This is an excellent video detailing the lifecycle of Adobe Flex components. Unless you are an expert Flex dev, you are almost certain to hear a tip that will improve your applications efficiency by watching it. I really wish I would have known even just some of the information in this video before beginning work on my recent projects. I'm including it here on my blog for my own reference, as well as any Flex devs that happen upon my other Flex posts. It's about an hour long - but well worth the time!
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