Noob question

First of all Hello.
I’m a 3D/Animator/Graphic Designer recently making my way into Actionscript 3. I’ve delayed learning this da*n language forever (or any code for that matter) as long as I possibly could, but I now find myself looking to develop widgets and interactive animations…and alas…having to waste my time on code.
But the question is still not asked.
Essentially,
I want to develop a slider that scrolls through 36 images.
This link is the perfect example…
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_710h2c?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

…links, tutorials, suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Also,
whats the best resource to look begin learning Actionscript 3?
Thanks.

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