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Adobe Flex Builder 3.

 

Flex - 5 day
masterclass

 

Scheduled training

• 5 day Flex Masterclass
• 3 day Developing Rich Internet Applications L1
• 3 day Programming the Visual Experience
• 2 day Building Dashboard Applications L2
• 2 day Data and Communications
• 1 day Introducing Cairngorm
• Roadmap to building a Rich Internet Aplication

 

 

 

 

 

scheduled training.

5 day Flex Masterclass.

 

 

1 - Rich Internet Applications

Understanding rich Internet applications

• Introducing the Adobe Flex 3 product line
  
• The foundation of the RIA: Flash Player/Flash Virtual Machine
  
• Understanding the Flex application process flow
  
• Getting help and other resources
  
• Exploring the course application 13
  
• Getting Started with Flex Builder 3

 

Understanding the relationship between Eclipse and Flex Builder 3

• Exploring the Flex Builder 3 interface
  
• Creating a project and your first application
  
• Creating a main application page and running it
  Using debugging
  
• Getting help in Adobe Flex Builder 3
  
• Learning Flex Fundamentals

 

Creating a simple Flex application

• Creating your first Flex application
  
• Laying out a Flex application with containers
  
• Adding user interface controls
  
• Creating bindings between components
  
• Architecting an application with MXML components
  
• Creating properties and methods of MXML components
  
• Handling Events

 

Understanding events

• Creating event handlers using inline ActionScript
  
• Using inline ActionScript
  
• Handling events with ActionScript functions
  
• Placing ActionScript functions in external fi les
  
• Understanding the event object
  
• Implementing the addEventListener() method
  
• Using Simple Controls

 

Getting familiar with Flex controls

• Using the Button control
  
• Using a CheckBox Control
  
• Using NumericStepper controls
  
• Using Text controls
  
• Displaying images
  
• Adding simple controls to an application
  
• Laying Out an Application with Containers

 

Understanding Containers

• Using the Application container
  
• Setting an application’s layout
  
• Using the Panel container
  
• Using the Form container
  
• Using the Grid container
  
• Using Box Containers
  
• Using the DividedBox container
  
• Using the Tile container
  
• Container best practices
  
• Using the ControlBar container
  
• Component layout and sizing rules
  
• Laying out an Application Constraint-Based Layout

 

Understanding absolute positioning

• Positioning components within the Canvas container
  
• Positioning components inside a Canvas
  
• Creating a constraint-based layout using Flex Builder 3
  
• Creating a constraint-based layout in MXML
  
• Using constraint-based layouts with nested components
  
• Using View States for Application Design

 

Understanding view states

• Creating two states for the Contact page
  
• Controlling view states
  
• Reviewing the generated MXML code
  
• Creating view states that include custom components states
  
• Creating Application Navigation

 

Understanding navigator containers

• Using the LinkBar container
  
• Using the TabBar container
  
• Using the ViewStack container
  
• Navigating the Café Townsend application using the ViewStack and TabBar container
  
• Using the TabNavigator container
  
• Using the Accordion container
  
• Using ButtonBar & ToggleButtonBar
  
• Using the ApplicationControlBar container
  
• Customizing the Application

 

Customizing Flex application look and feel

• Using the Styles API to change look-and-feel
  
• Using theme styles
  
• Changing the look and feel of the Café Townsend application
  
• Applying behaviors to components
  
• Applying transitions to view states
  
• Using MXML and ActionScript Data Models

 

Using the MVC design pattern

• Creating an MXML data model
  
• Using ActionScript classes as a data model
  
• Instantiating an Object in MXML from an ActionScript class
  
• Creating an ActionScript constructor with parameters
  
• Defining class methods
  
• Exchanging Data Between Components Using Custom Events

 

Understanding the problem with bindings

• Using a binding to get data from a component
  
• Creating custom events
  
• Creating, dispatching and handling a custom event
  
• Sending data with a custom event
  
• Retrieving XML Data with HTTPService

 

Retrieving XML data at runtime

• Handling results
  
• Retrieving data at runtime with HTTPService
  
• Handling results using an event handler
  
• Handling faults
  
• Making HTTP requests to different domains
  
• Looping Through Data Using a Repeater

 

Understanding the Repeater component

• Using dataProvider data in repeated controls
  
• Dynamically creating components using a Repeater
  
• Using Repeater data in ActionScript
  
• Referencing repeated components
  
• Displaying Data Using the DataGrid

 

Using the DataGrid control

• Displaying Simple XML Data in a DataGrid
  
• Specifying DataGrid columns
  
• Specifying DataGrid columns
  
• Formatting DataGrid columns
  
• Using item renderers and item editors
  
• Using the TileList and HorizontalList
  
• Using events and selected items with list-based components

 

2 - Data and Communications

Introducing Adobe Flex 3

• Understanding rich Internet applications
  
• Introducing the Adobe Flex 3 product line
  
• The foundation of the RIA: Flash Player/Flash Virtual Machine
  
• Understanding the Flex application process fl ow
  
• Getting help and other resources
  

 

Accessing Web Services

• Using web services
  
• Invoking web service methods and using the results
  
• Consuming a web service
  
• Handling results using an event handler
  
• Handling faults
  
• Calling multiple methods from the same WebService object
  
• Passing Parameters to Web Service
  

 

Introduction to Flex Data Services

• Installing Flex Data Services
  
• Explore the Flex Data Services Installation
  
• Creating a Flex application for use with Flex Data Services
  
• Navigating the Flex Project Structure
  
• Understanding the Server Compilation Process
  
• Flex Data Services Features
  
• The Flex Proxy Service
  
• The Proxy Service Default Destination
  
• Named Proxy Service Destinations
  

 

Using ColdFusion as Remote Object Services

• Understanding remote object services
  
• Configuring ColdFusion, Flex Builder and calling a remote object service method
  
• Exchanging data between Action-Script and ColdFusion
  

 

Using Java Classes as Remote Object Services

• Understanding Remote Object Services
  
• Calling a Remote Object Service method
  
• Handling RPC Events
  
• Complex Remote Method Calls
  
• Exchanging Data between Action-Script and Java
  

 

Validating and Formatting Data

• Validating form data
  
• Triggering validation with events
  
• Validating Numeric Input
  
• Triggering validation with Action-Script
  
• Using regular expressions
  
• Formatting Data
  

 

Manipulating Complex Data

• Understanding Collection Classes
  
• Filtering data
  
• Creating a data sort
  
• Using the IViewCursor interface
  
• Creating a project that uses FDS
  

 

Using the Flex Message Service

• Introducing the Flex Message Service
  
• Reviewing Message Destination Configuration
  
• Understanding Publish-Subscribe Messaging
  
• Publishing Messages
  
• Receiving and processing messages
  
• Sending and Receiving Complex Data
  

 

Using the Flex Data Management Service

• What is the Flex Data Management Service?
  
• Exploring a Data Management Services Destination
  
• Data Management Service Architecture
  
• Changing Data
  
• Managing Pending Changes
  
• Using Events
  
• Handling DataService Results
  
• Advanced Data Management Service Features
  

 

Providing XML to Controls with E4X

• Understanding XML structure
  
• Working with XML data in ActionScript 3
  
• Using the Tree Control
  
• Retrieving XML data and populating a Tree
  
• Using XML objects
  
• Removing XML items from a list
  

 

Uploading Files to a Server

• Implementing file transfer basics
  
• Uploading a file to the server
  
• Enhancing experience with FileReference events
  
• Understanding the FileReferenceList class
  
• Use the Data Management Service to retrieve photo data
  
• Send real-time messages between applications