Programming Flex 2: The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Media Applications with Adobe Flex View Larger Image | Chafic Kazoun, Joey Lott
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Is there an easier way to build and deliver rich internet applications (RIAs)
other than the Flash IDE or Ajax? Absolutely. With Adobe Flex 2, the Flex 2
SDK, and this book, you have all you need to build RIAs. Programming Flex 2
offers you plenty of practical and useful examples that reveal how and why to
use a particular feature of Flex 2, and when and when not to.
As part of the Adobe Developer Library, Programming Flex 2 is the authoritative
guide to this new Adobe framework. You learn to use a markup language called
MXML and a vast library of off-the-shelf and highly-configurable components
to build Flash-based applications that combine the immediacy of the Web with
the functionality and responsiveness of desktop applications. You also discover
why -- with the Flash Player runtime environment and the powerful ActionScript
3.0 programming language -- the possibilities with Flex 2 are nearly limitless.
Topics include:
- Managing Layout
- Working with Components
- Working with Media
- Managing State
- Using Transitions and Effects
- Working with Data
- Customizing Application Appearance
- Client Data Communication and Remote Data Communication
- Debugging Flex Framework Applications
- Creating Custom Components
Flex may be easier to learn than the Flash IDE, but you still need a reliable
guide to the framework. Programming Flex 2 not only serves as a reference, but
provides valuable and practical insight into this new technology. As you learn
how to build Flex applications, you'll also discover how Flex works. This book
supplies all the information you need in one convenient place.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. Introducing Flex
Understanding Flex Application Technologies
Using Flex Elements
Working with Data Services (Loading Data at Runtime)
Understanding the Differences between Traditional (HTML)
and Flex Web Applications
Understanding How Flex Applications Work
Understanding Flex and Flash Authoring
Understanding Flex 2 and Flex 1.5
Summary
2. Building Applications with the Flex Framework
Using Flex Tool Sets
Creating Projects
Building Applications
Deploying Applications
Flash Player Security
Understanding HTML Wrappers
Using SWFObject
Using Runtime Shared Libraries
Summary
3. MXML
Understanding MXML Syntax and Structure
Making MXML Interactive
Summary
4. ActionScript
Using ActionScript
MXML and ActionScript Correlations
Understanding ActionScript Syntax
Variables and Properties
Inheritance
Interfaces
Handling Events
Error Handling
Using XML
Reflection
Summary
5. Framework Fundamentals
Understanding the Flex Application Life Cycle
Differentiating Between Flash Player and Framework
Bootstrapping Flex Applications
Understanding Application Domains
Understanding the Preloader
Summary
6. Managing Layout
Flex Layout Overview
Making Fluid Interfaces
Putting It All Together
Summary
7. Working with UI Components
Understanding UI Components
Buttons
Value Selectors
Text Components
List-Based Controls
Pop-Up Controls
Navigators
Control Bars
Summary
8. Framework Utilities and Advanced Component Concepts
Tool Tips
Pop Ups
Cursor Management
Drag and Drop
Customizing List-Based Controls
Focus Management and Keyboard Control
Summary
9. Working with Media
Overview
Adding Media
Working with the Different Media Types
Summary
10. Managing State
Creating States
Applying States
Defining States Based on Existing States
Adding and Removing Components
Setting Properties
Setting Styles
Setting Event Handlers
Using ActionScript to Define States
Managing Object Creation Policies (Preloading Objects)
Handling State Events
When to Use States
Summary
11. Using Effects and Transitions
Using Effects
Creating Custom Effects
Using Transitions
Creating Custom Transitions
Summary
12. Working with Data
Using Data Models
Data Binding
Enabling Data Binding for Custom Classes
Data Binding Examples
Building Data Binding Proxies
Summary
13. Validating and Formatting Data
Validating User Input
Formatting Data
Summary
14. Customizing Application Appearance
Using Styles
Skinning Components
Customizing the Preloader
Themes
Runtime CSS
Summary
15. Client Data Communication
Local Connections
Persistent Data
Communicating with the Host Application
Summary
16. Remote Data Communication
Understanding Strategies for Data Communication
Working with Request/Response Data Communication
Web Services
Real-Time/Socket Connection
File Upload/Download
Summary
17. Application Debugging
The Flash Debug Player
Using FDB
Debugging with Flex Builder 2
Remote Debugging
Logging Using trace( ) Within an Application
The Logging Framework
Debugging Remote Data
Summary
18. Application Components
The Importance of Application Components
MXML Component Basics
Component Styles
Summary
19. Building Custom Components
Component Framework Overview
Component Life Cycle
Component Implementation
Adding Custom Properties and Events
Adding Styling Support
Summary
Index
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Chafic Kazoun is the founder and Chief Software architect at Atellis. He has
worked with Flash technologies since 1998 and with Flex since its inception,
and he has a deep understanding of the internals of the Flex framework.
Joey Lott is the author of Complete Flash Remoting MX as well as the co-author
of the ActionScript Bible. Joey has been teaching Flash and ActionScript since
1999 when he first began training throughout Southern California. Joey has professional
experience in the Internet industry beginning in 1996 including co-founding
RightSpring, Inc. and consulting for YourMobile/Premium Wireless Services (J2EE
B2C application) and Ads.com (leading the development of a J2EE B2B application).
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