The increase in performance and capabilities of ActionScript 3.0/Flash CS3 over AS2/Flash 8 is astounding! I intend to discuss this more in the future, but for those who haven’t yet made the jump and are considering it, I cannot possibly urge you strong enough to make the jump. Especially since Flash Player 9 is at 83.4% in the March 2007 penetration study! To make this transition a little easier, here are some useful links to start learning it:

Download the Flash CS3 Trial

Adobe Flash CS3 Quick Starts
ActionScript 3.0 brief overview
Adobe Flash CS3 Samples
Adobe Flash CS3 User Guid (pdf)
Flash CS3 Documentation
ActionScript 3.0 language reference
ActionScript 3.0 Cheatsheets
Migrating ActionScript 2.0 code to ActionScript 3.0
ActionScript 3.0 Tip of the Day
Getting Started with ActionScript 3.0… (by Senocular)

Kirupa ActionScript forum
Flashmove ActionScript 3 forum
Adobe Flash forums

Have fun!

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