Adobe Flex 4 Training from the Source, Volume 1
by Labriola, Michael; Tapper, Jeff; Boles, MatthewEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-05-06
Publisher(s): Adobe Press
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Summary
The #1 Flex book on the market, completely updated to cover the new features of Adobe Flex 4 Uses project-based tutorials and real-world examples to teach beginner Flex developers how to create Rich Internet Applications. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware. Includes complete coverage of New Flex 4 features such as the Spark Component Model, advanced skinning, component creation. Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1 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 realworld 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 features such as the Spark Component model, Advanced Skinning, Component Creation, and much more. Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source, Volume 2, will follow later in the year and be geared towards more intermediate and advanced users.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. x |
| Introduction | p. xii |
| Understanding Rich Internet Applications | p. 3 |
| The Evolution of Computer Applications | p. 4 |
| The Break from Page-Based Architecture | p. 6 |
| The Advantages of Rich Internet Applications | p. 7 |
| RIA Technologies | p. 8 |
| Getting Started | p. 17 |
| Getting Started with Flex Application Development | p. 18 |
| Creating a Project and an MXML Application | p. 18 |
| Understanding the Flash Builder Workbench | p. 24 |
| Running Your Application | p. 27 |
| Exploring the Flash Builder Debugger | p. 32 |
| Getting Ready for the Next Lessons | p. 40 |
| Laying Out the Interface | p. 45 |
| Learning About Layouts | p. 46 |
| Laying Out the E-Commerce Application | p. 50 |
| Working with Constraint-Based Layouts | p. 58 |
| Working with View States | p. 63 |
| Refactoring | p. 70 |
| Using Simple Controls | p. 77 |
| Introducing Simple Controls | p. 78 |
| Displaying Images | p. 79 |
| Building a Detail View | p. 83 |
| Using Data Binding to Link a Data Structure to a Simple Control | p. 86 |
| Using a Form Layout Container to Lay Out Simple Controls | p. 88 |
| Handling Events | p. 93 |
| Understanding Event Handling | p. 94 |
| Handling System Events | p. 104 |
| Using Remote XML Data | p. 111 |
| Using Embedded XML | p. 112 |
| Using XML Loaded at Runtime | p. 117 |
| Retrieving XML Data via HTTPService | p. 121 |
| Searching XML with E4X | p. 124 |
| Using Dynamic XML Data | p. 131 |
| Using the XMLListCollection in a Flex Control | p. 135 |
| Creating Classes | p. 139 |
| Building a Custom ActionScript Class | p. 140 |
| Building a Value Object | p. 140 |
| Building a Method to Create an Object | p. 147 |
| Building Shopping Cart Classes | p. 150 |
| Manipulating Shopping Cart Data | p. 156 |
| Using Data Binding and Collections | p. 167 |
| Examining Data Binding | p. 168 |
| Being the Compiler | p. 174 |
| Understanding Bindable Implications | p. 179 |
| Using ArrayCollections | p. 179 |
| Refactoring ShoppingCartltem | p. 200 |
| Breaking the Application into Components | p. 203 |
| Introducing MXML Components | p. 204 |
| Splitting Off the ShoppingView Component | p. 210 |
| Breaking Out a ProductItem Component | p. 217 |
| Creating Components to Manage Loading the Data | p. 226 |
| Using DataGroups and Lists | p. 237 |
| Using Lists | p. 238 |
| Using DataGroups | p. 241 |
| Visualization with Lists | p. 251 |
| Displaying Grocery Products Based on Category Selection | p. 253 |
| Creating and Dispatching Events | p. 257 |
| Understanding the Benefits of Loose Coupling | p. 258 |
| Dispatching Events | p. 259 |
| Declaring Events for a Component | p. 263 |
| Identifying the Need for Custom Event Classes | p. 265 |
| Building and Using the UserAcknowledgeEvent | p. 266 |
| Understanding Event Flow and Event Bubbling | p. 270 |
| Creating and Using the ProductEvent Class | p. 276 |
| Using DataGrids and Item Renderers | p. 287 |
| Spark and MX | p. 288 |
| Introducing DataGrids and Item Renderers | p. 288 |
| Displaying the ShoppingCart with a DataGrid | p. 289 |
| Using the AdvancedDataGrid | p. 302 |
| Using Drag and drop | p. 327 |
| Introducing the Drag and Drop Manager | p. 328 |
| Dragging and Dropping Between Two DataGrids | p. 329 |
| Dragging and Dropping Between a DataGrid and a List | p. 333 |
| Using a Non-Drag-Enabled Component in a Drag-and-Drop Operation | p. 337 |
| Dragging a Grocery Item to the Shopping Cart | p. 343 |
| Implementing Navigation | p. 351 |
| Introducing Navigation | p. 352 |
| Creating the Checkout Process as a ViewStack | p. 354 |
| Integrating CheckoutView into the Application | p. 359 |
| Using Formatters and Validators | p. 365 |
| Introducing Formatters and Validators | p. 366 |
| Using Formatter Classes | p. 368 |
| Examining Two-Way Bindings | p. 371 |
| Using Validator Classes | p. 372 |
| Customizing a Flex Application with Styles | p. 379 |
| Applying a Design with Styles and Skins | p. 380 |
| Cleaning Up the Appearance | p. 380 |
| Applying Styles | p. 381 |
| Changing CSS at Runtime | p. 400 |
| Customizing a Flex Application with Skins | p. 405 |
| Understanding the Role of Skins in a Spark Component | p. 406 |
| The Relationship between Skins and States | p. 410 |
| Creating a Skin for the Application | p. 419 |
| Creating Custom ActionScript Components | p. 425 |
| Introducing Components with ActionScript 3.0 | p. 426 |
| Building Components Can Be Complex | p. 426 |
| Understanding Flex Components | p. 427 |
| Why Make Components? | p. 428 |
| Defining a Component | p. 430 |
| Creating the Visuals | p. 437 |
| Adding Functionality to the Component | p. 444 |
| Creating a Renderer for the Skin | p. 455 |
| Setup Instructions | p. 459 |
| Minimum System Requirements | p. 458 |
| Software Installation | p. 459 |
| Importing Projects | p. 461 |
| Index | p. 466 |
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