@Steveo: I don't agree with you on those problems you have encountered... it's perfectly good for the public.

After a few years of visual basic, I tried to work with flash actionscript. I ended up getting bugs, and after trying to debug them I concluded that the scripting was buggy.... it turned out to be me who was making mistakes.

After trying a few tutorials, I learned MY mistakes.

You say there are no tutorials... there are loads, and a glossary. Have a look around, read the tutorials, and you should be on your way, making 'the transition'.