Learning Actionscript 2.0 Books

[MrDerek]

Hi there,

I'm wanting to learn AS2 and figured that going through a book is the right way to go.

Can anyone here reccomend me a good one to start with?

I've used actionscript before, but only the bare basics such as buttons and preloaders for my animations. Oh and a simple website i've created.

With programming, i've studied the fondations of java. Enough for me to understand the concepts of programming but not enough for me to make any java applications. And also Macromedia Director as well. Made a game with that.

I've had a quick browse around and found 2 which seems alright.
http://www.borders.co.uk/book/actionscript-zero-to-hero/682067/
http://www.borders.co.uk/book/sams-teach-yourself-flash-actionscript-in-24-hours/225911/


and also, the version of flash i will be working with is 8. I see a lot of books aiming directly at actionscript within flash MX... Is the actionscript in MX 2.0? or is it an earlier version?

any help at all apreciated :)

[MrDerek]

well it doesnt have to be a book... just a place to start will be fine.

[MrDerek]

Hi, i think i may have posted my thread in the wrong section.

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=177796

if anyone could give me a hand it will be most appreciated.

I forgot to mention, i need to get up to the standard where i could utilise and understand flex.

[MrDerek]

my main problem is finding somewhere to start. I know i need to know actionscript 2.0 but i see alot of tutorials/books geared towards flash mx. is that AS1?


maybe you could tell me where you started with AS?

[dialectric]

Flash MX 2004 was the first version to support Actionscript 2.

If you've programmed for a while, you might want to get Essential ActionScript 2.0 By Colin Moock, which does a great job covering design patterns and OOP in actionscript 2.

If you've done Object Oriented programming before, especially in java, you might consider focusing on actionscript 3 instead, which is in many ways more similar to java.

In terms of a general book with examples, I would just go on amazon.com and read reviews of the various books with actionscript 2 in the title, which will give you a better idea of what people think than a discussion here might. Also, there are many many tutorials on line, here, and on subscription sites like Lynda.com

-dialectric