Category: E-Books » Video Training → Beginners Adobe Flex Builder Essential Training

Application developers who want to create cross-platform, data-centric applications need the power of Flex. In Flex Essential Training, Adobe Certified Instructor David Gassner starts with the basics of understanding Flex, its projects, and its related programming languages. He explores the intricacies of the development platform and the Flex Builder integrated development environment, then gives in-depth, hands-on tutorials on creating, designing, customizing, and publishing dynamic web and desktop applications in Flex. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:
* Understanding Flex programming languages
* Importing and exporting Flex Builder projects
* Understanding visual controls and containers
* Using Flex Builders Design view
* Creating and using custom components
* Laying out the Photo Album application
* Applying Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual design
* Managing application navigation
* Using the Flex event architecture
* Working with dynamic data from local and remote server sources
* Using data driven visual controls
* Publishing Flex applications on the web

In Flex the Basics, David Gassner delves into advanced Flex development skills, including custom popup windows and programmatic animation; parsing XML with E4X; and integrating Flex applications with ColdFusion, ASP.NET, and PHP. He explores effective ways to use Flash and Flex together, including the exchange of graphical skins, symbols, and components. David also demonstrates how to localize a Flex application. This course is a follow-up to Flex Essential Training, and some experience with ActionScript, Flex Builder, and the Flex Framework is recommended. Example files accompany the course.

Topics include:
* Using the Tree and MenuBar controls
* Integrating with ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP.NET
* Managing an asynchronous state with AsyncToken
* Filtering, sorting, and finding data with ArrayCollection
* Working with Modules