The official Macromedia Flash MX developer site, this site is updated weekly with articles, tutorials, Flash news, events, and much more. It is worthwhile to visit this site at least once a week.

The most popular Flash web site after Macromedia, FlashKit has a large, diverse community base that shares discussion, tutorials, sound loops, news, and many more features. It is an excellent resource for all levels of Flash developers.

A leading Flash web site catering to a more selective and advanced audience than FlashKit. Well, it WAS here, but no longer. News occasionally pops up saying it's being revived, but so far, no go.

The definitive email mailing list for intermediate to advanced ActionScript developers. You will find the audience in general to be well informed and responsive. Make sure to check the extensive archives before posting, as well as the Flash wiki

Macromedia's Flash Exchange, which naturally should be one of your first stop for components and smartclips.

A sizeable and varied collection of useful components and tutorials on components.

Macromedia's site for component tutorials.

Good tutorials on components for Flash MX and MX 2004..

Collection of links related to components
by Mike Chambers

Nicely presented and comprehensive resource on ActionScript, maintained by Helen Triolo.

Colin Moock, a very highly regarded Flash developer and author of ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition (commonly referred to as ASDG 2), published by O'Reilly. Colin's site has a large collection of excellent resources for the intermediate to advanced Flash developer.

One of the most recognizable and talented Flash developers, Branden Hall (not to be confused with the e-learning personality, Brandon Hall) tirelessly writes excellent books, tutorials, and sample code, as well as manages the flashcoders email list, and somehow finds time to work on significant projects and even to get married.

This blog is run by the Flash developer team, so there's a lot of behind-the-scenes info give here.

This blog is run by Mike Chambers, director of developer relations. Lots of good Flash-related post!

Guy Watson

Greg Burch

Quasimondo

Peter Hall's blog and sample actionscript

Waldo Smeets, Macromedia

Dave Yang

Blog of Samuel Neff and Chafic Kazoun, from B-Line Express. Excellent insights and tips!

Samuel Wan

John Dowdell (JD), Macromedia

Personal website of Danny Franzreb, a very talented designer and developer from the Taobot team, who has also co-authored popular Flash books.

Philip Chung

Todd Hopkinson

Award-winning Graphic Designer, Eric Zempol, is well known for his realistic vector-based (Flash) illustration techniques. If you're looking for an illustrator/designer who knows Flash, look no further.

Accomplished Flash animator and author of The Flash Animator.