Category: E-Books → Professional Adobe Flex 2

Wroxs Professional Flex 2 is one of the first guides to Adobes (Macromedia's) new web application development platform. Flex experts Simon Barber, Rich Tretola and John Bennett share their experience with Flex 2, and teach readers how to leverage the platform to build rich internet applications.
Professional Flex 2 relies heavy on practical examples, making this a hands on guide that will get readers up and running with Flex 2 quickly.
If you want to learn how to create robust, scalable applications using the power of Flex 2, then this is the book for you. This book walks you through all aspects of this powerful software and shows you how to build your own custom components. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the Software Development Kit (SDK), Flex Data Services (FDS), Flex Builder 2 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Flex Charting, and much more.
Integrated throughout the pages, youll find best practices that will enable you to begin developing and deploying applications in Flex 2 that meet your requirements. Youll also discover the most effective ways to use frameworks, MXML, and ActionScript 3. And with the help of numerous practical examples that you can tweak and apply in your own environment, this hands on guide will quickly get you quickly up and running.

What you will learn from this book
Steps for developing an application using Flex Builder
How to build customized user interfaces with Flex controls and containers
Ways to access data and chart components
Tips for creating and extending Flex components
Methods for programming and data typing ActionScript classes
All about integrating Flex 2 with rich media and external applications
How to use the Cairngorm framework, the Flex Ajax bridge, ActionScript 3.0 libraries, and more

Who this book is for
This book is for programmers and Web developers who want to create Internet applications using Flex 2. You should have prior experience with Flash, ActionScript, and an XML based language.