been trying to learn flex now for almost 9 month and i pretty much still don't know much to get me anywhere. This is also my first programming language to learn. I know enough to make everything work on its own but i still can't create stuff like this > http://demo.quietlyscheming.com/displayShelf/index.html or any of the adobe Examples. So i was wondering, how long does it take to actually start doing some of that stuff and what is the best way to learn. Looking at the source code doesn't help much since there are too many files and its split up and the functions get spread out all over. > > > Pick a small project to build. Develop it and stick it through to the very end. Start with nothing finish with the working program. > > If you get stuck as here and I'm sure we'll push you forward if you get stuck. > > Before you start coding decide exactly what you want - keep it simple. > > Try and work out a basic user interface. > > Consider the components and classes you might need to support the application and UI. > > There will be loads of problems that you encounter along the way that you won't expect, just refine/redo until you overcome them. > > We have all been there. > > Get going! > > (Where in the world are you?) > > Paul >
