Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

The book itself is fairly okay it explains the basics and allows people to get started with simple flash programs, and goes on to help with building more complex programs, it does seem to be heavily oriented towards the webdesign part of flash.

the only thing I don't really like is that the support site which holds resources for the excercises and examples in the book seems to be offline way more than online..

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Disclosure: I was given an early free access to ebook for a review

"Learning action script 3.0" book by "Rich Shupe" with "Zevan Rosser" focuses on action script 3.0 mainly in relation to "Flash professional application" referred to as IDE. The language is also used in AIR and Flex platform but the book does not focus on these platforms.

The book starts with architecture and features understanding in 3.0 version of Action Script. The prerequisite knowledge required for understanding the language is clearly and explicitly mentioned. Each chapter also starts with a brief introduction of the the topics that are going to be covered in the chapter, which gives an clarity of objectives reader should expect. Sufficient code examples are provided, along with side notes, which help adding important and best practices for the language.

At the same time the book is not probably the best for a beginner. The authors fail to get to level of a beginner, and many a times they get into some concepts which might distract a beginner. This book is definitely not the best for a beginner.

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

The book attracted me, because it was short compared to other titles I looked at, and I hoped it would give me a quick start. However the technology described, namely AS 3, proved to complex for any short description.
I have prior experience with C and VBA for applications, as well as a year in private computer academy studying to become a designer, so I am not new to programing, but the book left me with more questions than answers. The approach is shallow, no fundamental features of the Flash runtime or IDE are explained, or even mentioned, security is left aside.
Overall, I could recommend this book to a middle\high school student as a start, but not anyone else.
My farther research led to me conclude that for a quick solution to an existing problem you should get O'Reilly "ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook", and for achieving mastery and becoming an AS 3 developer - you should go for O'Reilly "Essential ActionScript 3.0". The later book was my second choice after "Learning ActionScript 3.0", and I estimate that 85% of its material was either new to me, or explained in a much clearer way.

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

I took a course in Flash that skimmed the basics of ActionScript and left me wanting more. Having picked up this book, I'm well on my way to completing the projects I started (that crashed) in an older version of Flash. The book was purchased for the office but I plan on getting my own copy for reference. What a great buy!

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

After reading it from start to end and from end to start several times now i often use it as a quick reference, it is a very nice book, easy to understand if you are a newbie. It gives you the basics of programing. On the other hand it haves some typing errors letters that don´t have to be there, no big deal you can live with that.

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Perfect for explaining AS3 and its advanatges.

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

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Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

I agree entirely with the 5-star comments I've read, but I was disappointed recently by being unable to enter the Learning Actionscript 3.0 companion website. What's happened to it? It was a valuable addition to having the book.

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

If you are someone who starts your adventure with actionscript or you are migrating from older version (like me)? this is a perfect opportunity to learn AS 3.0. The authors give a very detailed description of this language. Starting from the basic programming like to be skipped if you are already familiar with it, you will quickly end up as an intermediate actionscript developer. The book explains the concepts of OOP in a very comprehensive language, and gives just the right amount of information. I strongly recommend this book to all of you!

Comments about oreilly Learning ActionScript 3.0:

This is, quite simply, one of the best books I have ever read concerning the topic of Actionscript. As an Adobe Instructor in the discipline of Flash, I often find myself looking for books as suggestive reading for new learners. This book has now become my #1 choice for professionals looking to quickly learn Actionscript 3 from the ground up.

For years Colin Moock has set the standard for Actionscript learning with his Essential Guides to Actionscript. The wonderful thing about Learning Actionscript 3.0 is that it is openly and largely based on Colin Moock's titles. The benefit to choosing Learning Actionscript 3 is that Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser realized the advanced technical nature of Colin Moock's titles. They also realized the potential difficulty this may present to professionals with no prior experience. It was through this realization that they delivered a book that was as thorough in coverage but as easy to read as Harry Potter!