Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX ActionScript in 24 Hours

Excellent tutorial, very straightforward!The only drawback was that a cd was not included with the book.However, the book examples can be downloaded easily from the publisher's website. THE SAMPLE CODE ALONE IS WORTH MORE THAN THE COST OF THIS BOOK!I didn't realize how easy ActionScript was until after reading this book

I have to say that I have been researching Flash MX Actionscript books for awhile now, and Gary's book is BY FAR the BEST!! It is written so that a visual designer like myself can understand better the language of Actionscript. I have taken classes, as well as read other books on Actionscript, and found myself extremely lost and confused, since I am not a developer/programmer. I perused Gary's book and found that it was clearly the easiest to understand. I highly recommend this book, especially to others like myself that do not have a lot of programming knowledge.

this book is the only book that you will ever need to read about actionscript--ever. it simply leaves all the other titles in the dust. for the price of the book, you will be having the finest brains in programming actionscript. my only complain is that i wish i had one-fifth of the brain that gary has for understanding actionscript. my salut goes to gary rosensweig for brilliantly explaining actionscritp the way he does with this book. reading the book has taken my breath away. i want more, pppuuullleeezzz...

What can I say? This book is the absolute best guide to anyone starting out with Actionscript, Gary even put the missing CD files on his website to download after the publishers "forgot" the CD :). This book is a must for any Flash enthusiast!!

Gary,Thanks so much for this book. I just bought it this afternoon after months of trying to find a book that I could relate to. FINALLY, I understand onClipEvent(enterframe) and onClipEvent(load). You don't know how long I have been trying to get a simple CLEAR explanation, with examples, clarifying these two keywords. Simple sentences like "It happenes one time only." finally made onClipEvent(load)clear to me. Now I UNDERSTANDthe importance of onClipEvent(enterframe). Thank you so much. Clarity! I think I can FINALLY make progress with Actionscript. You have put so many writers to shame who have attempted to explain actionscripting. For a long time I thought actionscriting was for a few insiders. It's about time someone explained THE important concepts in a simple precise manner. I really thinkthat actionscripting concepts are so clear to the "pros" that they don't think about breaking up these concepts into smaller parts, the essential parts, which really SHOW the meaning of the concept, the ESSENSE of the concept. PLEASE KEEP WRITING! Finally a knucklehead like myself can understand actionscriting. And it's us knuckleheads that SHOULD be giving writers feedback! Because when you can reach us you KNOW you have a chance of reaching a VERY LARGE audience. Please keep your ears open to the simplest of questions.Thanks,G. Landry