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Learning Flex 3: Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications
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Learning Flex 3: Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications Paperback - 2008

by Alaric Cole

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How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex within the first few chapters. As you progress, you learn how to build a layout, add interactivity, work with data, and deploy your applications to either the Web or the desktop.

Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to fellow developers at Yahoo! You'll understand how Flex works, how to use the MXML markup language and work with ActionScript, how to deploy RIAs to the desktop using Adobe AIR, and much more.

Whether you're a beginner, or an experienced web developer coming to Flex from another platform, Learning Flex 3 is the ideal way to learn how to:

  • Set up your environment with FlexBuilder and Eclipse
  • Create a new Flex project
  • Use the different design views in Flex
  • Write code with MXML
  • Lay out your Flex application
  • Embed images and graphics
  • Build a user interface
  • Add interactivity with ActionScript
  • Handle user input
  • Move, display, and collect data
  • Add custom components with MXML
  • Add sound effects, filters, and transitions
  • Style your applications with CSS, skins, and themes
  • Deploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIR

Also included are brief explanations of objects, classes, components, properties, methods, types, and other Flex attributes. You will find that Learning Flex 3 is not only the most complete tutorial for Flex, it's also the quickest way to get going with the latest version of this powerful framework.

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  • Title Learning Flex 3: Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications
  • Author Alaric Cole
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Adobe Developer Library
  • Publication date 2008-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780596517328 / 0596517327
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.75 x 8 x 0.82 in (24.77 x 20.32 x 2.08 cm)
  • Category Computers - Languages / Programming
  • Library of Congress subjects Internet programming, Application software - Development
  • Dewey Decimal Code 006.76

About the author

Alaric Cole has been working with Flash technologies since the introduction of ActionScript. Once it came on the scene, he's been focused primarily on Flex development, creating enterprise applications with rich data visualization, interactive media, and advanced user interface components. Pushing Flex beyond its comfort zone, he has worked with Adobe to discover ways to improve the technology.

A leader in the industry, Alaric has spoken at conferences such as Adobe MAX and 360Flex, and has contributed a number of open-source components to the Flex community. He uses Flex in his daily work at Yahoo!, leading development and consulting on projects across the company.

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