The Essential Guide to Flex 3

This book covers all the basic and advanced topics needed to master Flex 3, from installation and environment basics to language essentials, to advanced topics such as charting components and connecting to server-side environments such as ColdFusion and .NET.

Flex 3 is the new version of Adobe's revolutionary rich internet application development environment, and this book covers all the basic and advanced topics needed to master it. Whatever level the reader in Flex 2/3 development, they will gain a great deal from this book: it covers everything from installation and environment basics thru language essentials, to advanced topics such as charting components and connecting to server-side environments such as ColdFusion and .NET.

Rather than being a mere beginner's book or reference guide, this book provides a very thorough learning guide, including all the new features that come with Flex 3.

Flex is a hot topic, and Flex 3 is very hotly anticipated new release This book is a thorough learning guide covering all the essential Flex 3, Flex Builder 3, and ActionScript 3.0 topics from beginner to advanced level It covers all the new features provided by Flex 3

Autorentext
Charles Brown is one of the most noted author, consultant, and trainers in the industry today. His books about Dreamweaver and Fireworks have received critical acclaim and used worldwide as teaching tools. In addition to his work in the IT industry, Charles is also a noted concert pianist, organist, and guitarist appearing in major concert centers world-wide. He began his musical studies at age 4 and went on to study with famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz. At age 14, he made his debut with Leonard Bernstein and later studied at the famed Juilliard School. Eventually he went to Paris to study with the 20th century legend, Igor Stravinsky. While working with Stravinsky, Charles developed a close friendship with one of the most powerful artistic forces of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso. What he learned about creativity from Picasso he uses today in his writings and training work. Charles is a certified Macromedia/Adobe trainer who is in heavy demand worldwide. He frequently speaks at major conferences such as MAX and NAB. You can see his blog at blog.charlesebrown.net and his website can be found at CharlesEBrown.net.

Klappentext

Keep ahead of the game and get up to speed with Flex 3, Flex Builder 3, and ActionScript 3.0, with this comprehensive guide. Expert Flash trainer Charles Brown first takes you through the basics of installation and the Flex Builder environment. He then teaches you all the essentials of MXML and ActionScript 3.0, such as containers, states, and events, before moving on to more advanced topics like interfacing Flex with ColdFusion and .NET, creating Flex components with Flash, and much more. No matter what level you were to start with, by the end of the book you'll be creating powerful Flex applications.

Inhalt
Flex Basics.- Flex and Flex Builder 3.- Actionscript.- Containers.- Events and Components.- Flex and XML.- Formatting and Cascading Style Sheets.- The Repeater Component.- Drag and Drop.- Case Study: Part 1.- Case Study: Part 2.- Flex and Data.- Printing.- Charting.- Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).