Product Description

Instructor Joey Lott is known for his expertise in Flash, ActionScript, ColdFusion, Java, MySQL, XML, and more. In ActionScript 3.0 in Flex Builder Essential Training, he puts some of that knowledge to work, first explaining what's new with ActionScript 3.0, then demonstrating the program's important capabilities. From working with variables, to understanding and applying functions, to creating practical applications (as well as a few fun ones), you'll be exposed to all the powerful and practical features of ActionScript 3.0. Exercise files accompany the tutorial, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1471682 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-19
• Binding: CD-ROM

From the Publisher
Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author
Joey Lott brings years of professional and practical experience with ActionScript to this training, and presents this valuable information in a clear, informative and entertaining style. You may recognize Joey as the author or co-author of several books including the ActionScript Cookbook (O’Reilly, 2003) and the co-author of the Flash ActionScript Bible (Wiley, 2006, 2002).

Customer Reviews

Lott's AS3/Flex Builder effective yet rushed.
Understanding that he has a LOT of ground to cover in spelling out the dynamics and syntax of ActionScript 3.0, Lott tends to glaze over certain fundamentals in AS3. Not so much due to depth of the tutorials (they get pretty elaborate), but much more in a boredom of the core basics and syntax of the language.

I would've appreciated little more of an understanding of some of the more basic elements of Action Script 3.0 ("new" statements, arrays, etc.) Unfortunately, I spent half the time keeping up with Mr. Lotts lightning fast typing rather than understanding exactly what I was notating.

An excellent introduction into ActionScript 3.0
Joey Lott is a solid instructor, and in this series takes you briskly but effectively through writing ActionScript 3.0 code in Adobe Flex. It's important to note that Joey is not teaching the mechanics of building an RIA with ActionScript, but more how ActionScript 3.0 works in general. Flex is a great tool for writing pure code and if you're not convinced it's the IDE for you this might just be the trick.

Joey is easy to understand and teaches principles effectively. Its hard to find many good introductory teachers but Joey does a fantastic job of giving you the basics of Object Orientated Languages before spilling into AS 3.

I'd highly recommend this to beginners looking to get their feet wet in AS 3, and for Flash designers looking for why Flex 3 is such a tremendous asset for AS 3 intensive projects.