Macromedia Flash MX: Creating Dynamic Applications

by: Michael Grundvig; Max Oshman; Eric Dolecki Jobe Makar; Scott Smith

On-line Price: $42.95 (includes GST) Paperback w/ CD package 504 55%Off Retail Price You save: $53.00 Sale Item - Special discount -limited stock _____________________ N.Sydney : In Stock	Retail Price: $95.95 Publisher: MACROMEDIA PRESS,Oct-02 Category: MACROMEDIA FLASH Level: ISBN: 0321115481 ISBN13: 9780321115485
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Book Description

  If you're in the business of programming or developing online applications with Macromedia Flash, you've probably had moments when you wished you could turn to the real experts for advice on integrating server-side technologies. Now you can. Macromedia Flash MX: Creating Dynamic Applications shows you how both state-of-the-art and well-established server-side technologies coupled with Macromedia Flash MX can deliver powerful dynamic applications. More than just a step-by-step tutorial, this book provides the theory behind the powerhouse code used to process, integrate, and display dynamic data, focusing on tried-and-true middleware languages such as Java and ColdFusion, as well as newcomer ASP.NET, for integrating server-side data with Macromedia Flash MX. You'll get an 'under the hood' look at the full source code used to develop a number of inspirational and practical online applications, including an entire Hotmail-style email system using Macromedia Flash MX as a front-end, an online poll, a message board, a multi-user avatar chat, a multiplayer game, and an instant messenger. You get all of the source code for the applications in Java, ColdFusion, and ASP.NET, making Macromedia Flash MX: Creating Dynamic Applications the perfect resource no matter what project you're working on.

      Author Biographies

  Eric E. Dolecki is currently Senior Interactive Designer and Interactive Technology Manager at Boston-based Directech eMerge. Clients include notable high-technology clients such as Teradata, WorldCom, and Connected. His Flash work appears in the Macromedia/Centennial Media Advanced Flash 5 Actionscripting Training CDROM, past issues of Computer Arts UK magazine, and he was a co-author of the advanced Flash book Macromedia Flash Super Samurai. In addition to published works, he has won numerous international Flash awards. He is a regular contributor to several open source Flash sites, and he maintains his personal site: www.ericd.net, which showcases experiments, manages his personal clients' work, and serves as a conduit between himself and those seeking to learn more about Flash. He actively maintains a personal client list.

  Jobe Makar, who specializes in games and applications programming, holds a B.S. in Physics from East Carolina University and an M.S. in Physics from North Carolina State University. He is co-founder of Electrotank, Inc., where he is Senior Game Developer. He is also Senior Interactivity Developer at Allen Interactions, a computer-based training firm.

  Max Oshman is president of WebWork, LLC and co-founder of XYPNO Interactive, based in Montclair, N.J. As lead programmer at both companies, he specializes in creating data-driven Flash sites and is fluent in server-side scripting languages such as ColdFusion, ASP and PHP. Among the many companies he has worked for are Perception Inc., BoogieTV, LLC, and The Exit Proms Event. He also contributes to resource Web sites such as www.flashcfm.com and www.virtual-fx.net.

  Scott Smith is a senior editor at RES: The Magazine of Digital Filmmaking, where he reports on trends in digital video production. An experienced filmmaker and animator, he is also a founding partner of Silver Planet Studio, creator of digital effects for dozens of feature films including director Frank Grow's Love God and Todd Solondz's latest film, Happiness. His last book was The Film 100, a ranking of the most influential people in the history of cinema.