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laine

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hello
i'd like to ask, if i'd like to learn flash(well i know the basics... ) should i get a book or just read online tutorials?

and is there a big difference with flash4 and 5?
 
I gotta disagree with LeX on this one. Flash, PhotoShop, any graphic-related program is best learned with a strait forward hands on experience. With a few tutorials to give you tips and in the process learn some program functions.

HTML is best learned via a simple tutorial the web because there isn't much to think about in HTML. It's not a programing language, only a markup so it's really simple.

CGI/PHP on the other hand, now I'd get a book for one or the other and read it over a few times. Get comfortable with the language. Hack a few scripts apart and make your own small one then just get bigger and bigger. Then, once you're familiar with one of them you can read an online tutorial to explain the different functions of the other since you're already comfortable with programming in one language and they're similar.

Whew :p!

And that is my $99.95
 
Originally posted by Nick
I gotta disagree with LeX on this one. Flash, PhotoShop, any graphic-related program is best learned with a strait forward hands on experience. With a few tutorials to give you tips and in the process learn some program functions.
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Yeah, of course, but I'm telling her to get a book to see what features it's got, how to work it and stuff. Sometimes a book just explains it better than tutorials. Books usually go deeper, and is more detailed. They also tell you how to do it, and give you images that shows what happens when you do it. That's why I'm telling her to get a book.

Me, actually, I don't like books. We took pooter lessons a few semesters ago, and there was this textbook on how to use Notepad and junk like that, and there's A LOT of CRAP, so I'm assuming that all books are like that. Correct me if I am wrong.

I like to experiment with the software, and learn from trial and error. Everything I have done is based on this idea, including tests. :p I "experiment" with the little quizzes, study all my answers (usually wrong), and then memorize the correct answers and try to get better marks on the exams. Works most of the time.
And that is my $99.95
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pretty expensive. s/h included or excluded?


PS. laine, you are a girl, right? I jumped to the wrong conclusion about that other guy, laurie. I thought he was a she! :p
 
There isn't a big difference between 4 and 5. All the Flash I know is self taught, and a bit from tutorials on http://www.flashkit.com . Flashkit is a good site. Has many tutes, and lots of open source FLA files to learn from.
 
Originally posted by LeX
I jumped to the wrong conclusion about that other guy, laurie. I thought he was a she! :p
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Laurie's a man :eek:?! I thought Laurie was a she, too :eek:.
 
HAHAHA
if my name is e-laine, then obviously i'd be a girl... :)

yep flash books are easier to get... my teacher gave me this book on flash but it doesn't help alot though it teaches some "programming" stuff ...

i haven't tried through the examples...
i *think* maybe Nick is right so i'd better not spend $ to buy books but i'll wait for books in library(they always get borrowed... grrr)

Anyways... :) Yep there are lots of online tutorials... what is the lanuage called that you write in flash? javascript?

Oh yeah... programming needs hands on experience too.. do you know our school... in form 4 and 5 we have to learn Pascal and i heard my friends say they do their exams on a piece of paper... geez
 
Originally posted by Nick
Originally posted by LeX
I jumped to the wrong conclusion about that other guy, laurie. I thought he was a she! :p
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Laurie's a man :eek:?! I thought Laurie was a she, too :eek:.
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Yeah, I started suspecting she was a guy when I saw the URL of his page - "webguy". I don't see much females using usernames like that. so I went to his UBB and asked him, and he told me that it's this Scottish name and it's common for a boy to be called laurie. doh~~~~~~ :eek:
 
okay, then don't get a book.

I think they included some tutorials with Flash 4, you can go take a look. :)

We took our pooter quiz on a piece of paper too, and it was askin stuff about Visual Basic, like what button you click on to save the file, etc.
 
laine, read this.
Originally posted by razor
i have used flash 4 and flash 5 and the interface is the same, but there are new features
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so if you want the "new features", get 5. ;)
 
s'ok, I seem to have the same problem myself. I also overlook forum rules too.... :p

Flash is cool and interactive, but it takes some time to load. If you want a quick loading site, then you'll won't want to use Flash a lot...
 
When we do our programming exams, we all we have to do is create a flowchart, then write the actual code, it sucks more, i dont like doing flowcharts...
 
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