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Summary: Loved his previous AS books but very disappointed with this
Comment: I first learned Actionscript with Moock's original ActionScript : The Definitive Guide which I thought was remarkably well written and laid-out. For a non AS programmer at the time it very effectively got to the core of the language so that the reader really understood the language.
I think he's attempted to do the same thing with EA3 but it's not nearly as well written or concise. I've been writing Actionscript for 6 years now and I find this book really confusing. Particularly as I learn more about AS 3.0 the more I'm realizing that it's a substantially different language then 2.0 and I find the book doesn't really address this. Because of this I approached the jump from AS 2 to AS 3 the same way I approached the jump from AS1 to AS2. I've tried using the book as a guide as I've worked on a new project when really you have to read it completely through.
Perhaps my beef is more with Adobe. I'm a designer and intermediate AS programmer. I've created programs and sites using only custom classes and was starting to think of myself as an advanced AS programmer until AS 3 came out. I like flash because it has ridden the fence between design and programming but it feels like the geek's are winning out and the application is becoming less and less accessible to non programmers.
I'm going to continue to trudge through the book and hope that there's light at the end of the tunnel.
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Summary: Colin Moock is the master!
Comment: If you are seriously looking for the true holly grail of Actionscript 3, then you have found it with this book. Look no further!
Colin Moock is the master, the Obei Wan Kenobi of Actionscript.
Take your phone of the hook though, it comes with 912 pages of intense reading.
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Summary: Comprehensive and Well Written
Comment: I have been very impressed with this book. I have a very limited knowledge of programming, and no real practice, and I'm about 1/2 way through the book so far, and I've actually understood almost all I've read! I recommend this book to anyone learning Flash CS3 or AS 3.0
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Summary: Extremely helpful!
Comment: This book is awesome.
I learned Actionscript 2.0 through the school of hard-knocks and forums. It was my first real programming language so I learned what it did but not really anything about classes and the construction of flash programs.
This book is extremely detailed, including everything about AS3 such as Object Oriented Programming, constructing classes, and explaining every part of each class. I'm only on page 100 (of 900), but so far, this book exceeds my expectations. If you're worried about any of the negative reviews, just buy this book. It is amazing and was totally worth logging into Amazon and posting this review for.
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Summary: Great book for an experienced OO developer
Comment: I am an experienced Java developer with minimal experience with ActionScript. I think this book does a good job at covering alot of ground that most enterprise Java developers would be interested in understanding. I would not use it as a primer or as a way to move from using AS1/2 as a scripting language to a full blown OO language. The book feels tailored to helping me use my current skillset to understand AS3.
So if you have a background in Java (or C#) and want a good general reference the ActionScript3 as a language for the Flash platform and/or using the Flex Framework, this should be a good book for you.
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