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  1. The Timer is a utility class in the flash.utils package. A timer's job is to fire off events at specified intervals. http://bit.ly/10UPa3 6:49 PM Jun 24th from web
  2. The Definitive Tutorial on Flex Drag-and-Drop: http://bit.ly/xgLtb 11:59 AM Jun 20th from web
  3. Flex Modules are compiled to dynamically-loadable SWFs that can be loaded and unloaded by an application at runtime: http://bit.ly/Y3o5E 7:24 PM Jun 9th from web
  4. Styles in Flex are a lot like CSS (which can be helpful), but not exactly the same (which can be confusing): http://bit.ly/15QES9 12:28 PM Jun 7th from web
  5. Flex Binding enables objects and their values to be bound together so that when a source changes a target gets updated.: http://bit.ly/ltA81 7:05 PM Jun 2nd from web
  6. Flex features a flexible Logging API: http://bit.ly/7oscs 11:16 AM May 30th from web
  7. O is for Object Oriented. ActionScript is powerful, object oriented programming language. Learn more at Flex After Dark: http://bit.ly/dHAq6 7:30 PM May 21st from web
  8. Namespaces are used in MXML to tell Flex where to find your custom controls (outside of the mx or flash packages): http://bit.ly/19sUh4 4:26 AM May 13th from web
  9. The Flex Menu control creates pop-up menus of individually selectable choices, that can have cascading sub-menus. http://bit.ly/W1ymG 6:47 PM May 9th from web
  10. Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/flex to join 6:55 PM May 7th from web
  11. Flex Builder is a full-fledged IDE for Flex development. These keyboard shortcuts may prove handy. http://bit.ly/enFRL 6:31 PM May 7th from web
  12. ActionScript vs Java: Both are object-oriented languages with many similarities. http://tinyurl.com/d7h585 12:00 PM May 3rd from web
  13. Images can be embedded or loaded in Flex. Embedded images load immediately, already part of the SWF file. http://tinyurl.com/ch89dc 7:37 PM Apr 30th from web
  14. Flex's HTTPService is used to make asynchronous HTTP requests and handle the results. http://tinyurl.com/c3arym 7:10 PM Apr 27th from web
  15. ActionScript has support for special get and set functions that can encapsulate property access behind functions. http://tinyurl.com/cebfgf 4:29 PM Apr 24th from web
  16. Forms in Flex are supported through special container classes that assist in laying out label and input elements. http://tinyurl.com/dgff6z 6:57 PM Apr 23rd from web
  17. E is for E4X. E4X makes XML a first-class citizen in ActionScript. http://tinyurl.com/d9prbe 6:37 PM Apr 21st from web
  18. Flex After Dark: D is for Dynamic Classes. A dynamic class can have properties and functions attached at runtime. http://tinyurl.com/cyr4zv 6:59 PM Apr 20th from web
  19. C is for Canvas, a container used for absolute positioning of its children: http://tinyurl.com/d9r8sw 7:25 PM Apr 15th from web
  20. In Flex, B is for Binding: http://tinyurl.com/d47w4p 6:57 PM Apr 14th from web