Updateing tutorials to AS 2.0?

Just curious, alot of tutorials here and else where are still in actionscript 1.0, Are there any rules of tips to convert stuff like on http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/advroll.htm and such to smarter AS 2.0 ?

Though still great tutes I find myself getting so confused when I read tnine different way s to do a dynamic aS to do a basic action when reading from everywhere…