Professional Adobe^® Flex^TM 2

by Rich Tretola; Simon Barber; Renaun Erickson

• ISBN13: 9780470175811
• ISBN10: 0470175818
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

Wrox's Professional Flex 2 is one of the first guides to Adobe's (Macromedia's) new web application development platform. Flex experts Simon Barber, Rich Tretola and John Bennett share their experience with Flex 2, and teach readers how to leverage the platform to build rich internet applications. Professional Flex 2 relies heavy on practical examples, making this a hands-on guide that will get readers up and running with Flex 2 quickly. Topics include: * Building applications with Flex Builder * Flex programming model * Using Actionscript 3.0 * Developing applications in MXML * Creating UIs with Flex controls and containers * Data access and interconnectivity * Creating custom flex components * Charting * Testing, debugging and deploying Flex applications and more. Source code and online support at Wrox.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Getting Started

Introducing Flex 2.0

Introducing Flex Builder 2.0

Flex 2.0 Basics

Using Flex Builder 2.0

Developing in Flex 2.0

Programming Languages

Building User Interfaces

Customizing the User Interface

Flex UI Topics

Flex Data

Flex Charting

Data Access

Creating and Extending Flex Components

Creating MXML Components

Flex Component Properties

Flex Components

Custom Formatter, Validator, and Effect Components

Programming ActionScript 3.0

Overview of ActionScript Programming

Data Types and Classes

Building and Deploying Flex 2.0 Applications

Building and Deploying Flex Applications

Debugging and Testing

Deploying Flex Applications

Advanced Flex 2.0

Using the Cairgorm Framework

Using the Flex-Ajax Bridge

Using the ActionScript 3.0 Libraries

Using ColdFusion/Flex Connectivity

Integration Techniques

Rich Media Integration

Integration with External Applications

Flex 2.0.1

Index

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