Re: FLASH: Wolverines in Kevin's pants and ActionScript

[Laura Mollett]

> AS tutorial don't even come close. Even Flash Magic is off the mark here. Yes

it is

> full of techniques but it is nothing more than "type this in". Well, big

whoop. Why

> am I typing it in and how can it be changed to meet my design needs?


Different people learn in different ways. Just like to say that for me, (and

I'm definately a designer, not a coder as I'm learning disabled mathwise)

I'm not finding this true of the Flash Magic book. I was afraid I would from

comments made here. But the game I want to make isn't in there (good for me,

as it's more fun if it hasn't been done already :), but it's sort of a

combination of two games that are in there, and for people who haven't

bought it yet, there's more explanation than "type this in" in that book.


I haven't read the whole book. Maybe some chapters have less explanation

than others. But I was very glad to see (for example) "...on the Actions

tab, assign the ActionScript..." and then explanation: "This script checks

the value of 'Count' and plays the animation only if its value is less than

two." That's enough explanation for *me* to know why I'm typing it in, which

is what I need :).


> I am never asked by designers in my classes to "Show me the code, man." I am

> constantly asked by designers in my classes to explain variables. I tell them,

> using English,


Admittedly I know what a variable is (and if I didn't, you just told me :) -

and I have other basic coding books to explain terms I don't get (The Little

Schemer (a book on scheme code) is good at explaining things in language I

can understand and has less math. Really the terms aren't that esoteric. If

I look "variable" up in an English dictionary I get: "Likely to change or

vary, subject to variation: changeable. Capable of or liable to change."

That seems pretty reasonable to me :)


But anyways, I just wanted to say the Flash Magic book gives me mostly what

I need, though your mileage may vary.


Laura Mollett


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