Lingo Sorcery 2e

By Peter Small

Have you wanted to acquire that essential programming edge which will allow you to harness the full power of lists and objects? Are you looking to create innovative Director products for the Internet at the highest level of technical expertise? Have you reached that stage of using Lingo where the only next step you can take is to finally understand object-oriented programming? If you have said "yes" to any of the above, you have the right book in your hands. It is the first choice of both professionals and learners alike and is the most frequently recommended book on the Director User Internet forums for understanding the black art of OOPS and taking Lingo programming to areas the manuals never reach. THis second edition covers two major advances in Director which have opened up new vistas to users. Behaviours are easy to conceptualize, and allow those who have very little programming knowledge to design an object-orientated programming (OOP) style. The new Application programming Interface (API) introduced along with a set of Net Xtras has transormed Director from aclosed application into an open system, allowing it to become the new killer app for thr Internet and the Web. What readers said about the first edition... - ...for my money it's the best Director book in the market. - Lingo Sorcery is amazing. It's not a "how to" book per se, (though it has lots of how to in it) it's a "how to" book with a lot of accompanying thoughts on how most effectively to think about OOP and multimedia design from an organic point of view. - In my opinion, Lingo Sorcery is easily the best info on OOP for Lingo. - I am finally starting to get the hang of OOPing, but I heard Peter's book is awesome. - See some crazy (but interesting) examples of ways to use OOP with Lingo, read Lingo Sorcery by Peter Small. It's amazing. It will really get your creative juices flowing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471986151
• ISBN13: 9780471986157
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The best book I've read about Director

This book is not an academic approach to Object Oriented. It teaches you how to use Director in a very different (and better) way. You stop viewing a Director movie as "frames in the Score Window" and start using it as an "object-maker". It opens up your mind for new possibilities. I'm not a programmer, but after reading this book I've started making good projects with Director.

Super Great Ideas but unfortunately presented clumsily

This Book is virtually a gem. The Ideas in this book have completely changed my way of thinking OOP wise.Also it opened my mind to totally new paths regarding the use of Lingo.However, I could have saved a lot of time reading and understanding that book ,if the author had paid more attention to the way he presented his Ideas to the readers. It took me more patience than intelligence to keep up with the authors trail of thoughts. He many times switched from an Idea to another without any prior warning then jump back to the original Idea the same way he left off. Also it took me hours to fill up the gaps the author had left in his illustrative projects including codes,sprites or castmembers that I had to figure out on my awn. So I ask the author kindly to eliminate these major sorts of distractions to make his readers more focused on the Ideas of the book ,rather than what went wrong or what is missing , if he is planning on writing any other books on lingo.But regardless of all the above, in the meantime, this book is one of a kind comparing to other books on lingo and I can confidently say that it's a must for every lingo enthusiast.

Not as bad as others may have you think.

Peter's terms in this book are nonstandard for a reason.His intent is to get a point across without simultaneously boxing the reader's perspective into one angle, one paradigm, one image about how OO coding works, how it's supposed to happen, who's supposed to do it, who's supposed to know about it and so on.There are certain types of programmer who will object to this approach. However that does not invalidate the approach, and it does not make the book bad.

Yes for sure it's a great book

If you are a beginner; Sometimes Mr Small go fast but it's the good to refine you search for knowledge. If not: Great ! Peter gives a chance to your dreams. Even if you want to learn Java it's probably one of the best starts. I think it's time for Peter to write a novel about programming. It's great to spend my money and feel richer.

Open your mind!

This book is great! For the first time, a book on Lingo goes one step further. Usually this kind of books deals with the basics -roll over, puppet sprites,...-, but this one opens the door of the object-oriented programming. That's not just about Lingo, that's about a new way of thinking! Buy it ASAP.