The Essential Guide to Flex 2 with ActionScript 3.0 (ISBN 1590597338)

Straight to the point:
Let me quote Mr. Brown from the introduction in this book. "After years of doing technical training, where I have only a few days to cover large topics, I have learned to substitute shorter explanations that clarify a concept in place or larger more technical (and often confusing) explanations." - Charles E. Brown The author gets straight point with more code and less explanations. I've read many technical books and this book is by far the clearest and quickest reading. The steps you take are numbered, which makes taking notes easier and is followed up with a less than equal amount of talking. He covers a lot of ground with less chatter. This book is perfect for laying on your lap or taking anywhere. There are also no errors in code and only 2 typos presented on the Friends of Ed's website. I wish all books where written like Mr. Brown's style.

Great place to begin; also try his newest book Flex 3.0:
I love this book and might get his newest book Flex 3.0. I think I can really build on the solid foundation of this book. However, I have a feeling that they are a lot alike. The new Flex 3.0 puts all files in a new directory call /SCR. Make sure if you use this book with the new flex 3.0 to put all your files in this directory and change the directories in the book as such. Example if assets/photo.jpeg,change to scr/assets/photo.jpeg. Also create all new folders in the src directory. Use the ../ to back out of a directory.

Great book, easy to read:
The guy who wrote this book took a more personal approach to teaching Flex, which makes it a really easy read. It's real easy to follow along and do all the excer

Excellent source to start Flex & AS:
I am new to Flex and AS but experience Java Developer. I found this book easy to understand Flex & AS but also gave little confidence to move forward with Flex project. Only negative part is example not complete with source code (not provided for certain chapters) overall easy to understand not bad

A great beginners guide!:
I'm very glad i bought this book. I didn't have a clue about what flex is and know, half way this book i have a solid understanding of the flex framework. I can't wait for the other half! I recommend it to all begginers with Flex so they can learn the fundamentals the easy way.