Although is just one receipt I’m glad that my post was selected to be part of Flex 3 Cookbook. The original post can be found on Flex Cookbook Beta site by the name “Using More Themes in the same Application“.

The book release is in May but till now (13th of May 2008) it is still not printed, but on O’Reilly and Safari there is the possibility to read the rough cut version. To go directly to my receipt look in “Skinning and Styling” chapter then “Use Multiple Themes in the Same Application“.

The printed book is available for pre-order on Amazon bellow:

I’m looking forward to see it released and to have it in my hands… because it is a highly practical book that contains more than 200 proven recipes for developing interactive Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0 sites.

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional ActionScript 3 Essentials Course, available on Total Training web site as online study or on DVD, it’s created for developers that have beginner or intermediate programming skills.

Highlights

• Review the Panel basics in ActionScript 3 and see how to set up the ActionScript preferences using the Reference Library and the Script Selection panel.
• Learn how to use dot syntax notation and how to write ActionScript 3 structures, and find out how to debug them when things go wrong.
• Discover how to use properties and methods for ActionScript 3 built in classes for complete control of MovieClips, TextFields and Sounds.
• Build event handlers for ActionScript 3 built-in classes to add interactivity and respond to both user generated events as well as program events like sounds and data loading.
• Make and use your own custom classes so you can modify existing classes like custom buttons, and get more reusability from your applications and animated MovieClips.

Course web page:
http://www.totaltraining.com/…/flashcs3pro_a3ess.asp

Course Outline:
http://www.totaltraining.com/…/flashcs3pro_a3ess.asp

Colin Moock Blog (www.moock.org/blog) it’s full of information, you can get latest news and also cool lessons about ActionScript and Flex Builder.

If you don’t know who this person is, let me give you a clue … it’s the author of Essential ActionScript 3.0 book and more others related to ActionsScript, Flex and Flash.

“Colin Moock is an independent web guru with a passion for networked creativity and expression. He has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. Colin served as webmaster for SoftQuad, Inc. (makers of HoTMetaL PRO) until 1997, and then as web evangelist for ICE (one of Canada’s leading interactive agencies) until 2001. He has created interactive content for Sony, Levi’s, Nortel, Air Canada, Procter & Gamble, and Hewlett-Packard. Colin now divides his time between writing, speaking at conferences, and researching emerging web technology. His award-winning Flash work and his renowned support site for Flash developers (http://www.moock.org) have made him a well-known personality in the Flash developer community. He is a contributor to macromedia.com’s Flash developer center, a tutorialist in the Flash MX Bible (2002, Wiley Publishing Inc.), and regularly appears in industry magazines such as cre@te! online. Colin’s latest personal undertaking is Unity, a Flash socket server for multi-user content.”

Source: www.oreillynet.com

Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O’Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc.

Here you can buy best titles on flex development, it’s the best place to start if you need a book in order to learn about RIA (rich internet application) ,what Flex can do and how to do it.

So go directly to the top: www.adobedeveloperlibrary.com.

For those that have been to Flex Camp in Bucharest, Romania they already have one copy of this book – that because Adobe was kind to give all participants an Essential Actionscript 3.0 book for free. This book is a must for Flash and Flex programmers and covers many aspects of programming Actionscript. Is published by O’Reilly and has a bit more over 900 pages.

The book can be easily found in US and other West European countries but in Romania it can be bought from Byblos Bookstore (to see it online click here).