Flex2 and AS3 Book List

Posted on June 27, 2006 | 11 comments

Here is the quick list of known flex books that will be coming out in the next couple of months. If you know of any others let me know.

Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source
Jeff Tapper, James Talbot, Matt Boles, Benjamin Elmore

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/032142316X/202-6291947-5674229

# Paperback 600 pages (August 31, 2006)
# Publisher: Macromedia
# Language: English
# ISBN: 032142316X

ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook : Solutions and Examples for Flash Developers (Paperback)
by Joey Lott, Darron Schall, Keith Peters

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596526954/002-5199565-5406443

# Paperback: 800 pages
# Publisher: O’Reilly Media (September 1, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0596526954

ActionScript 3.0 Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O’Reilly)) (Paperback)
by Colin Moock

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596526962/002-5199565-5406443

# Paperback: 152 pages
# Publisher: O’Reilly Media (October 1, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0596526962

Programming Flex 2 : The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Media Applications with Adobe Flex (Paperback)
by Chafic Kazoun, Joey Lott, Peter Hall

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059652689X/002-5199565-5406443

# Paperback: 528 pages
# Publisher: O’Reilly Media (November 1, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 059652689X

Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex & Java: Secrets of the Masters
Yakov Fain, Dr. Victor Rasputnis, Anatole Tartakovsky

http://www.riabook.com/

ISBN 0-9777622-2-X
Shipping Date: Fall 2006

Flex 2 Framework API PDF at Flex.org

ActionScript 3 API PDF at Flex.org

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  • http://manuelsaintvictor.com diamondtearz

    I think this book will also be using ActionScript 3

    Advanced ActionSCript with Design Patterns”

  • http://weblogs.macromedia.com/swebster Steven Webster

    Hearsay indeed :) I can confirm we won’t be out on June 30th; we decided that for the revised edition of “Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex”, we wouldn’t aim to be first out of the blocks. Our aim with the book was to articulate best-practices, and we believe that we’ll better achieve on that aim this time around, with some field-experience of pushing Flex 2 to it’s limits and beyond. I’ll blog more when we have a little more detail to share. I look forward to seeing what our other colleagues in the Flex community have to share with the community in the meantime ! It’s a great sign of the growth of the community !

  • http://www.renaun.com Renaun Erickson

    Good to hear from you Steven, we’ll be looking forward to the book. And the community is really going to grow its cool to be a part of it.

  • http://nodename.com Alan Shaw

    Advanced ActionScript with Design Patterns (Paperback)
    by Joey Lott, Danny Patterson
    Paperback: 350 pages
    Publisher: Adobe Press; 1st edition (August 23, 2006)
    Language: English
    ISBN: 0321426568

  • pan69

    So, is Colin Moock only working on a pocket reference? I though he was working on the big successor of his previous books.

  • Greg Hamer

    Renaun,

    Great post!

    Though not books, John Olson recently tipped me off on the following two great titles in Lynda.com’s online training library:

    Flex 2 Essential Training with: David Gassner
    http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=248

    ActionScript 3.0 Essential Training with: Joey Lott
    http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=268

    g

  • http://www.renaun.com Renaun Erickson
  • Greg H

    This is a follow-up on Renaun’s 7/21 post about “Total Training for Flex 2″.

    Following are a couple of options to purchase this DVD by the amazing James Talbot at prices below the list price.
    – AcademicSuperstore.com. $99 w/ free shipping. Note: as the store’s name implies, you will be required to provide verification of your “academic eligibility”.
    – 20% off code: save20flex2 . Use when ordering direct at TotalTraining.com. (May be expired after 8/31/06).
    – $20 off. When ordering direct at TotalTraining.com, you can get a $20 off discount code (good for any order) by providing your email and one other at: http://www.totaltraining.com/store/friendforward/forward.asp?f2fpage=/prod/web/flex2_ria.asp

  • greg h

    Hey, we forgot to include getting the printed copies of the Flex 2 doc set! It can now be purchased for $50 online at:
    https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?category=/Applications/FlexwithCharting&NR=0#view=ols_prod&categoryOID=1579184

    Surely a must have for any serious Flex 2 developer ;-)

  • http://www.renaun.com Renaun Erickson

    Greg, now that you bring that doc’s up, there is also a Flex 2 API poster available by RocketBoot in AU

    http://renaun.com/blog/2006/09/07/95/

  • greg h

    O’Reilly is now shipping:

    ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
    Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers
    By Joey Lott, Darron Schall, Keith Peters
    http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscpt3ckbk/#top

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