I just orderd AS3 Game University from Amazon this morning, and I'm really excited to get working on it (I've been doing tons of free tutorials, but, for game design, they're either way too basic or expect me to just be able to jump right into the source)... And, after I hit Purchase, I remembered something...

The other AS3 book I have is pretty much useless without Adobe Flash (and actually doesn't teach AS3 well at all).

I don't have the money to shill out for Flash, but I could do the 30 day trial if the book can be completed in that time, and if it actually teaches AS3, but I was wondering if I could just use FlashDevelop. It's what I'm comfortable with, and as far as I can tell, it's only lacking a timeline and point-and-click graphic control.

So, what do you think?