Foundation Flash MX Applications

by Steve Webster and Scott Mebberson

This book provides the richest and most solid introduction to the exciting world of Flash applications, which are becoming increasingly popular as ways of presenting visually rich interfaces to useful data and services. Foundation Flash MX Applications supplies you with the knowledge, techniques, and skills that you need to help you plan, develop, and build Flash-based applications that you can deploy on the Web.

In true Foundation series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590591682
• ISBN13: 9781590591680
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Quite Pleased

I am a programmer and needed to get into the programming side of Flash MX, rather than the design side. I bought a few books, which have been useful; but this is the one I would recommend if you wish to be a knowledgeable user of Flash. Yes, it starts out to be a basic guide and by the end of the book you have been introduced to how and where Flash should be used, and as a bonus, you get an intro into using XML, PHP and MySQL. This is a true thumbs up, 5 stars from me. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a start in Flash programming.

Provides the essentials to build Flash applications

I found Foundation Flash Applications to be a fantastic book. It covers a wide range of material along the way to building a central application. I found the code layout and thorough explanation really helped. In regard to rdavenport14's post, it's not just a book about a blog. What you learn while building the FlashBlog application give's you a solid grounding in building flash applications - the essentials that you can use to build upon in future applications.

A Great Foundation

I just received this book and I could not put it down. This is a great place to start if you want to learn how to build a Flash based application.