Comments on: Waiting for AS 3.0 Books http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/ "Chaotic Neutral" Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jan Breens http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Jan Breens Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:15:29 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/#comment-474 I pre-ordered it some months ago, and was pleased to get the amazon email that it was released and being shipped to Belgium as I was reading the email :). The cookbook concept indeed is a "problem - solution" one which indeed isn't really usefull to just read page by page. I always buy the cookbook series because they are usefull when you hit a wall while actually coding or designing something. Basically when you need a quick reference on something more abstract than "how to load a movieclip" which the normal code doc offers. I guess it's as usefull to read through as a narrative tutorial is when you use that to look for something specific :). I immediatly put it on my bookshelf close to my computer, in case .... :) Just my pov. I pre-ordered it some months ago, and was pleased to get the amazon email that it was released and being shipped to Belgium as I was reading the email :) .

The cookbook concept indeed is a “problem – solution” one which indeed isn’t really usefull to just read page by page. I always buy the cookbook series because they are usefull when you hit a wall while actually coding or designing something. Basically when you need a quick reference on something more abstract than “how to load a movieclip” which the normal code doc offers.

I guess it’s as usefull to read through as a narrative tutorial is when you use that to look for something specific :) . I immediatly put it on my bookshelf close to my computer, in case …. :)

Just my pov.

]]> By: Keith Peters http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Keith Peters Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:33:35 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/#comment-473 By the format, I mean the usual cookbook format: problem, solution, discussion. Generally I prefer a more narrative tutorial or strict reference format. But like I said, some of the chapters in this are really great. By the format, I mean the usual cookbook format: problem, solution, discussion. Generally I prefer a more narrative tutorial or strict reference format. But like I said, some of the chapters in this are really great.

]]> By: sascha http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/comment-page-1/#comment-472 sascha Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:16:54 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/#comment-472 Thanks for the info Keith! Not sure what you mean by the books format, I guess it's like the old Cookbook, just a couple of pages fewer. I guess it's on my Amazon Order list very soon. Thanks for the info Keith! Not sure what you mean by the books format, I guess it’s like the old Cookbook, just a couple of pages fewer. I guess it’s on my Amazon Order list very soon.

]]> By: Keith Peters http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Keith Peters Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:32:57 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/waiting-for-as-30-books/#comment-471 The cookbook does have some really cool info in it. Of course, it starts with basics, so there's stuff on numbers and arrays and strings, etc., which may not be that useful to people coming over from AS2, though just about every area in AS3 has had some changes. But some of the later chapters are really great, such as the XML and RegEx chapters, which I am reading myself right now, and the Socket programming chapter. The cookbook format is not everyone's cup of tea, but check it out at a bookstore at least, and see what you think. I think at the very least, it's a great reference for some of the more complex stuff. The cookbook does have some really cool info in it. Of course, it starts with basics, so there’s stuff on numbers and arrays and strings, etc., which may not be that useful to people coming over from AS2, though just about every area in AS3 has had some changes.

But some of the later chapters are really great, such as the XML and RegEx chapters, which I am reading myself right now, and the Socket programming chapter.

The cookbook format is not everyone’s cup of tea, but check it out at a bookstore at least, and see what you think. I think at the very least, it’s a great reference for some of the more complex stuff.

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