J. Schnier said
First of all I know how difficult it is to write a book. Therefore, thanks to the authors for writing this book. It is a good intro to AIR and as pointed out in other reviews it educates to program using Design patterns. As stated in the book it is not for beginners, and one needs to be familiar with AS. However, it was not stated anywhere that the main focus of this book is Flex. Although I am familiar with Flex, I usually prefer Flash and expected good Flash examples. The only example in the book is a "Hello World" text Flash example. Sure, I can download/buy Flex 3 or the SDK but there should have been a balance of the examples with more Flash applications or how to convert the Flex to Flash examples. If the authors did not want to do that, it should have been stated that the examples are mainly for Flex 3.
Another problem of the book are some of the examples. Only very few examples are actually available in the downloadable source code. The SimpleTextEditor example turns into a nightmere. It just starts somewhere without explaining names and folders of the files. There are a number of mistakes in the files. I don't think it should be the user's task to do the author's job. On their companion website I did not find any corrections. I had the impression that this book was written to get published fast. Allover the book is useful but should get a makeover by adding up corrections and examples on the companion website.
T. BOND said
Why is the Kindle version so expensive? It seems like you would want a paper copy for an intense usage like learning a new language, and for the better diagrams, etc. You'd accept the Kindle version for something you wanted to skim or you might be willing to keep an e-copy for less if it wasn't your main reference on the topic, or if it was a really good deal by e-book. Am I missing something? Maybe I just don't understand. Can someone who's tried the Kindle version pipe up about why it's better or why one would pay almost as much as for paper to get a Kindle version of this book. Someone who's actually bought the Kindle version and is using it? (Thanks)
Ramon Villarreal Ramirez said
Indispensable Book for building desktop applications because it shows you like to create your projects so easy and understandable.
Corey Schuman said
I've been looking for a solid Air book, and the Bible series delivers once again. So far, i like the fact the book goes beyond the framework and gives incite into application development and best practices. An added bonus is the chapter on automation using ANT.
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