Access a work in progress, have a say
Flex 3 In Action is now available on MEAP.
What’s a MEAP?!
It’s the Manning Early Access Program which allows people to access books that are in the process of being developed, which is a cool program in that it allows you to see how a book evolves from rough drafts all the way to the final polished product.
Get the content now.
Of course, the primary advantage is that you get access to the content as it’s available so that you don’t have to wait till it becomes published. And if it’s content you want, then content you shall have - there’s now 19 chapters available!
Help shape the book.
One of the reasons that Manning books have such a strong reputation is the result of community involvement. Those who take part in MEAP can then go into the forum and post questions, suggestions, and feedback. And we take all that stuff very seriously.
We had some early anonymous reviewers provide some feedback and we’re incorporating all of their suggestions as well as things that needed more clarification and improvement.
From our perspective, this is a book to help ramp up new users to Flex as fast as possible. It’s another way we’re helping grow the Flex community, so fine tuning this to what people want out of a book is what we want to do!
Where to go for more.
To find out more about this early access program visit: http://www.manning.com/ahmed/
We look forward to your feedback, and providing a quality product.
Thanks!
About
Flex In Action (FiA) is a book for coders who come from traditional web technologies, and progressively takes them on a journey of understanding. Flex can easily be frustrating to newcomers who are used to the ease of their current language, so FiA takes an approach of leveraging your existing skills by using examples that you can relate to in your current tech vs how it’s done in Flex. It gradually introduces topics on an as needed basis so that you only need to worry about learning one thing at a time. Plus various ways of doing the same thing are explained in depth so that you understand your options… and lastly, FiA makes learning Flex fun!
