Re: FLASH: A book on actionscript.

[Hal Medrano]

>I still say the best way to learn actionscript is go to flashplanet or

>something of that flavor and have at it:)

>

>My 2 cents,

>Michael

>


Agreed.  That's why I supplied all those links in my reply to the original

question.  I don't have a foundation in programming beyond a Javascript

class I took about 2 years ago, and I've been picking up Actionscript from

Web-based tutorials, a couple of workshops, and this list.  And hey, I've

done some pretty nifty things already!  From what I hear, Lingo bears some

similarities, and I've heard a background in Perl might be helpful.  But

you could just as easily use Actionscript as your intro to other

object-oriented programming languages, should you ever have to learn one.


It is unfortunate that so far I haven't seen any class that supplies the

foundations-to-advanced overview for non-programmers, but I expect

Branden's Figleaf class will fill the void.  His is the first class of its

kind that I've heard of.  BTW, Branden's not just an accomplished

programmer, he's a very good instructor, and fully qualified to offer this

intro (unsolicited plug).


For now, though, Flashkit, FlashPlanet, FlashLite,  Colin Moock's site,

FlashBible/members, and other sites seem to be the way to go.


Good luck!


Hal


Hal Medrano

New Media Group

U S WEST Creative Services


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