The book teaches you to write VB code for .NET and not how you can connect to database using Flash (through web-services, XML, etc.) Total waste of money and the examples focus on Access as a database; very poor knowledge on behalf of the authors. The flash portion is so limited, it took me a lot of time to find out the actionscript code in the entire book. The examples are total junk and not at all useful for commercial development. Whoever gave five stars either know the author personally or have not come across any other worthy book (such as Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks) which discusses much more on how to access database services than this hopeless book here.

Not for the beginner, but great for an intermediate to advanced ASP and Flash designer/programmer. Very easy to follow, and easy to modify the existing code to fit your needs. The framework for powerful database driven Flash sites is all here.

This book has been incredibly useful in learning how to better leverage Flash in my web apps. As a bonus I was able to use the poll engine right "out of the box".

I learn entirely by reading books. I've never taken a class for anything I do professionally. So I know a good book when I read it. How informative and easy to understand can you get? This book is it.

The text is spoken in plain english, easy to read, easy to understand. It's organized in an intelligent fasion. Not only does it make a great read through, but also serves as a reference manual when you've completed the training.

The example code that is included FREE with this book, is worth WAY more than the cover price, for sure.