Advanced Flex 3.0

• Advanced Flex 3 Training Objectives

  • Customize the look and feel of a Flex application
  • Access server-side objects
  • Present data with Flex charting components
  • Create modular Flex applications
  • Deploy your Flex applications
  • Create transitions and behaviors
  • Print from Flex
  • Use Shared Objects for state maintenance
  • Debug Flex applications
  • Profile Flex applications

  Advanced Flex 3 Training Outline

  • Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex Application
  • Applying a Design with Styles and Skins
  • Applying Styles
  • Changing CSS at Runtime
  • Skinning Components
  • Working with Web Services
  • Introducing Server Communication
  • 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
  • Using the Web Service Introspection Wizard
  • Using the Generated Code in Your Application
  • Refactoring with Flex Builder
  • Completing the Integration of the Generated Code
  • Updating and Deleting Products
  • Accessing Server-Side Objects
  • Uploading Files to the Server
  • Using RemoteObject to Save an Order
  • Mapping ActionScript Objects to Server Objects
  • The Flex Builder Data Wizards
  • Visualizing Data
  • Exploring Flex Charting Components
  • Laying Out Initial Charts
  • Populating Charts
  • Adding Legends to Charts
  • Limiting the Labels Shown on an Axis
  • Interacting with Charts
  • Adding Chart Events
  • Adding Animations to Charts
  • Customizing Chart Appearance with Styles
  • Creating Modular Applications
  • Introducing Modular Applications in Flex 3
  • Using Flex Modules
  • Understanding Runtime Shared Libraries (RSLs)
  • Using the Flex Framework RSL Caching
  • Creating a Library Project
  • Deploying Flex Applications
  • Compiling a Deployment Version of Your Application
  • Breaking Out of the Browser with the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
  • Creating an AIR Application
  • Creating Transitions and Behaviors
  • Introducing Behaviors and Transitions
  • Implementing Effects on a Component
  • Adding Effects to View States
  • 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
  • Using Shared Objects
  • Introducing Shared Objects
  • Building a SharedObject to Store Shopping Cart Data
  • Reading Data from an Existing Shared Object
  • Debugging Flex Applications
  • Introducing Debugging Techniques
  • Watching Client/Server Data Exchange
  • Learning More About the Debugger
  • Handling Errors with try-catch
  • Profiling Flex Applications
  • Flash Player Memory Use
  • Memory Profiling a Flex Application
  • Performance Profiling a Flex Application
  • Conclusion