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Book Description

  Adobe Flex: Training from the Source is the best-selling and most trusted resource for learning about Adobe Flex. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware, this book/CD uses project-based tutorials, and is designed to teach beginning Flex developers the details of building and architecting real-world rich internet applications using Flash Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. The book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This latest edition includes complete coverage of new Flex 4.5 features, such as new enhancements to the Spark architecture and component set. It will also show you how to take advantage of the improvements to core Flex infrastructure for large application development.

Book Description

  Adobe Flex: Training from the Source is the best-selling and most trusted resource for learning about Adobe Flex. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware, this book/CD uses project-based tutorials, and is designed to teach beginning Flex developers the details of building and architecting real-world rich internet applications using Flash Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. The book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This latest edition includes complete coverage of new Flex 4.5 features, such as new enhancements to the Spark architecture and component set. It will also show you how to take advantage of the improvements to core Flex infrastructure for large application development.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Bios
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Lesson 1: Understanding Rich Internet Applications
  10. Lesson 2: Getting Started
  11. Lesson 3: Laying Out the Interface
  12. Lesson 4: Using Simple Controls
  13. Lesson 5: Handling Events
  14. Lesson 6: Using Remote XML Data
  15. Lesson 7: Creating Classes
  16. Lesson 8: Using Data Binding and Collections
  17. Lesson 9: Breaking the Application into Components
  18. Lesson 10: Using DataGroups and Lists
  19. Lesson 11: Creating and Dispatching Events
  20. Lesson 12: Using the Flex DataGrid
  21. Lesson 13: Using Drag and Drop
  22. Lesson 14: Implementing the Checkout Process
  23. Lesson 15: Using Formatters and Validators
  24. Lesson 16: Customizing a Flex Application with Styles
  25. Lesson 17: Customizing a Flex Application with Skins
  26. Lesson 18: Creating Custom ActionScript Components
  27. Appendix: Setup Instructions
  28. Index
  29. Media
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