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Summary: A must-own for FlashCom developers
Comment: This is a very well-written book written by many famous FlashCom developers. It does not only give a comprehensive guideline on how to develope FlashCom applications, it also introduces best-practices and design patterns for developers. It also has many useful and real-world examples.
However, I believe this books is between beginner and intermediate level. You must know some ActionScript in order to get into what this book is talking about.
I highly recommend this book for FlashCom developers.
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Summary: Flash, one step of the future / Flash, un paso al futuro.
Comment: This book is simple and clear. Good examples for all the chapters, and you can download from the Internet.
It's a good choice.
Un libro simple y claro. Buenos ejemplos para todos los capítulos, que se pueden descargar de Internet.
Excelente.
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Summary: Indispendable
Comment: For anyone interested in the exploring or exploiting the power of FCS, this book is indispensable. We have multiple programmers who have been working with FCS for more than two years. We really rocketed into new areas of development once we had the book in hand.
I can't imagine not having this essential reference and source of ideas.
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Summary: Excellent and concise book
Comment: All you need to know about the server part of the Flash architecture is in this book. It's relativelly small, brief and clear on its explanations and provides a good background about the creation and development of the Flash Communication Server. I am about to finish it after only a month started reading it, and it was very pleasant to understand all the concepts and techniques behind it. I've bought the bible series for the client part, and although they differ in nature, the bible is much more exaustive reading.
I would definetelly recommend it for anyone who's starting to work with FCS.
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Summary: Indispensable for developing with FlashCom
Comment: Programming Flash Communication Server, Lesser et al., O'Reilly, 2005
Reviewed by Damian Taggart
As far as I know, Programming Flash Communication Server by Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Joey Lott, and Justin Watkins is the ONLY thorough reference for creating, using and optimizing real-time communication applications built with the Flash Platform.
This book, in conjunction with the Macromedia Flash Communication server documentation, will empower your development process, giving you all the resources needed to develop and deploy FlashCom web applications with the confidence that comes from having a sophisticated understanding of the how to Flash Communication Server functions.
The book covers Server-Side ActionScript (SSAS) in addition to both ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0 implementations on the client side. Along the companion website (http://flash-communications.net/) and sample applications, you'll be able to set up and test many proof-of-concept application instances in surprisingly short lengths of time. As stated in the book, much of the code provided will needs some tweaking before you put it into production -- to reflect the vagaries of your particular network and client-base.
I'm not sure I'd recommend reading this book cover-to-cover, as it is 800 plus pages -- but it is divided up in easily navigable, relatively stand-alone sections. Some highlights for the various sections include:
* an introduction to the platform and server architecture
* how to manage clients
* generating detailed server logs and reports
* setting up a surveillance application using Flash
* implementing local and remote SharedObjects
* publishing live and on-demand video
* video conferencing
* and of course, scalability and security in FlashCom applications
This book hasn't left my desk since I got it and began working heavily with Flash Communication Server. If you're going to be using the FlashCom platform, you need this book.
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