"The Comprehensive Guide to Lingo" is a book by Gary Rosenzweig available in bookstores. It teaches Lingo at three levels: Beginner, Advanced, and Expert. It also includes a huge reference section and a section on Shockwave. It is filled with hundreds of scripts. It also comes with a CD-ROM with all of the scripts and some useful tools. From Ventana Communications.

You can buy the book at your local bookstore, or you can order it online at the CleverMedia Bookstore. If Amazon.com is out of stock, try Barnes and Noble.

• 1: How to Make the Most of This Book
• SECTION I: Beginner's Workbook (160 pages)
  This section will guide non-programmers and those new to Lingo through the basics. Designed to be used both by individuals and in the classroom.
  • 2: Combining Lingo & Director
    • Lesson 1: Director Basics
    • Lesson 2: Lingo Basics
    • Lesson 3: Getting Started
  • 3: Frame Scripts
    • Lesson 4: Simple Frame Script
    • Lesson 5: Simple Frame Navigation
    • Lesson 6: Timed Frame Script
  • 4: Buttons
    • Lesson 7: Navigation With Buttons
    • Lesson 8: Building a Better Button
    • Lesson 9: An Even Better Button
    • Lesson 10: A Pretty Good Button Handler
  • 5: Animation
    • Lesson 11: Flashing Sprite
    • Lesson 12: Alternating Sprite
    • Lesson 13: Time Alternating Sprite
    • Lesson 14: Racing Sprites
    • Lesson 15: Animating Sprites
  • 6: Games
    • Lesson 16: User-Controlled Moving Sprite
    • Lesson 17: Shall We Play A Game?
    • Lesson 18: Keeping Score
  • 7: Special Effects
    • Lesson 19: Faking 3D
    • Lesson 20: Various Special Effects
  • 8: Multimedia
    • Lesson 21: Giving Lingo a Voice
    • Lesson 22: More Puppets
  • 9: Text
    • Lesson 23: Playing With Text
    • Lesson 24: Simple Hypertext
  • 10: Beginner's Workbook Review
• Section II: Advanced Lingo (180 pages)
  More complex techniques carefully explained so they are easy to understand.
  • 11: Computer Programming & Lingo
  • 12: Advanced Hypertext
  • 13: Advanced Button Input
  • 14: Text Input
  • 15: Lists
  • 16: File Input & Output
  • 17: The User Interface: Menu Bars, Cursors & Timeouts
  • 18: Drawing With Trails
  • 19: Lingo & Math
  • 20: More Special Effects
  • 21: System Variables
  • 22: Memory Management
  • 23: Debugging
• Section III: Expert Lingo (148 pages)
  A whole bag of tricks for those who have completed the first two sections of the book and Lingo gunslingers.
  • 24: Scrolling Areas
  • 25: Complex Games
  • 26: Sorting & Finding: Recursion
  • 27: Movies In A Window
  • 28: Pop-Up Menus
  • 29: Object-Oriented Programming
  • 30: Media Control
  • 31: Building Tools
  • 32: Beyond Lingo: Xtras & Xobjects
  • 33: Tying It All Together
• Section IV: Shockwave (17 pages)
  Applying Lingo to Shockwave movies and using the Shockwave Lingo commands.
  • Introduction To Shockwave
  • Shockwave Lingo
  • Shockwave Techniques
• Section V: Lingo Reference A-Z (209 pages)
  Desriptions and examples of every command.
• Section VI: Appendices (27 pages)
  • A: About the Online Companion
  • B: About the Companion CD-ROM
  • C: Tables & Charts
  • D: New Lingo in Director 5
  • E: Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts
  • F: Lingo by Subject
  • G: Problem-Solving Guide
  • H: A List of Director Resources on the World Wide Web