RE: FLASH: The "Debate"

[JGL]

I agree with this. If I didn't have gobs of in process Flash projects and

was just setting out to learn Flash . . . I wouldn't bother with 4.


For books, go check amazon, most are yet to be printed though.


Best source so far for scripting:


http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders


Learning 4 when you will inevitably need to learn 5 I believe would be

counter-productive.


jgl


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Rather than learning 4, then trying to apply that knowledge to 5, you'd be

better served to just go straight to 5, and buy yourself a Javascript book

and

teach yourself JS simultaneously. JS will  directly and enormously aid you

in

understanding F5, whereas F4 is just going to start you off in one

direction,

which you'll have to veer away from when you jump to F5.


Chayli Design wrote:


> Time to come out of the closet I guess and actually post to the group.

I'll

> confess first up that most of the posts go "whoooooosh" (straight over my

> head).

>

> Being on "forced leave" from the day job last month (too much leave

> accrued - sad huh) , I finally, after promising myself for over a year,

> decided to sit down and learn Flash. Having both Flash 4 and 5, I decided

to

> try and learn Flash 4 first. I ploughed  my way through the Visual Quick

> Start Guide (cover to cover) and can probably manage the basics with the

> assistance of some additional tutorials I've found. My plan was to

progress

> to 5 after *mastering* 4. My dilemma is that getting my head around the

> scripting side of things will be a real challenge (not even a programmers

> bootlace!). I need another book  - but one that explains not only what to

> do, but why I'm doing it.

>

> One of my fave pastimes is *playing* with new software - but I tried to be

a

> little disciplined for a change.

>

> So having read about the differences between the 2 versions ..... should I

> skip straight to 5 or persevere with 4? Are there any recommended books

> available for 5 yet?



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