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Book:   ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
Subject:   Designers need it to..
Date:   2007-03-31 13:12:35
From:   Anonymous Reader
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Are you a designer? You need this book. Now before you spam me, let me tell you I'm as addicted to onEnterFrame as anybody. I've been limping along, using the same loadMovie script I copied way back and in general avoiding scary words like OOP. Hell, If you asked me a year ago what Flex 2.0 was, I would've told it's an exercise machine endorsed by Chuck Norris!


But let me tell you, the changes in AS3 are fundamental, deep and life-changing. As a designer, it will give you more visual power with things like the Loader class and the Timer class. And remember how weird it was that every MC had it's own depths? Poof! It's gone with the new display architecture. What's the display architecture? See, I told you you were in trouble!


Bottom line, AS3 will separate the men from the boys and this book will help you get on the bandwagon. The developers might grumble that this book spends too much time on the basics, but for those of need more practice than theory, this book is a good start.

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