Macromedia Flash 5 ActionScript for Fun and Games

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: This book is nothing short of sweet! Upon receiving this book I hastily tore through it and consumed all that precious little actionscript I could get to in one sitting. This book is not for beginners in my opinion.. you need to have at least a basic idea of actionscript to understand the concepts of what the book is conveying through the coding. I have throughly enjoyed this book. Rosenzweig took the time to put in a lot of comments into the coding so that, even if your coding is a bit on the rusty side (like mine) you can follow his reasoning through the comments. This book will help your actionscripting knowledge leaps and bounds, and the author was an extremely effective teacher through his text. This is a book about manipulating content within the movie... not necessarily creating the best looking enviorment. By this I mean you spend your time learning to manipulate the properties of movieclips and objects rather than creating goodlooking menus or gradient laiden interfaces. You should expect this however, it is a book on gaming. In conclusion, this is a great book for those interested in programming games or for those wanting to enhance their actionscripting skills. I would/will buy Rosenzweigs next book and be more than content if it is 1/5 as good as this one was.

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Summary: Great Flash Five Book
Review: This is a great book. I purchased it to learn actionscript programming not how to program games. I am very excited about what I have learned and how Mr. Rosenzweig presents the material.
When working through his programming examples you will learn his programming style that I now use. It does help to have a reference at hand unless you are an experienced Flash programmer. Be sure to throughly understand Lesson 18, Movie Clips and Levels before moving on. It will help you follow example programs later in the book. If you are a beginning programmer, it would be wise to get a little background in Flash programming before starting this book. I rate it 5 stars, it is an excelent book.

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Summary: "MUST HAVE" BOOK
Review: Very useful right from the start! Explains what you need to know without fluff. And takes you right where you want to be if you want to use FLASH for games or toys. Money well spent!