Jodie ORourke - Flash Mobile Application Development for Dummies

Flash Mobile Application Development For Dummies

by Jodie ORourke

Flash Mobile Application Development For Dummies

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About the Author

Jodie ORourke is an Interactive Developer living and working in central London, England. He specializes in producing rich client solutions using a variety of technologies, including Flash which hes been using for 10 years. He has both a bachelor and masters degree from The Nottingham Trent University and is recognized in the Adobe developer community as a Community Professional and Certified Expert. He tweets (@jodieorourke) and blogs ( http://jodieorourke.com ) regularly about his daily adventures in technology and his less frequent adventures as trainee PADI Divemaster.

Dedication

To Joao for always being there and keeping me working, even when I was tired. Thanks for hanging in there.

I finished the book, Mum, so I can come and visit now!

Author's Acknowledgments

I couldnt have produced this book without the support of my family, friends, and colleagues. Thank you, Kelley, for being so tolerant during this long project, and to Moog for, well, being Moog!

Massive thanks to Matt Wagner at Fresh Books for approaching me with this title, and for working hard to keep the paperwork prim and proper!

Id like to thank the team at Wiley for turning a pipe-dream into a reality. Thank you to Susan Christophersen and Katie Feltman for helping to keep the wheels on this project when they felt as though they might fall off it was a bumpy ride, but the end result has made it seem worthwhile. Id also like to thank Melanie Nelson, who allowed me to see through the eyes of a nontechnical reader and helped me to simplify some of the complicated subject matter covered in this book.

Thanks to everyone at Adobe who offered me tools, equipment, support, and insight. Adobe really does love its developers!

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