As another total newbie to Flex and AS, Flex is a great way to learn AS. You can totally build a Flex app using nothing but MXML, it'll be limited, but you can do it. Once you get into and start following the tutorials out there you'll pick up the AS pretty quickly.
=] -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, AZCFUG.org
