Learning to code...
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I've always found that a personal project is a great way to learn. Come up with something cool you want to create and go at it. When you get stuck, hit the reference materials. Start researching and trying things until you get it working,. You're keeping it contextual, applying concepts and techniques as you learn them, and getting experience in applying problem solving techniques to code. (e.g. breaking down a complex system into the little things you know how to do... and the grey areas you need to figure out.).
AS3 is a nice place to start because it's modern, it's robust, it does have a steep learning curve, but you can do a lot with a little knowledge because of the flash platform. Concepts you learn in flash can be transfered to PHP, JS, even Java.