This piggy wants AS3 books

[SHDR]

I've got the Peters book on Animation for AS2, so I figure I don't really need the updated edition once I'm up to speed on AS3 syntax. But I'd like a book that could ease me into AS3 coding conventions and practices, as well as teaching me a bit about structures and design. The Flash CS3 documentation doesn't do this particularly well.

I looked at the O'Reilly book, and despite O'Reilly's credibility, it seems the AS3 Cookbook is riddled with errors. I don't think I need that. So, what other books are interesting? I'm mostly into game design, so books concerning game programming in AS3 would be nice.

[Qutaibah]

in terms of books, there is not much out there. However, Essential Actionscript 3.0 has just come out. From what I have read so far, I have found it to be very helpful.

[Mazoonist]

I bought a book called "Flash CS3 Professional Advanced" by Russell Chun (Peachpit Press). It's weighted more toward Actionscript, yet it's still got a lot of stuff about the development environment too. So far, I really like it. Even though it says "advanced," I think I would classify it as intermediate.

http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Professional-Advanced-Windows-Macintosh/dp/0321503031/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/103-6429363-6554255?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183931665&sr=8-4

[Tushar_W]

>>I looked at the O'Reilly book, and despite O'Reilly's credibility, it seems the AS3 Cookbook is riddled with errors.

I found this book of great use. Don't know what errors you have found.

With respect to other books, Colin Mook's Essential ActionScript 3.0 (http://www.moock.org/eas3) would be the best.