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Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications

Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Apps - Description

Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience using Flex. This three day course introduces developers to all the primary features of Flex they\'ll need to know in order to build a fully functional, well architected front end for a Rich Internet Application (RIA).

Recommended Audience for Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Apps

This course is designed for application developers who want to bring th power of Rich Internet Applications to their web applications. To gain the most from this class, you should:

Be familiar with an object oriented programming language such as Java or C++
Be familiar with XML terminology.

Prerequisites

Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Apps - Objectives

Lesson 1 - Introducing Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications

Introducing Mastery Learning
Understanding the Course Format
Reviewing the course prerequisites
Reviewing the course outline
Setting up the application files

Lesson 2 - Introducing Adobe Flex 3

Understanding rich internet applications
Understanding Adobe Flex
Understanding Adobe Flex Builder
Understanding the foundation of the RIA: Flash Player / Flash Virtual Machine
Understanding the Flex application process flow
Accessing remote data resources from a Flex application
Getting help and other resources

Lesson 3 - Getting Started with Flex

Understanding the relationship between Eclipse and Flex Builder
Exploring the Flex Builder interface
Creating a project and your first application
Debugging a Flex application
Accessing help in Adobe Flex Builder

Lesson 4 - Learning Flex Fundamentals

Creating a simple Flex application
Displaying images
Laying out a Flex application with containers
Using the Panel container
Using the ControlBar container
Adding user interface controls
Creating data bindings between components
Architecting an application with MXML components
Creating properties and methods for MXML components

Lesson 5 - Handling Events

Understanding events
Creating event handlers using inline ActioScript
Handling events within ActioScript functions
Placing ActioScript functions in external files
Understanding the Event object
Using the addEventListener() method

Lesson 6 - Laying out an Application Using Constraint-Based Layout

Understanding absolute positioning
Positioning components within a Canvas container
Creating a constraint-based layout using Flex Builder
Creating a constraint-based layout via MXML
Using Enhanced Constraints
Using constraint-based layouts within nested containers

Lesson 7 - Using View States for Application Design

Understanding view states
Controlling view states
Reviewing the generated MXML code
Creating view states that include custom component states

Lesson 8 - Creating Application Navigation

Understanding navigator containers and controls
Using the LinkBar control
Using the TabBar control
Using the ViewsStack container
Using the TabNavigator container
Using the Accordion container
Using ButtonBar & ToggleButtonBar
Using the ApplicationControlBar container

Lesson 9 - Customizing the Application

Customizing Flex application look and feel
Modifying Styles to change look-and-feel
Using Themes
Applying behaviors to components
Applying transitions to view state changes

Lesson 10 - Using ActionScript Data Models

Using the MVC design pattern
Creating an MXML data model
Using ActionScript classes as a data model
Creating an ActionScript constructor with parameters
Defining class methods

Lesson 11 - Exchanging Data Between Components Using Custom Events

Understanding the problems with bindings
Creating custom events
Sending data with a custom event

Lesson 12 - Creating Data Entry Forms

Using the Form container
Sharing Form Data
Validating form data
Triggering validation with events
Triggering validation with ActionScript

Lesson 13 - Retrieving XML Data with HTTPService

Retrieving XML data at runtime
Handling results
Handling results using an event handler
Handling faults
Making HTTP requests to different domains
Making HTTP requests with parameters

Lesson 14 - Displaying Data Using the DataGrid

Using the DataGrid control
Specifying DataGrid columns
Formatting DataGrid columns
Using item renderers and item editors
Inline item renderers and item editors
Item renderer and item editor components
Using the TileList and HorizontalList
Using events and selected items with list-based components

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