After completing this guide, you will be able to build Flash applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex 3, you will: Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing applications people have built with Flex Work with ActionScript 3.0 and MXML markup language Build user interfaces using the controls and tools available with the framework Get a tour of controls available commercially and through open source Learn how Flex integrates with ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and J2EE based server in Flex Build a widget that lets you view real-time data Use advanced controls to build 3D graphs, data dashboards, mapping applications, and many more you will find the complete code for video players, slideshows, chat client, and RSS readers, just to name a few.