FLASH: Flash 4 Book

[Michael J. Weldon]

As my good deed for the day, I thought I'd pass along a few words on a new

Flash 4 book that I just finished reading.  I picked it up for under $20.00

at CompUSA a couple of days ago.  It is one of the "Visual Quickstart Guide"

series published by Peachpit/Macromedia Press.  The author is Katherine

Ulrich and the title is "Flash For Windows & Macintosh".  It totals 442

pages.


There is a companion web site for this book located at

http://beta.peachpit.com/vqs/flash/ .  You may view the table of contents

for the book at this site; buy the book direct there; review some sample

files associated with the book etc.


I found the book to be very straight forward and an easy read.  The

explanations provided were concise and complete with clear examples  to

follow.  The book was replete with pictures explaining covered content and

this made following along very easy.  The book is written primarily for

first-time flash users but has some elements included for the more advanced

users.  All in all, I found it a good read and helpful.  Many of the

questions I have seen posted to the list here were covered in this book.  I

believe that anyone new to Flash could read this book and start spitting out

Flash content with little problem...It's a good buy for the money.


I also purchased a companion book to this title entitled "Dreamweaver For

Windows & Macintosh" by J. Tarin Towers.  I have only just started this book

so I can't really comment on it yet...but it appears to be the same quality

as the Flash book.


Just so no one get his/her shorts in a knot over my book

selection.....inasmuch as there are a number of new Flash authors on this

list...I plan on buying their books as well!



That's it.....now what page was I on before I interrupted myself...hmmmm...




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