Foundation PHP 5 for Flash
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Our original Foundation PHP for Flash title was rightly regarded as a must-have title when it came to wanting to learn just how to make your Flash sites make use of backend technologies, that was published way back in the days of Flash 5 and PHP 4, and things move pretty fast in the world of web design! This latest, completely rewritten, edition again brings together three of the web’s hottest technologies–Flash, the server-side language PHP, and the MySQL d… More >>
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R. Traweek said :
February 28, 2010 at 6:13 pm
On the upside, the tutorials on installation are excellent. Apache, PHP 5 installation and if you get that far, the MySQL installation are all well described and carefully written. The forum works, if you happen to be a programmer. Theres quick help for those seeking answers but not so quick if you are novice…
When you get into trouble is when you realize that version changes make understanding the complex code jargon very difficlut to understand- though coded exaples for the Flash version that I have were provided. The examples are impossibly long and complicated and when you finally sift though them Eureka, it does not work. FRUSTRATING. Though said to have working examples, I could not get the tedious long examples to work on my computer- and spent many hours re reading the entire book to find out why. I did not expect a quick and easy solution to learning but after two months, I made no progress and found my incompetnce with programming becomiing overwhelming. This book may kill your desire to learn, even if you are willing to spend the time.
This book is a time bandit. Phenomonally complicated for beginners, it’s written for experienced programmers, though said to be for novices. It has been my experience to see most programmers who write books, write at a level that is not possible to understand by beginners. It’s like going into a new city and asking for directions from a local resident, ” it’s easy to find and you can’t miss it ” is the norm. Powers may leave you sleeping on the street.
Rating: 2 / 5
Troy Phillips said :
February 28, 2010 at 6:18 pm
THE BOOK IS EASY TO FOLLOW BUT THE FLASH DESIGNS HAVE TO BE DOWNLOADED SO COMMONSENCE IS IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE THING AND THE BOOK DONT TEACH YOU TO DO IT YOURSELF THEN YOU DINT LEARN ANYTHING,,,, YOU WILL LEARN PHP BUT I ALLREADY KNEW PHP SO I GOT THIS TO LEARN FLASH***THE PHP FOR FLASH PREVIOUST TO THIS IS BETTER SINCE YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN FLASH BUTTONS STEP BY STEP SO YOU CAN LEARN, IF ITS TO LEARN FLASH I COULD GIVE A 0 STARS BUT FOR PHP I COULD GIVE 6 STARS OUT OF 5,,,,, ONE LAST THING IM JUST RATING THIS ACCORDING TO FLASH SO I GAVE 1 BECAUSE THE WEBSITE DONT PERMIT ME TO GIVE CERO
Rating: 1 / 5
Vignaux said :
February 28, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Vraiment bravo Mister David Powers. Vraiment puissant ce livre. Progressif mais précis, ce livre aborde intelligement la relation entre Flash et PHP pour réaliser des applications robustes et évolutives. Pratiquant l’as2, la mise en parallèle de ces deux langages permet de progresser dans l’un et dans l’autre.Et puis il y a une introduction à MySQL, bon un très bon investissement pour progresser. Le livre est dans un anglais très simple à comprendre… donc surtout n’hesitez pas!
Rating: 5 / 5
Romeo G. Savellana said :
February 28, 2010 at 7:46 pm
I have read and studied a lot of books on web development. So far this is the book where I found how the author explicitly and clearly explained every aspects of details. I should have purchased this book much much earlier. Now my flash and php mysql skills and knowledge had extremely improved. This is the best buy for me and I am now searching for other books by David Powers.
Rating: 5 / 5
D. Davidson said :
February 28, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I came to this book with a basic knowledge of ASP and Microsoft SQL Server. Using back end technologies with Flash is quite a change from (X)HTML, and this book really helps you get your head around the change in logic needed to effectively use Flash with a back end.
I haven’t quite finished the book, but everything I’ve read so far has been great. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5