SWF It Good

My wife’s parents gave me the annual gift certificate to Barnes and Noble, so this year I got Actionscript 3.0 Design Patterns. I am excited about it. Last Christmas I got Advanced AS3 Design Patterns but I was just learning AS3 so I couldn’t figure out Design Patterns also.

I have since understood a good deal of the book but I think this one is a little more basic and has more examples. I hope I can apply these new ideas in to my new job as I am coding in a low-level manner so that the work can be used in either Flash or Flex.

I have been reading O’Reilly’s new book Programming Flex 2: The comprehensive guide to creating rich media applications with Adobe Flex. I’m enjoying it, I’m trying for this to be the first programming book I read cover cover and don’t just read the first 2 chapters and then act like I know what I’m doing. After 5 days I’m on chapter 8/19.

I like the book it reads well and is not confusing at all. When the book finally came in my Barnes and Noble, after a month and a half delay, this past Tuesday; I was hesitant to us my gift card on a book that may tell me the same stuff I can find on Adobe’s quick start pages. I thought I really want to learn Flex. No just from a going through the motions sence but know when, why and where I’m using components or Flex all together. The only way know to that is reading, not copy and pasting. The book has already given me some ideas for an Apollo app for work. I’m now realizing what Flex if for.

I’ll post when I finish it to give a final review.