I'm trying to get a simple SWF app up and running.
I've read SIA Ch 15 (no code examples available), looked at the reference documentation, I've followed the links above (many of which are now broken), I've googled for tutorials.

I can find nothing that gives me a simple HelloWorld SWF app that actually seems to work. I understand the (not difficult) principles behind SWF but there seem to be so many configuration and non-backwards compatibility issues to trip one up, making what should be a no-brainer exercise (getting to the starting line) unbelievably tedious.

Could someone kindly point me to the starting line ie a simple SWF app for a given version of SWF with a self-contained and working POM please?