flash is a very good softwer

[Vgaforums]

For me Flash was a gateway into more advanced programming, I made my first games in it.

Personally, I think its great and easy to use but there probably needs to be some sort of lesson involved, its tricky for a noobie to figure out on their own.

[ninjakatz]

and it wasnt too hard. but I had prior knowkedege in scripting etc.
learning it from scratch might not be that easy.