Foundation XML for Flash (Foundation)

By Sas Jacobs

This book is likely to be very big because of the Microsoft connection - MS Office is ubiquitous throughout the world of IT, and many companies want to be able to easily port their data from Office files to web interfaces. Microsoft is also very keen to get in on the Rich Internet Applications craze that Flash is such a big part of. In this book, Sas Jacobs first takes the reader through just the information they need to know about XML itself, and no more - what it is, it's syntax, it's associated technologies (such as CSS and XSLT, ) and how to get XML out of your applications in a format Flash can use.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590595432
• ISBN13: 9781590595435
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I really do not understand what the negative reviews are all about for this book. Even if you do not want to use office to generate your xml, you can still read over those chapters use the xml file created and learn HOW TO USE xml in flash which is what this book is about. I would probably not use office but I learned alot about processing the xml files that were created by the office program. Anyways this book took me from...

Learning to use XML structured data in Flash projects

This clearly written and well-organized book provides an overview of XML and how to use XML structured data in a variety of Flash projects. Anyone who is interested in working with XML in Flash and would like to learn more about how to get started will benefit from the easy-to-follow examples and the range of topics that the author has chosen to cover. Beginning with an overview of XML the chapters quickly move on to show...

Really nice book

How to use the XML in the Flash? This is one of the doubts most recurrent in lists and forums of quarrels. Who already tried work in Flash with XML created in one of programs of the Office Package definitively already lost the patience, much calm is necessary to reach the accurate node of the correct skill. Sometimes we obtain alternatives, but almost always having to lose much time to carry through simple tasks. There the...

Great resource for new FLASHers who want to learn basics of XML.

After playing around with Flash for the last three years, I finally began to get serious about scripting about four months ago. Like a lot of folks, I seem to lack that little something that separates a true scripting genius from a scripting hack. Although there's always hope, my mind simply does not work that way. Unlike many code books, this one made sense to me immediately. XML is starting to look like something I can...

A must have book

I always thought that XML would be very hard to use but after reading Foundation XML for Flash, it seems a lot clearer to me. I'm new to XML but quite experienced with Flash and I found the book very helpful as a starting point for learning XML. The book explained the basic concepts of XML very clearly and showed me why it is a great choice for Flash. I can already think of several projects where it'll help me out. I really...