Tutorial and Resource Sites

Although tutorial and resource sites are plentiful, you will probably have to do a bit of searching to find what you are looking for. That said, there is a lot of opportunity to become involved in the Flash community. Surf around and find your "spot." Many friendly people out there are more than willing to help you as you learn the ropes. Many of these sites also offer forums and a related community.

Flash MX: www.flash-mx.com

This website is dedicated to Flash-based tutorials, news, and book and software reviews.

Macromedia Developer Center: www.macromedia.com/devnet

The Developer Center (also known as DevNet) contains resources for all of Macromedia's product line. Each product has an area devoted to resources on development using the software.

Informit Network: www.informit.com

This is a large resource site for web designers and developers. It contains a section devoted to Flash.

ActionScript.com: www.actionscript.com

Flash reference and online community. This site even offers a growing reference of the ActionScript language that you can contribute to using a commenting system. The ActionScript Reference is like a nonofficial Macromedia LiveDocs system.

ActionScript.org: www.actionscript.org

An extensive reference and tutorial site.

Studiowhiz: www.studiowhiz.com

Studiowhiz offers tutorials, reviews, and a forum on everything to do with web design and development. This website includes a lot of content on Macromedia Flash.

UltraShock: www.ultrashock.com

An online community for Flash that includes resources for learning the software.

Flash Zone: www.flzone.net

Resources and information about Macromedia Flash, including tutorials, extensions, and news.

Tip of the Day: www.flash2004.com/tipoday

A Flash (or Studio MX) tip of the day provided daily by numerous members of the Macromedia online community.

Flash Enabled: www.flashenabled.com

Information on creating Flash content for mobile devices.

SwiftDev: www.swiftdev.com

Online community and resources for those working with Swift.

Person 13: www.person13.com

Includes articles and information primarily on Flash Remoting and ActionScript 2.0, written by the jovial Joey Lott.

Lionbich Studios: http://www.lionbichstudios.com/flash_tutorials_01.htm

Tutorials on the Macromedia Studio suite, including beginner to advanced tutorials on Flash.

FullAsAGoog: www.fullasagoog.com

An excellent Flash blog aggregator.

MX Developers Journal: www.sys-con.com/mx

A magazine devoted to the MX product family.