Programming for e-Learning Developers: ToolBook®, Flash®, JavaScript™, and Silverlight™
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As an e-Learning developer since 1993, I have found that even a little programming can go a long way in terms of increasing our ability to create meaningful interactions for our users. To do that, however,
entails understanding basic programming concepts like events, properties, and methods. Add to that the
requirement to perform more advanced tasks like adding hyperlinks, communicating via SCORM™ with your Learning Management System, loading media or graphics, and using a web service to send email from your application, and you have the need for some "real" programming. Rather than hiring a pricey consultant, however, you can use this book to learn the concepts to get the job done.
Many e-Learning developers use multiple tools. Even if you stick to a single tool like Flash or ToolBook, you still likely have the need to make external JavaScript calls in order to get extra functionality. So rather than focus on a single tool, this book takes each of our programming challenges and solves it in ToolBook - OpenScript, ToolBook - Actions Editor, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight. While you may not use all these environments currently, seeing the similarly of programming concepts across all the environments will enhance your skills in your tool(s) of choice.
For a detailed listing of topics, please see the book's Table of Contents.
Read a Sample Chapter.
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About the Author:
Jeff Rhodes is the Chief Technical Officer and owner of Platte Canyon Multimedia Software Corporation, a leader in developing commercial software that Improves the Lives of Training Developers™. He graduated at the top of his class at the Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Jeff received a Master's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, which he attended under a British Marshall Scholarship. Jeff is the author of VBTrain.Net™: Creating Computer and Web Based Training with Visual Basic® .NET and co-wrote The ToolBook® Companion. He has had numerous articles on training development published and is a frequent presenter at conferences both in the U.S. and Europe. Jeff lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Sue and sons Derek and Michael.
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Thanks for the great book "Programming for e-Learning Developers." It has been of tremendous help.
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I just finished Jeff Rhodes's new book "Programming for e-Learning Developers." I think it is fantastic and highly recommend it. I have been simultaneously learning ToolBook and ActionScript 3 and his book falls right into place. It explains, in simple, easy to understand language, how the same e-Learning events are produced in not only ToolBook and Flash, but Javascript and Silverlight as well. Even if you have no plans on learning another programming language, his ToolBook examples and explanations (both Actions Editor AND OpenScript) alone are worth reading.
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The Object-Oriented Programming chapter is a nice way to round off and tackles some poorly understood concepts (poorly understood by occasional or "one language" programmers that is).
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This book is unique in that it shows you, step by step, how to do the same task using different tools, this provides an insight into other tools that you may not fully understand but you must work with. Even if you don't personally build the Flash content, having an understanding can help you explain to your Flash programmer your specific requirements and if they too had a copy of this book then they would have some understanding of ToolBook. I am confident that you will find this book an invaluable addition to your library.
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Let this book do the translation for you so you can concentrate on the e-Learning product. Quickly find the syntax of each tool for the right job within your multi-tool design.
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This is a hugely good book. It’s focused, pertinent, and authoritative while always remaining clear and easy to understand - a rare combination indeed in books of this sort. I would strongly recommend it to anyone involved in e-Learning development.