First Flex
I installed flexbuilder (60 day trial) –pretty impressive — and went through a couple tutorials [link] [link].
Flex.org also seems useful.
HTTPService seems to be the core for webapps, though I’m guessing there are similar elements for streaming, direct db connections, etc.
Binding and Datasources are still a bit of a mystery, and apart from learning ActionScript syntax differences from Javascript (return types are colon delimited after a method name?) and MXML elements (GUI elements are a snap with the IDE) , it’s seems fairly straightforward. A lot easier (and simpler) than I thought it would be, but just as Nate predicted.
I’m sure I’ll have other questions like packaging, string manipulation, and performance rules as I learn, but I feel I’ve wet my feet. I checked out like 4 (5) e-books on Safari and will thumb through them when I get time.
ActionScript: The Definitive Guide
Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns
Object Oriented Programming with ActionScript
The first I’m going through is “Getting Started…” which is really more an introductory essay.