• Registered: 2007-11-15
  • Posts: 25

Topic: Learn to develop in Flash!

It seems high time for a sticky with some recommendations for those of us who are clueless about developing in Flash but would like to learn...

-Where do you start?
-Is it easy enough to teach yourself?
-What books to start with?
-What toolsets to start with?
-What other sites are good developer resources?

Offer any advice you have. The more Flash developers we get, the more widgets we get!

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  • Registered: 2007-11-10
  • Posts: 158

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

I always recommend getting a month of lynda.com and look at the Actionscript 2 series with Joey Lott.

3 Reply by scottjanousek (edited by scottjanousek 2007-11-20 16:29:10)

  • From: Walpole, MA USA
  • Registered: 2006-08-28
  • Posts: 70

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

>Where do you start?
www.lynda.com or www.totaltraining.com for overall Flash exposure to tools, or just start
playing around with pre-bundled tutorials.

>Is it easy enough to teach yourself?
Yes. Timeline is hardest bit for developers, but in the case of widgets, you don't *need*
to utilize it.

>What books to start with?
In terms of ActionScript 2, Colin Moock's O'reilly books. In terms of Flash books in general, there are many choices! lynda.com and totaltraining.com ar good sources as well.

In regards to Flash Lite: www.flashmobilebook.com and the Flash Lite total training videos are good sources for mobile development.

>What toolsets to start with?
Flash CS3

>What other sites are good developer resources?
www.biskero.org and then go from there ... with all the links!, or my blog: www.scottjanousek.com/blog/

Get your chumby on. smile

www.scottjanousek.com/blog | scottjanousek.mobi
Adobe Flash Lite Certified Training Instructor | Adobe Community Expert - Mobile & Devices
Coauthor, Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices - www.flashmobilebook.com
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  • From: San Francisco, CA
  • Registered: 2008-02-21
  • Posts: 98

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

I'm interested in learning to program my new chumby myself, so thought I'd bump this up for those in the same boat as me.  I'm looking for super-newbie type info on how to get started and do super-basic programming for chumby.

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http://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?id=2565
  • Registered: 2007-11-14
  • Posts: 56

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

Well there is a sorta a sticky in software.. Lynda.com is great so far!

  • Registered: 2009-11-13
  • Posts: 7

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

Wow. Flash CS4 is about $700.

Any alternative?

What are their limitations compared to CS4?

  • Registered: 2009-12-25
  • Posts: 8

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

I did my first Flash Lite app last night using FlashDevelop.  Its windows only though. But its free.

  • Registered: 2009-11-13
  • Posts: 7

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

Thanks atlantageek.

I also found my answer in the Wiki here:

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index. … evelopment

  • Registered: 2010-01-08
  • Posts: 1

Re: Learn to develop in Flash!

If you are an experienced programmer (and new to flash) and a tightwad like me, you may want to look at:

http://open-actionscript.blogspot.com/2 … ction.html

Basically, shows how to install the FREE development environment (Eclipse + plugin + MTASC + swfmill) and a few examples.  (Ubuntu package manager makes it easy;  no idea about Windows).

After you have tested your swf file, you can run it on the chumby using the information here:

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index. … at_startup

http://wiki.chumby.com/mediawiki/index. … _and_Tools