Only Advanced Actionscript Users Need Apply

Overall a disappointing, confused book without much of an audience. This book assumes advanced actionscript skills, the most advanced skills I've seen in books teaching flash/actionscript. Here's an example from the first case study:

static public function setInterval (
connection:Object,
intName:String,
path:Object,
func:String,
time:Number ) :Void {
clearInterval(connection, intName);
if (connection instanceof MovieClip) {
if (__listeners[connection] == undefined) {
__listeners[connection] ={}; }
__listernes[connection][intName] = _global.setInterval(path, func, time, arguments[5], arguments[6], arguments[7], arguments[8], arguments[9], arguments[10]);
} else {
if (connection.intervalID == undefined) {
connection.intervalID = "int" + (__intervalID++);
}
__listeners[connection.intervalID] ={};
__listeners[connection.intervalID][intName] = _global.setInterval(path, func, time, arguments[5], arguments[6], arguments[7], arguments[8], arguments[9], arguments[10]);
}}}

If this code looks alien to you, steer clear until your AS is strong enough or be prepared for lots of headscratching. Colin Moock's book, Essential Actionscript 2.0, is far friendlier to intermediate AS users and I recommend getting to know that book from cover to cover.

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