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The ActionScript 3.0 Migration Guide
By Kris Hadlock | Jul 21, 2008Published by New Riders
The ActionScript Migration Guide covers all of the major changes in ActionScript from version 2 to 3. The book explains the most important and fundamental changes in ActionScript drawing comparisons between the two languages both visually and contextually. With a comprehensive index and robust table of contents designers and developers will easily be able to locate the old an/or new codes with side-by-side comparisons of how to program both and the explanation of the concepts behind them.
Sample chapter
Using Functions, Properties, and Keywords in ActionScript 3
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Reviews
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Know what you are getting.- “The book's objective is very clear: help you making the move from 2.0 to 3.0. That's it, no more, no less.
The book is for AS3 beginners but you have to be familiar with Flash and AS2. So it won't explain you what the stage is or how to put objects there and tie...” [Read more]
by Steven Burns on Mar 23, 2009 from - - Covers a range of easy enhancements
- “Many Flash developers have hesitated to switch from ActionScript 2.0 to ActionScript 3.0, fearing the increased complexities of a new object-oriented version of the language - but actually 3.0 is easy to use, as this slim handbook explains. Learn how to update code through step-by-step...” [Read more]
by Midwest Book Review on Dec 15, 2008 from Oregon, WI USA 
Disappointing- Thumbs Down Down Way Down- “I am a developer of 3 years, in AS 1.0 and AS 2.0 language, and was hoping that this book was going to expose all the changes of which are tossed into other books in a very convoluted manner. This book is titled making the move from as2.0 and so without any visible chapters...” [Read more]
by B. Smith “iben” on Jul 26, 2008 from NY 
a mediocre effort- “As an actionscript (AS) developer making the transition from 2.0 to 3.0, I feel really let down by this book. At ~140 pages it is more like a pamphlet than a programming book and is quite expensive for the amount of content it contains.
On a positive note, the...” [Read more]
by Thomas B. Talbot on Jul 22, 2008 from Gunpowder, MD USA
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