Getting Started with Flex 3 (Adobe Developer Library Series)

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Getting Started with Flex 3 (Adobe Developer Library Series) Pub. Date: 6/1/2008 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated

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Discover how easy RIA development can be with this one-of-a-kind handbook from the Adobe Developer Library. Several clear, step-by-step mini-tutorials teach you about web services, event handling, designing user interfaces with reusable components, and more. After finishing this guide, you'll be able to build Flash applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex 3, you will:

Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing applications people have built with Flex
Work with ActionScript 3.0 and the MXML markup language
Build user interfaces using the controls and tools available with the framework
Get a tour of controls available commercially and through open source
Learn how Flex integrates with ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and J2EE in the server
Build Flex-based widgets that let you display real-time data
Use advanced controls to build 3D graphs, data dashboards, mapping applications, and more

You'll find complete code for video players, a slideshow, a chat client, and an RSS reader, just to name a few. You also get plenty of tips, tricks, and techniques to leverage your existing programming skills, whether you come from an open source or Visual Studio-intensive background.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780596520649
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Pages: 148
Series: Pocket Reference (O'Reilly) Series
Product dimensions: 4.20 (w) x 6.90 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Jack Herrington is an engineer, author and presenter who lives and works in the Bay Area. His mission is to expose his fellow engineers to new technologies. That covers a broad spectrum, from demonstrating programs that write other programs in the book Code Generation in Action. Providing techniques for building customer centered web sites in PHP Hacks. All the way writing a how-to on audio blogging called Podcasting Hacks. All of which make great holiday gifts and are available online here, and at your local bookstore. Jack also writes articles for O'Reilly, DevX and IBM Developerworks.

Jack lives with his wife, daughter and two adopted dogs. When he is not writing software, books or articles you can find him on his bike, running or in the pool training for triathlons. You can keep up with Jack's work and his writing at http://jackherrington.com.

Emily Kim, President, Trilemtry, Inc., has co-authored and contributed to a number of books including a college-level workbook about the Internet and various ColdFusion books. Besides being a writer, Emily is also a programmer, designer and a Abobe Master Instructor.

Preface; Who Should Read This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; How to Contact Us; About the Author; Acknowledgments and Dedication; Publisher’s Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Installing Flex Builder 3; 1.1 Installing the IDE; 1.2 Having Some Image Fun; Chapter 2: Flex in Action; 2.1 E-Commerce; 2.2 Online Applications; 2.3 Multimedia; 2.4 Plug-ins and Widgets; 2.5 Dashboards; 2.6 Desktop Applications; 2.7 What Will You Do?; Chapter 3: Flex 101: Step by Step; 3.1 A Flickr Viewer; Chapter 4: Flex Controls and Layout; 4.1 The Application Container; 4.2 The Box Class; 4.3 The Canvas Container (Absolute Positioning); 4.4 The Canvas Container (Relative Positioning); 4.5 The Form Container; 4.6 Combined Layouts; 4.7 The Panel Container; 4.8 Controls; 4.9 Data Grids; 4.10 Tabs and Accordions; 4.11 Menus; 4.12 Divider Boxes; 4.13 CSS; 4.14 Filters and Effects; Chapter 5: Working with the Server; 5.1 POSTing to the Server with Flex; 5.2 Using the HTTPService Tag; 5.3 Going on from Here; Chapter 6: More Flex Applications; 6.1 A Runner’s Calculator; 6.2 A Simple Image Viewer; 6.3 Drag-and-Drop; 6.4 States and Transitions; 6.5 Creating Better Movies; Chapter 7: Advanced Flex Controls; 7.1 ILOG Elixir; 7.2 Advanced Flash Components; 7.3 The FlexLib Project; 7.4 Distortion Effects; 7.5 SpringGraph; Chapter 8: Flex for Widgets; 8.1 Slide Show Widget; 8.2 Chat Widget; Chapter 9: Flex on AIR; 9.1 Creating an AIR Version of the Runner’s Calculator; Chapter 10: Resources for Flex Developers; 10.1 Flex Websites; 10.2 Blogs and Sites; 10.3 The Flex Cookbook; 10.4 Community Resources; 10.5 Books;

Jack D. Herrington is an engineer, author and presenter who lives and works in the Bay Area. His mission is to expose his fellow engineers to new technologies. That covers a broad spectrum, from demonstrating programs that write other programs in the book Code Generation in Action. Providing techniques for building customer centered web sites in PHP Hacks. All the way writing a how-to on audio blogging called Podcasting Hacks. All of which make great holiday gifts and are available online here, and at your local bookstore. Jack also writes articles for O'Reilly, DevX and IBM Developerworks.

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