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Lingo in a Nutshell
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Author: Bruce A. Epstein
List Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 1565924932
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (10 November, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 12,400
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
WAY out of date
This book was written for Director 6.5, and currently Director is past 8.5 (MX is basically Director 9). So forget about anything about behaviors, library palette, anything 3D.. in short, this book was out of date 5 years ago. Beyond this, the nutshell library is designed as a reference for programmers who want to quick-reference a new language. If you're already up to speed on C++, Java, SQL, etc, then the nutshell format will make sense as you seehow Director includes functions and classes in the form of handlers and properties. However, for the novice programmer looking to learn more about scripting Lingo, this book is awful. I'd recommend the Director Demystified series instead, whatever's the latest edition. Macromedia's version updates aren't drastic, so at this point a book covering 8.5 is just fine.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Lingo in a Nutshell - OUTDATED
Beware if you're buying this book, it covers lingo up to version 6, and director's most recent version is 8.5.
Rating: 1 out of 5
This book is, simply, terrible...
I can't emphasize enough how I would encourage readers NOT to purchase this book. Not only is it out of date (to no fault of its author), but it is incredibly disorganized (directly the fault of its author). This, however, is not unusual for O'Reilly books which are notorious for a general lack of order and the inclusion of irrelevant material. Should you ignore my advice, I'm certain you'll find yourself flipping back and forth as you read each chapter in succession, as nothing is covered ("Refer to Chapter X for details on X" is something you run into practically on every page) in cohesive chunks. And you'll also get other useful tips like "Experiment until you have a firm grasp of when the different handlers in different scripts are being called or until you are totally confused. Then start with new movie, and try it all again." That little gem applies equally as well to reading the book as it does to handling Lingo's archaic structure...
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