Actionscript for beginners?

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I’ve being reading several tutorials on ActionScript, but most of them are concern with the Object Oriented side of the language and show no practical applications of the Object Oriented code. I am familiar with the concept of Object Oriented code, all the loops, and most of the syntax, because I program in java for school. The main problem here is that I am still not familiar with the flash functions and their practical applications. Does anybody know where I can find some tutorials on the functions? I was trying to just read their descriptions from the reference window, but this approach seems unpractical. Thanks.