[flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhile purchase now? I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this as an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not sure the point behind continuing to work through it. So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the language changed that much that I will run into similar issues through the rest of the book? TIA -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If you want to just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of a purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about in the book still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still worthwhile. Matt -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pixelgeek Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhile purchase now? I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this as an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not sure the point behind continuing to work through it. So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the language changed that much that I will run into similar issues through the rest of the book? TIA -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
second that, recently re-read this book again, still very useful for application structure concepts and some neat tricks.jeremy.On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If you want to just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of apurpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about in the bookstill hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still worthwhile. Matt-Original Message-From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] OnBehalf Of pixelgeek Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PMTo: flexcoders@yahoogroups.comSubject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients bookMaybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhilepurchase now?I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app fromChapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this asan issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am notsure the point behind continuing to work through it.So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the language changed that much that I will run into similar issues throughthe rest of the book?TIA--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txtSearch Archives:http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links--Flexcoders Mailing ListFAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in the piece that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart and declare that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times refer to it for min-refresh-my-memory style queries. Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in order to guage where its going. If however you have to pay and not your work and the budgets a bit tight then i'd say "no" :) On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If you want to > just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of a > purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about in the book > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still worthwhile. > > Matt > > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of pixelgeek > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhile > purchase now? > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this as > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not > sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the > language changed that much that I will run into similar issues through > the rest of the book? > > TIA > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
All, Definitely not a touchy subject - it's a fair question ! The book will be rewritten completely for Flex 2.0, and we'll be using the opportunity to "refactor" how we've approached the subject. However, I'd echo a number of comments that the aim of the book is to lift the covers on how one might approach the architecture and best-practices around Flex application development. Furthermore, for each feature of the Flex product, the aim of the book was to impart where and how you might apply there features, rather than an attribute by attribute, method by method coverage of the various components, containers, etc. We share your frustration that the code no longer compiles; however I do trust that the value you'll extract from the book is significantly more than some source code samples. Best wishes, Steven -- Steven Webster Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes > Sent: 27 February 2006 05:08 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in the > piece that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart > and declare that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times > refer to it for min-refresh-my-memory style queries. > > Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. > Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in > order to guage where its going. > > If however you have to pay and not your work and the budgets > a bit tight then i'd say "no" :) > > > On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If > you want to > > just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of a > > purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about > in the book > > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still > worthwhile. > > > > Matt > > > > -Original Message----- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of pixelgeek > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group > mods but is > > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a > worthwhile > > purchase now? > > > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from > > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book > has similar > > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't > see this as > > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not > > sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the > > language changed that much that I will run into similar > issues through > > the rest of the book? > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.mossyblog.com > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
Hi Steven, Any hints at a time-line for the 2nd edition? ;-) Phil At 03:16 27/02/2006 -0800, you wrote: >All, > >Definitely not a touchy subject - it's a fair question ! > >The book will be rewritten completely for Flex 2.0, and we'll be using >the opportunity to "refactor" how we've approached the subject. >However, I'd echo a number of comments that the aim of the book is to >lift the covers on how one might approach the architecture and >best-practices around Flex application development. Furthermore, for >each feature of the Flex product, the aim of the book was to impart >where and how you might apply there features, rather than an attribute >by attribute, method by method coverage of the various components, >containers, etc. > >We share your frustration that the code no longer compiles; however I do >trust that the value you'll extract from the book is significantly more >than some source code samples. > >Best wishes, > >Steven > >-- >Steven Webster >Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) >Adobe Consulting >Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK >p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 >m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes > > Sent: 27 February 2006 05:08 > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in the > > piece that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart > > and declare that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times > > refer to it for min-refresh-my-memory style queries. > > > > Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. > > Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in > > order to guage where its going. > > > > If however you have to pay and not your work and the budgets > > a bit tight then i'd say "no" :) > > > > > > On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If > > you want to > > > just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of a > > > purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about > > in the book > > > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still > > worthwhile. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of pixelgeek > > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group > > mods but is > > > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a > > worthwhile > > > purchase now? > > > > > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from > > > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book > > has similar > > > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't > > see this as > > > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not > > > sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > > > > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the > > > language changed that much that I will run into similar > > issues through > > > the rest of the book? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > FAQ: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > Search Archives: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Scott Barnes > > htt
Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
I agree, still a great book. Hope Steve and Ali have plans for a second part to cover all the news with Flex 2 and FES 2.0 ;)2006/2/27, Scott Barnes < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in the piece that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart and declare that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times refer to it for min-refresh-my-memory style queries. Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in order to guage where its going. If however you have to pay and not your work and the budgets a bit tight then i'd say "no" :) On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If you want to > just copy sample code and run it then the book now serves less of a > purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about in the book > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still worthwhile. > > Matt > > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of pixelgeek > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhile > purchase now? > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this as > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not > sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the > language changed that much that I will run into similar issues through > the rest of the book? > > TIA > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service . -- ::| Carlos Rovira::| http://www.carlosrovira.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
Hey Phil, No date as yet ... As soon as we have something we can share with the list, we'll do exactly that ! Best wishes, Steven -- Steven Webster Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Marston > Sent: 27 February 2006 11:39 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Hi Steven, > > Any hints at a time-line for the 2nd edition? > > ;-) > > Phil > > > At 03:16 27/02/2006 -0800, you wrote: > >All, > > > >Definitely not a touchy subject - it's a fair question ! > > > >The book will be rewritten completely for Flex 2.0, and > we'll be using > >the opportunity to "refactor" how we've approached the subject. > >However, I'd echo a number of comments that the aim of the > book is to > >lift the covers on how one might approach the architecture and > >best-practices around Flex application development. > Furthermore, for > >each feature of the Flex product, the aim of the book was to impart > >where and how you might apply there features, rather than an > attribute > >by attribute, method by method coverage of the various components, > >containers, etc. > > > >We share your frustration that the code no longer compiles; > however I > >do trust that the value you'll extract from the book is > significantly > >more than some source code samples. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Steven > > > >-- > >Steven Webster > >Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting > >Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK > >p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 > >m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes > > > Sent: 27 February 2006 05:08 > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in > the piece > > > that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart and declare > > > that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times refer to it for > > > min-refresh-my-memory style queries. > > > > > > Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. > > > Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in > order to > > > guage where its going. > > > > > > If however you have to pay and not your work and the > budgets a bit > > > tight then i'd say "no" :) > > > > > > > > > On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If > > > you want to > > > > just copy sample code and run it then the book now > serves less of > > > > a purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about > > > in the book > > > > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still > > > worthwhile. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of pixelgeek > > > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group > > > mods but is > > > > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a > > > worthwhile > > > > purchase now? > > > > > > > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample > app from > > > > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book > > > has similar > > > > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't > > > see this as > > > > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am > > > > not sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > > > > > > > So are the rest of the samples in the b
Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
Great to hear about the plans for the second edition. Can't wait! : )2006/2/27, Steven Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hey Phil, No date as yet ... As soon as we have something we can share with the list, we'll do exactly that ! Best wishes, Steven -- Steven Webster Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Marston > Sent: 27 February 2006 11:39 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Hi Steven, > > Any hints at a time-line for the 2nd edition? > > ;-) > > Phil > > > At 03:16 27/02/2006 -0800, you wrote: > >All, > > > >Definitely not a touchy subject - it's a fair question ! > > > >The book will be rewritten completely for Flex 2.0, and > we'll be using > >the opportunity to "refactor" how we've approached the subject. > >However, I'd echo a number of comments that the aim of the > book is to > >lift the covers on how one might approach the architecture and > >best-practices around Flex application development. > Furthermore, for > >each feature of the Flex product, the aim of the book was to impart > >where and how you might apply there features, rather than an > attribute > >by attribute, method by method coverage of the various components, > >containers, etc. > > > >We share your frustration that the code no longer compiles; > however I > >do trust that the value you'll extract from the book is > significantly > >more than some source code samples. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Steven > > > >-- > >Steven Webster > >Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting > >Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK > >p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 > >m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes > > > Sent: 27 February 2006 05:08 > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in > the piece > > > that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart and declare > > > that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times refer to it for > > > min-refresh-my-memory style queries. > > > > > > Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. > > > Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in > order to > > > guage where its going. > > > > > > If however you have to pay and not your work and the > budgets a bit > > > tight then i'd say "no" :) > > > > > > > > > On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If > > > you want to > > > > just copy sample code and run it then the book now > serves less of > > > > a purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about > > > in the book > > > > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still > > > worthwhile. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] > > > > On Behalf Of pixelgeek > > > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group > > > mods but is > > > > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a > > > worthwhile > > > > purchase now? > > > > > > > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample > app from > > > > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book > > > has similar > > > > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't > > > see this as > > > > an issue with the authors or the b
Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book
It's an excellent book I have to say, but keep in mind that it was written for Flex 1.0, so some of the examples break in 1.5, and a lot of them need to be re-written for 2.0. Besides the examples, it's the concepts that are very important, and provide the reader of what features are available in Flex, and how they work generally. Though at this point in time, I'd wait for a 2.0 book since architecturally a lot of things have changed fundamentally since 1.0. pixelgeek wrote: > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group mods but is > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a worthwhile > purchase now? > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample app from > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book has similar > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't see this as > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am not > sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable or has the > language changed that much that I will run into similar issues through > the rest of the book? > > TI > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
