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Flex 3:A Beginner's Guide walks the reader through all of the steps that a beginning user must tackle, including which software to install, how to install it, and how to start writing code. It’s assumed that the reader has some knowledge of how the web works and has worked with plain old HTML. The differences between using Flex, HTML, and Ajax are dissected in easy-to-understand terms.

All the major starting points of developing RIAs in Flex are covered, including a detailed description of the ActionScript programming language that forms the basis

Server-Side Flash: Scripts, Databases, and Dynamic Development fills an important gap in the Flash book market. With the emergence of e-commerce, no Web site is complete without a back end because the back end is the virtual sales connection. Likewise, complex games are dependent on access to huge sets of data that can be sent in small packages,but getting them in and out of Flash requires knowing how the data can be generated in Flash, how it can be sent out to the servers and how it gets information back from the servers and integrates it into the ongoing game.