Foundation Flex for Developers

This book covers in detail one of the most important aspects of Flex 2: bringing data into applications from various sources and manipulating and presenting that data. It covers all the major possible data sources.

Flex is a very powerful and versatile technology for creating web application front-ends. But what every good web application needs is a robust data source, be it XML, or a database. Flex is very adaptable in terms of connecting to data sources, and that is the main focus of this book.

In Foundation Flex for Developers, author Sas Jacobs assumes that you've got the basics of Flex down already, and explores in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications. In the first half of the book, she starts off with a brief exploration of Flex and ActionScript 3.0, before looking at application essentials in detailcreating custom components, user and web browser interactions, binding, formatting, and validating data, debugging, and more.

In the second half of the book, the focus is on connecting Flex to data sources, and covers XML, LiveCycle Data Services, PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion in detail, via a series of step-by-step case studies.

• Covers Flex application basics
• Covers connecting Flex 2 and Flex 3 to a variety of Data Sources

• Includes several complete case studies

  Flex 2 is hot, Flex 3 is hotter This book will be out pretty much day and date with the release of Flex 3, but still support Flex 2 This is the first available book to focus exclusively on connecting Flex applications to server-side data sources It covers a popular spread of server-side environments, including PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion

  Autorentext
  Sas Jacobs is a Web developer who loves working with Flash. She set up her business Anything Is Possible in 1994, working in the areas of web development, information technology training and technical writing. The business works with large and small clients building web applications with ASP.NET, Flash, XML and databases. Sas has also spoken at conferences such as Flash Forward, MXDU and FlashKit on topics relating to XML and dynamic content in Flash. In her spare time, Sas is passionate about travelling, photography and enjoying life. One of her most fervent wishes is that Flash will take over the Web!

  Klappentext

  In Foundation Flex for Developers, Sas Jacobs explores in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications. In the first half of the book, she starts off with a brief exploration of Flex and ActionScript 3.0, before looking at application essentials in detail, including creating custom components, user and web browser interactions, binding, formatting and validating data, debugging, and more. The second half of the book focuses on connecting Flex to data sources and covers XML, Flex Data Services, PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion in detail, via a series of step-by-step case studies.

  Inhalt
  Flex Application Basics.- to Flex.- Working with Actionscript 3.0 in Flex 3.- Creating Custom Components.- Interacting with Users.- Interacting with the Web Browser.- Working with Data in Flex Applications.- to XML.- Using XML in Flex Builder.- Flex Data-Driven Controls.- Debugging Flex Applications.- Data-Driven Applications.- XML Case Study.- ColdFusion Project.- ASP.Net Case Study.- PHP Case Study.- Livecycle Data Services.- to Livecycle Data Services.- Livecycle Data Services Case Study.