Comments on: Tips for learning Actionscript 3.0 http://www.ahrooga.com/2008/07/tips-for-learning-actionscript-30/ Development and Design in Flash and Actionscript Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.ahrooga.com/2008/07/tips-for-learning-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Alex Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:22:19 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=78#comment-150 A big pointer is to learn the good resources from the bad. Know what sites you can trust and what sites to avoid. For example, you can trust anything with Lee Brimelow's name on it (gotoAndLear.com/theFlashBlog.com) because he knows what he's talking about. Websites like Flashkit are full of mostly junk coded by people who don't really know what they are doing. Avoid that stuff - it won't help you learn. Also look into general programming books to learn the theory (syntax will come quickly when you know the theory). Some good books are in the Head First series. Head First OOP and Head First OOA/OOD are good ones to start with. The code is all in Java, but its pretty close to AS3, so you should be able to follow along fairly well. A big pointer is to learn the good resources from the bad. Know what sites you can trust and what sites to avoid. For example, you can trust anything with Lee Brimelow’s name on it (gotoAndLear.com/theFlashBlog.com) because he knows what he’s talking about.

Websites like Flashkit are full of mostly junk coded by people who don’t really know what they are doing. Avoid that stuff – it won’t help you learn.

Also look into general programming books to learn the theory (syntax will come quickly when you know the theory). Some good books are in the Head First series. Head First OOP and Head First OOA/OOD are good ones to start with. The code is all in Java, but its pretty close to AS3, so you should be able to follow along fairly well.

]]> By: Link Post Sunday 07/27 | Mr Sun Studios http://www.ahrooga.com/2008/07/tips-for-learning-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Link Post Sunday 07/27 | Mr Sun Studios Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:08:21 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=78#comment-140 [...] Will at Ahrooga made a nice post for beginners called Tips for Learning ActionScript 3.0 [...] [...] Will at Ahrooga made a nice post for beginners called Tips for Learning ActionScript 3.0 [...]

]]> By: Paddy O'Millionnaire http://www.ahrooga.com/2008/07/tips-for-learning-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Paddy O'Millionnaire Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:02:10 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=78#comment-114 I found "Learning ActionScript 3.0" to be an awesome book for learning the language. It's very much in line with this post, in terms of process, not fearing OOP, etc. It introduces syntax in the timeline, introduces OOP in chapter 6, and then presents examples in both forms throughout the rest of the book. It's also in full color with color code which really helps. Awesome book. I found “Learning ActionScript 3.0″ to be an awesome book for learning the language. It’s very much in line with this post, in terms of process, not fearing OOP, etc. It introduces syntax in the timeline, introduces OOP in chapter 6, and then presents examples in both forms throughout the rest of the book. It’s also in full color with color code which really helps. Awesome book.

]]> By: The Dude http://www.ahrooga.com/2008/07/tips-for-learning-actionscript-30/comment-page-1/#comment-112 The Dude Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:10:58 +0000 http://www.ahrooga.com/?p=78#comment-112 Great post, and some useful info! Great post, and some useful info!

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