ECMAScript and ActionScript 3.0
I have been working to understand more aspects of the Flash platform and how we are implementing it in our Full Sail curriculum and this XML basics article I just found was really helpful in explaining E4X syntax and how to traverse the XML node tree.
The article does mention implementing the Flash IDE for their code, but Flex Builder is a much nicer environment for building ActionScript projects. Plus, you can install a copy of the XML Buddy Eclipse plugin in FB and it just happens to be one of the few XML editors that auto-completes custom nodes (the only other one I've found is Espresso).
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