Macromedia Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference
by Glen Rhodes, Jen deHaan, John Davey, Scott Mebberson, Sham Bhangal

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Book Review: An awesome answer to my prayers!
Summary: 5 Stars

I thought Actionscript grew up a good load richer with MX, but somehow and amazingly Macromedia chose not to print the Actionscript reference like they used to with Flash 5 and I really missed that. This book supplies it in a really expanded, totally comprehensive form. And not just the reference, but you also get a 400 page section on what Actionscirpt is really all about (like, it's not just Javascript for vector-dogs) covering just about every question on the detail of working with Actionscript, simple, serious, and some scary. And what's best, in language I can make sense of, because I'm a designer and I'm smart differently from back-end developers. For me coding is for real, it's about what I can see and make move.

But that's not ALL you get, oh no. You then get the CD-ROM version of the dictionary, which in itself is something to amaze. Not just explanations of every element of Actionscript, but also real, worked FLAs and SWFs to illustrate the code in action.

For $... I don't get it. I worked in technical books in Oz and I can't think how we'd have done 1200 pages at that price. How are Sham and Glen and Jen and Tim and Scott getting paid out of that? Not to mention the guy who made the ace CD, I hope they get a fair shake.

It would be awesome as just a labor o' love. A thing of beauty is a joy forever and you just made one guys.

Summary of Macromedia Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference

The book and CD package combines two vital elements:

1. The most comprehensive and in-depth reference resource for Flash MX ActionScript
2. A collection of rich, practical tutorials on using ActionScript effectively in Flash movie design

We've packed in 20 chapters of tutorials, 100s of detailed reference entries, and 100s of example FLAs and SWFs. The CD reproduces and expands the book's Complete ActionScript Dictionary, providing a comprehensive and portable reference tool.

Our aim has been to make this book the best Flash MX ActionScript resource, bar none - the book that you'll keep on your desk and never exhaust. This book contains:

- The complete reference and illustrated guide to ActionScript
- Over 650 detailed reference entries
- Over 400 fully functional illustrative FLAs
- A-Z coverage of the ActionScript language
- Over 300 pages of addition text content on the CD

It's the real ActionScript Reference you've been waiting for.

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