1. The document introduces Flex and provides an agenda covering topics such as why Flex, the Flex IDE, MXML, building basic applications, containers and layouts, components and states, data sources and display, and creating a basic video player using Air. 2. It discusses why Flex was created as a tool for building rich internet applications and introduces the Flex IDE and MXML. 3. The document provides exercises for readers to get hands-on experience with key Flex concepts like binding input text, using containers to create an email form layout, adding states for navigation, and loading and displaying XML data in a datagrid.

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