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emil emil
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November 24, 2009
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Help, advice needed for learning Action Script

  • November 24, 2009
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I don't have any experience with programing and even scripting and I can't find tutorials for total beginners. I started to read this one

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b8cbfe-7ff7.html

but I have difficulties understanding the explanations.

If you have any advice and pointers to tutorials for total dummy beginners I will greatly  appreciate it.

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Correct answer sergey_landar

I’m 27 years old and one month ago I started study ActionScript 3.0. After red a lot of forums with recommendations about what need to do for study as3 I clear next things:

  • Try to visit forums about as3 and discus with people about your problems and also try to help other solve their problems (you can help a lot of people to solve their problems, you can find a lot answers to your questions, you can share your experience with others)
  • Try to read books about as3 (in books you can find all theory and some examples for this theory, so this info will be very helpful for you, because it’s a fundamental knowledge what you must to know)
  • Try to visit sites with tutorials (on the net you can find a lot sites with tutorials and there you step by step will study a lot of things)
  • Share your knowledge with others (create your blog or something else where you will show to people your examples of work, where you will write about as3 and will share your experiences and knowledge, this can give you chance to consolidate your knowledge and give opportunity other people study as3)
  • Try to separate big not understandable problem to smaller(after you find answer to all small problems you can find answer to big problem)

    And the main what you must remember then YOU MUST CODING EVERY DAY! (I think without it you never been a as3 coder.)

I can recommend next sites witch can help you to study ActionScript 3.0:

Books:
<a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/">http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock/dp/0596526946">Essential ActionScript 3.0</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-2">Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-Adobe-Flash-Professional-Classroom/dp/0321579216/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-6">ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Game-Programming-University/dp/0789737027/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-7">ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Cookbook-Application-Developers/dp/0596526954/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-8">ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers</a>

Forums:
<a href="http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3">http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3</a><br>
<a href="http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75">http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83">http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83</a>

Blogs:
<a href="http://theflashblog.com/">http://theflashblog.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/">http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/</a><br>
<a href="http://as3journal.blogspot.com/">http://as3journal.blogspot.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/">http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/</a> <br>
<a href="http://xitri.com/">http://xitri.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hamstersteam.com/">http://www.hamstersteam.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://flash-animation.ru/">http://flash-animation.ru/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.keyframer.com/">http://www.keyframer.com/</a>

Tutorials:
<a href="http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript">http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/">http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ilike2flash.com/">http://www.ilike2flash.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://xuroqflash.com/">http://xuroqflash.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/">http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/">http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flashperfection.com/">http://www.flashperfection.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/">http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/</a><br>

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Anonymous
November 24, 2009

Try this book Learning ActionScript 3.  A lot of people rave about it.  I have just bought it and seems a lot more accessible than the O'reilly text books.

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emil emilAuthor
Inspiring
November 25, 2009

Thank you very much  nicolanicola

That's really helpful - I'm going to get this book too.

sergey_landar
sergey_landarCorrect answer
Inspiring
December 25, 2009

I’m 27 years old and one month ago I started study ActionScript 3.0. After red a lot of forums with recommendations about what need to do for study as3 I clear next things:

  • Try to visit forums about as3 and discus with people about your problems and also try to help other solve their problems (you can help a lot of people to solve their problems, you can find a lot answers to your questions, you can share your experience with others)
  • Try to read books about as3 (in books you can find all theory and some examples for this theory, so this info will be very helpful for you, because it’s a fundamental knowledge what you must to know)
  • Try to visit sites with tutorials (on the net you can find a lot sites with tutorials and there you step by step will study a lot of things)
  • Share your knowledge with others (create your blog or something else where you will show to people your examples of work, where you will write about as3 and will share your experiences and knowledge, this can give you chance to consolidate your knowledge and give opportunity other people study as3)
  • Try to separate big not understandable problem to smaller(after you find answer to all small problems you can find answer to big problem)

    And the main what you must remember then YOU MUST CODING EVERY DAY! (I think without it you never been a as3 coder.)

I can recommend next sites witch can help you to study ActionScript 3.0:

Books:
<a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/">http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock/dp/0596526946">Essential ActionScript 3.0</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-2">Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-Adobe-Flash-Professional-Classroom/dp/0321579216/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-6">ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Game-Programming-University/dp/0789737027/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-7">ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Cookbook-Application-Developers/dp/0596526954/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-8">ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers</a>

Forums:
<a href="http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3">http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3</a><br>
<a href="http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75">http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83">http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83</a>

Blogs:
<a href="http://theflashblog.com/">http://theflashblog.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/">http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/</a><br>
<a href="http://as3journal.blogspot.com/">http://as3journal.blogspot.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/">http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/</a> <br>
<a href="http://xitri.com/">http://xitri.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hamstersteam.com/">http://www.hamstersteam.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://flash-animation.ru/">http://flash-animation.ru/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.keyframer.com/">http://www.keyframer.com/</a>

Tutorials:
<a href="http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript">http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/">http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ilike2flash.com/">http://www.ilike2flash.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://xuroqflash.com/">http://xuroqflash.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/">http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/">http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.flashperfection.com/">http://www.flashperfection.com/</a><br>
<a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/">http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/</a><br>

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Anonymous
November 24, 2009

learning as3 is pretty straightforward and easy if you have done any programming before. I took only a few weeks to get up to speed with all the neccessities needed for my application. i suggest following one of the many tutorials on google (that are related to what part of as3 you wish to get familiar with) There are also books on actionscripting and they will definitely clearer than any tutorial and easier to follow than as3 documentation. Good luck!

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emil emilAuthor
Inspiring
November 24, 2009

Thanks gibbetg

UnfortunatleyI don't have any programing experience and I know it will be difficult but I can't find any tutorial or material for total beginners. Everything I find assumes some programing experience.

If I have to, I'm willing to start with some other programing language that has a lot of learning materials and tutorials for total beginners and then I can continue with Action Script. Is this a better idea?

I wouild really appreciate if someone share links or info about learning material made for total beginners without prior programing experience.

Thank you.

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
November 24, 2009

You really need to get some of the basics of programming under your belt, so your best bet would be to find a school course that has something for you to begin the process. That approach gives you both a hands on approach along with people to help you thru the learning. If that isn't agreeable, then your best bet will be to Google "learn programming" and go thru the results to see if you can find something that walks you thru the concepts.

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