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Of the more popular kinds of recreational, or even professional "applications" you see out there today, either desktop based or web based, you will find image viewers or image galleries at the top of the list. These can be XML-based, or reading from a directory of images on a local or remote drive. Some even show or manage files that have been dragged and dropped into the viewer itself.

Web developers love AIR because it leverages web technologies, like HTML/JavaScript and Flash, to develop desktop applications. This lets web developers develop applications for the desktop using the same tools and same practices used when developing content for the web.

Learn how to manipulate dates to create a countdown timer with Flash.

Flex 2 is here supporting a brand new version of ActionScript, ActionScript 3. Flash, however, is still a long ways off. Would you like to learn ActionScript 3 without learning Flex? Learn how to for free (without Flex Builder) in this tutorial.

With Flash CS3 comes support for ActionScript 3.0 - the newest, standards-based programming language for Adobe Flash (SWF) movies and applications. More so than in the past, you may find it difficult to get started with ActionScript 3.0 when compared to older versions of ActionScript.