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
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Bios
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Lesson 1: Understanding Rich Internet Applications
- Lesson 2: Getting Started
- Lesson 3: Laying Out the Interface
- Lesson 4: Using Simple Controls
- Lesson 5: Handling Events
- Lesson 6: Using Remote XML Data
- Lesson 7: Creating Classes
- Lesson 8: Using Data Binding and Collections
- Lesson 9: Breaking the Application into Components
- Lesson 10: Using DataGroups and Lists
- Lesson 11: Creating and Dispatching Events
- Lesson 12: Using the Flex DataGrid
- Lesson 13: Using Drag and Drop
- Lesson 14: Implementing the Checkout Process
- Lesson 15: Using Formatters and Validators
- Lesson 16: Customizing a Flex Application with Styles
- Lesson 17: Customizing a Flex Application with Skins
- Lesson 18: Creating Custom ActionScript Components
- Appendix: Setup Instructions
- Index
- Media
Product Information
- Title: Adobe Flex 4.5 Fundamentals: Training from the Source
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2011
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780132788892