Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source
Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source
ISBN: 032142316X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
- Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source, 1e
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Bios
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Lesson 1. Understanding Rich Internet Applications
- Understanding the Evolution of Computer Applications
- Breaking away from the Page-based Architecture
- Identifying the Advantages of Rich Internet Applications
- RIA Technologies
- Lesson 2. Getting Started
- Getting Started with Flex Application Development
- Creating a Project and an MXML Application
- Understanding the Flex Builder 2 Workbench
- Running Your Application
- Creating a Second Application Page and Working in Design Mode
- Getting Ready for the Next Lesson
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 3. Laying Out the Interface
- Learning About Containers
- Laying Out the E-commerce Application Using Design Mode
- Working with Constraint-based Layouts
- Working with View States
- Laying Out an Application in Source Mode
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 4. Using Simple Controls
- Introducing Simple Controls
- Using Flex Explorer to Learn About Simple Controls
- Displaying Images
- Building a Detail View
- Using Data Binding to Link a Data Structure to a Simple Control
- Using a Form Layout Container to Lay Out Simple Controls
- Adding Radio Buttons and Date Fields to the Dashboard
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 5. Handling Events and Data Structures
- Introducing Handling Events and Complex Data Structures
- Using the mx:Model Tag with a Creation Complete Event
- Building a Custom ActionScript Class
- Building a Method to Create an Object
- Building Shopping Cart Classes
- Exploring the Event Object
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 6. Using Remote XML Data with Controls
- Retrieving XML Data with HTTPService
- Populating a List with Retrieved XML as an ArrayCollection of Objects
- Populating a ComboBox Control and Programmatically Adding an Option
- Using XML Data with a Tree Control
- Retrieving XML Data and Transforming it into an ArrayCollection of Custom Objects
- Using Data Binding with Complex Data Structures
- Sorting and Manipulating Shopping Cart Data
- Adding a Remove Button
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 7. Creating Components with MXML
- Introducing MXML Components
- Creating an UpdateDelete Product Component and Instantiating It
- Popping Up Product Information When Clicking the Update and Delete Buttons
- Creating Another Value Object
- Creating a Data Manager Component for All Three Applications
- Using the New Data Manager Component
- Implementing Add Product Functionality
- Creating and Using a Component for the Dashboard Application
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 8. Using Controls and Repeaters with Data Sets
- Introducing Using Data Sets
- Displaying the Categories Using a HorizontalList and an itemRenderer
- Displaying Grocery Products Based on Category Selection
- Coding States to Display Detailed Product Information
- Placing Products in the Shopping Cart
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 9. Using Custom Events
- Understanding the Benefits of a Loosely Coupled Architecture
- Dispatching Events
- Declaring Events for a Component
- Identifying the Need for Custom Event Classes
- Building and Using the CategoryEvent
- Creating and Using the ProductEvent Class
- Understanding Event Flow and Event Bubbling
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 10. Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0
- Introducing Building a Component with ActionScript 3.0
- Creating the Structure of the Class
- Overriding the createChildren() Method
- Overriding the updateDisplayList() Method
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 11. Using DataGrids and Item Renderers
- Introducing DataGrids and Item Renderers
- Adding a Generic DataGrid to ChartPod
- Adding HTTPService Calls to Dashboard
- Displaying the Shopping Cart with a DataGrid
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 12. Using Drag and Drop
- Introducing the Drag and Drop Manager
- Dragging and Dropping Between Two DataGrids
- Dragging and Dropping Between a DataGrid and a List
- Using a NondragEnabled Component in a Drag-and-Drop Operation
- Dragging a Grocery Item to the Shopping Cart
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 13. Implementing Navigation
- Introducing Navigation
- Using a TabNavigator in the Data-entry Application
- Adding a Home Page and Checkout Page in the E-commerce Application
- Creating the First Step of the Checkout Process Displayed by a ViewStack
- Completing the Checkout Process Using the ViewStack
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 14. Using Formatters and Validators
- Introducing Formatters and Validators
- Using a Formatter Class to Display Currency Information in the E-commerce Application
- Using Validator Classes
- Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 1)
- Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 2)
- Building a Custom Validator Class
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 15. Using the History Manager
- Introducing History Management
- Implementing History Management within a Navigator Container
- Building a Custom History Manager
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 16. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application
- Applying a Design with Styles and Skins
- Applying Styles
- Skinning Components
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 17. Accessing Server-side Objects
- Introducing Server-side Objects
- Using the Event Model Remote Server Calls
- Configuring an Application to Work Locally
- Using a Web Service in the Dashboard
- Using a Web Service in the DataEntry Application
- Uploading Files to the Server
- Centralizing Web Service Access
- Using Remote Object to Save an Order
- Mapping ActionScript Objects to Server Objects
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 18. Charting Data
- Exploring Flex Charting Components
- Laying Out the Initial Charts
- Populating Charts
- Adding Horizontal and Vertical Axes to Line and Column Charts
- Adding Legends to the Charts
- Limiting the Labels Shown on an Axis
- Interacting with Charts
- Adding Chart Events
- Adding Animations to the Charts
- Customizing the Look of Charts with Styles
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 19. Introducing Adobe Flex Data Services
- Introducing Flex Data Services (FDS)
- Installing the Adobe FDS
- Creating a Flex Builder Project with FDS
- Using the Flex Proxy Service
- Creating a Named Proxy Service Destination
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 20. Pushing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services
- Understanding Flex Message Services
- Creating a New Project in Flex Builder
- Understanding How the Flex Message Service Works
- Enabling RemoteObject Calls to a ColdFusion Server
- Configuring a Message Destination
- Using the mx:Consumer Tag
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 21. Synchronizing Data with Adobe Flex Data Services
- Introducing the Data Management Service
- Configuring Data Management Services
- Creating the Data Management CFCs
- Using Data Management Service Data in an MXML Application
- Creating and Deleting with the Data Management Service
- Where to Go from Here
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 22. Creating Transitions and Behaviors
- Introducing Behaviors and Transitions
- Implementing Effects on a Component
- Adding Effects to View States
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 23. Printing From Flex
- Introducing Flex Printing
- Printing for the First Time from Flex
- Using the PrintDataGrid in a Nonvisible Container
- Building the Printable View in a Separate Component
- Scaling the Printed Output
- Printing a Receipt from the Checkout Process
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 24. Using Shared Objects
- Introducing Shared Objects
- Building a SharedObject to Store Shopping Cart Data
- Reading Data from an Existing Shared Object
- What You Have Learned
- Lesson 25. Debugging Flex Applications
- Introducing Debugging Techniques
- Watching Server-Client Data Exchange
- Learning More About the Debugger
- Handling Errors with try-catch
- What You Have Learned
- Appendix A. Setup Instructions
- Installing Flex Products
- Installing Lesson Files
- Installing the ColdFusion Extensions for Adobe Flex Builder 2
- Starting Flex Data Services and ColdFusion
- Installing Flash Debug Player
- Index
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Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source
ISBN: 032142316X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 225
Pages: 225