Learning Flex 4
Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Application Design and Development
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
476 pages
978-0-596-80563-0 (ISBN)
Description
Learn Adobe Flex 4 in a fun and engaging way with this book's unique, hands-on approach. Using clear examples and step-by-step coaching from two experts, you'll create four applications that demonstrate fundamental Flex programming concepts.
Throughout the course of this book, you'll learn how to enhance user interaction with ActionScript, and create and skin a user interface with Flex's UI components (MXML) and Adobe's new FXG graphics format. You'll also be trained to manage dynamic data, connect to a database using server-side script, and deploy applications to both the Web and the desktop.
Learning Flex 4 offers tips and tricks the authors have collected from years of real-world experience, and straightforward explanations of object-oriented programming concepts to help you understand how Flex 4 works.
* Work with Flash Builder 4 and the Eclipse IDE
* Learn the basics of ActionScript, MXML, and FXG
* Design a Flex application layout
* Build an engaging user interface
* Add interactivity with ActionScript
* Handle user input with rich forms
* Link Flex to a server with PHP and MySQL
* Gather and display data
* Style applications and add effects, filters, and transitions
* Deploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIR
Throughout the course of this book, you'll learn how to enhance user interaction with ActionScript, and create and skin a user interface with Flex's UI components (MXML) and Adobe's new FXG graphics format. You'll also be trained to manage dynamic data, connect to a database using server-side script, and deploy applications to both the Web and the desktop.
Learning Flex 4 offers tips and tricks the authors have collected from years of real-world experience, and straightforward explanations of object-oriented programming concepts to help you understand how Flex 4 works.
* Work with Flash Builder 4 and the Eclipse IDE
* Learn the basics of ActionScript, MXML, and FXG
* Design a Flex application layout
* Build an engaging user interface
* Add interactivity with ActionScript
* Handle user input with rich forms
* Link Flex to a server with PHP and MySQL
* Gather and display data
* Style applications and add effects, filters, and transitions
* Deploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIR
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Alaric Cole
Learning Flex 4
Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Application Design and Development
E-Book
11/2010
1st Edition
O'Reilly
€40.99
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Alaric Cole
Learning Flex 4
Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Application Design and Development
E-Book
11/2010
1st Edition
O'Reilly
€31.99
Available for download
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Alaric Cole has been working with Flash technologies since the introduction of ActionScript. Once Flex came on the scene, he has focused primarily on Flex development, creating enterprise applications with rich data visualization, interactive media, and advanced components. Alaric continues to use Flex in his daily work at Yahoo's prestigious Flash Platform team, leading development and consulting on the newest Flash and Flex projects across the company. Elijah Robison recently completed a Master of Science program in Geospatial Sciences from Missouri State University. As a graduate assistant, he programmed several hydrologic assessment routines using Visual Basic inside ESRI's ArcGIS platform. Currently Elijah works as a GIS programmer with VillaGIS, Inc., and his core responsibility is designing internet maps using Flex technologies. Most of his exposure to Flex has been consuming 3rd party libraries, particularly the Google Maps API and HyperGIS. Elijah's initiate-level understanding of Flex will contribute an additional perspective for beginners and help demystify some of the challenges encountered when writing programs in Flex.