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Review - MDM Zinc 2.5 for Flash

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Mon, 29 May 2006 00:00:00 CDT

In this review, respected Flash authority Sas Jacobs reveals how MDM Zinc can be used to extend the functionality of your Flash Projectors. Get excited about the expanded capacity to build great desktop applications which do... pretty much anything, with Zinc.

Review - Essential Actionscript 2.0

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 CST

Many Flash developers will already be aware that Colin Moock is the man behind the de facto book for Flash: “Actionscript: The Definitive Guide” (and its updated counterpart for Flash MX).

The first thing to note is that Essential Actionscript 2.0 is not an updated ASDG for MX2004 - it is intended to be used alongside ASDG and not in place of it. The main reason being that relatively little has changed syntactically between Actionscript 1 and Actionscript 2. AS2 is essentially a wrapper for AS1 with a more formal object oriented syntax. The challenge with AS2 is not so much about learning the new syntax as learning how to use it in order to design robust, extensible applications.

Review - Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Sun, 02 Feb 2003 00:00:00 CST

Title: Object-Oriented Macromedia Flash MX

Author: William Drol

Paperback: 504 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.23 x 9.20 x 7.42

RRP: USD $44.95(Less at Amazon)

Review By: William Drol

Review - Flash MX Motion Graphics

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:00:00 CST

Title: Flash MX Motion Graphics

Author: by Seol Euna

Published by: Sybex; ; Book and CD-ROM edition (May 15, 2002)

RRP: USD $50.00(Less at Amazon)

User Level: Unknown

Review By: Tim Skyrme

Review - Flash MX Savvy

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:00:00 CST

Title: Flash MX Savvy
Author: Ethan Wattrall and Norbert Herber
Published by: Sybex; ; Book and CD-ROM edition (May 15, 2002)
RRP: USD $50.00(Less at Amazon)
Paperback: 784 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.49 x 8.98 x 7.60
User Level: Unknown
Review By: Tim Skyrme

Review - Flash MX Motion Graphics

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:00:00 CST

Title: Flash MX Motion Graphics
Author: Seol Euna
Published by: Sybex; ; Book and CD-ROM edition (August 19, 2002)
RRP: USD $45.00(Less at Amazon)
Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.60 x 10.20 x 8.34
User Level: Unknown
Review By: Tim Skyrme

Review - Inside Macromedia Flash MX

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Thu, 09 Jan 2003 00:00:00 CST

Book Information
Title: Inside Macromedia Flash MX
Author: Jody Keating (Fig Leaf Software)
Published by: New Riders.
RRP: US$49.99 (Less at Amazon)
Format: Mass-market paperback
User Level: Unknown
Review By:
Hans Kaiser for ActionScript.org

Review:

There's just something about the weight of an 880 page book that inspires confidence in it's content. Unfortunately sometimes the weight just transfers into useless fluff. Fortunately that is not the case with "Inside Macromedia Flash MX" a new offering by New Riders. This book is geared toward the intermediate to advanced user, but even a novice can glean valuable information form the mountain of information.

Review - Macromedia Flash MX Studio

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:00:00 CST

Book Information
Title: Macromedia Flash MX Studio
Author: Jamie MacDonald, Keith Peters, et al.
Published by: friends of Ed.
RRP: USD $49.99 (Less at Amazon)
Format: Mass-market paperback
User Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Review By: Mel Hogan for ActionScript.org

At a glance: 9/10

Review:

I've been a fan of Friends of Ed since the very first New Masters of Flash book, and this one doesn't disappoint.

Broken into 4 sections; Site Presentation, Actionscript Interfaces, Rich Media, and Dynamic Data integration, this book is aimed at the intermediate to advanced flash user. With that in mind, I jumped into chapter 1 and was pleasantly rewarded with some of the flash communities best code based animation tricks. Anyone who has ever struggled with easing in and out, velocity, or "springy" motion is sure to love this chapter. The Site Presentation section goes on to explain animation with the Drawing API, Components, and an ending chapter entitled "Taking Things Further" with ideas and concepts designed to push the user beyond what is read. I found this chapter especially useful, and was disappointed this format wasn't continued in the other sections.

Review - Flash MX Application & Interface Design

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:00:00 CST

Book Information
Title: Flash MX Application & Interface Design
Author: Peter Aylward, Ken Jokol, et al.
Published by: friends of Ed.
RRP: USD $49.99 (Less at Amazon)
Format: Mass-market paperback
User Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Review By: Jeremy Coates for ActionScript.org

At a glance: 8/10

This book is published for Intermediate level. I'd say it's the high end of that scale, with chapters on PHP & XML integration. It's definitely a book for the developer, who has already got a strong grasp of MX. Don't pick this if you want to learn PHP or XML though, it's only really from the Flash perspective.

Review:

All of the code examples in the book are without commenting, however you do get good explanations of what they, but if you're not up to speed with actionScripting, then I'd suggest giving this book a miss... for a while anyway!
Come back to it though - there's a lot of good stuff!!

Review - Professional PHP4 Multimedia Programming

no@spam.com (ActionScript.org Reviews) — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:00:00 CST

Book Information
Title: Professional PHP4 Multimedia Programming
Author: Devon H O'Dell, Andy Chase, et al.
Published by: Wrox Press Inc..
RRP: USD $49.99 (Less at Amazon)
Format: Mass-market paperback
User Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Review By: Andrew Madigan (Mad_A) for ActionScript.org

At a glance: 8/10

Find out how useful a tool PHP can become for a multimedia developer!

Review:

Professional PHP4 Multimedia Programming covers the main PHP extension libraries used for Multimedia.

What? OK, PHP allows us to run scripts on a webserver to deliver content to a user. If we want to build Multimedia content for that user (using PHP) we use PHPs extension libraries for Multimedia. These consist of Ming, GD, ImageMagick, PDFlib and FDF.