Course Content
Flex
- Flex Development Technologies
- Flex Application Deployment
- Exploring the Flash Builder Interface
- Creating a Flex Project
- Creating a Main Application File and Running It
Adobe Flex Fundamentals
- Adobe Flex Namespaces
- Flex Components
- Layout and Styling with Flash Builder
- Compiling and Running an Application
- Creating an Application and Configuring its Controls in Design Mode
- Creating Custom Components
- Skinning
- Creating and Skinning Custom Components
- Accessing and Using Structured Data within a Custom Component
- Data Binding
- Accessing and Using Data in a Custom Component
- Updating Visual Controls using Dynamic Data
- Updating Visual Controls with Dynamically Assigned Data
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- OOP Terminology
- MXML Classes
- Creating a Class Property
- Writing a Class Definition in ActionScript
- Creating an ActionScript Class
- Creating Instances of an ActionScript Class
- Creating Class Methods
Components and Layouts
- Visual Components
- Spark Layout Classes
- Using Layout Classes in an Application Container
- Spark Container Classes
- Using Different Containers with Layouts
- Using Constraints to Control Component Layout
- Implementing a Constraint-Based Layout
- Adding Scrollbars to Containers
Handling Events
- Events
- Implementing Event Handlers
- Using Inline ActiionScript for Event Handling
- Creating ActionScript Event Handler Functions
- Using a Function for an Event Handler
- Event Object
- Event Bubbling
- Adding Event Listeners with ActionScript
- Using the addEventListener() Method
Validating and Formatting Data
- Using the Form Container
- Using Formatters
- Formatting Currency
- Triggering Validation with Events
- Validating Numeric Input
- Triggering Validation with ActionScript
Controlling Navigation
- MX Navigator Containers
- Using the ViewStack Container
- Using a Spark Container Inside MX Navigator Containers
- Navigating Using the ViewStack and TabBar Control
- Creating Custom Navigation for the ViewStack Container
- Using the TabNavigator Container
- Using the Accordion Container
Controlling Application State
- View States
- Creating Multiple States
- Controlling View States
Animating Components and States
- Applying Effects to Components
- Creating Composite Effects
- Creating Parallel and Sequential Effects
- Applying Transitions to Application State Changes
- Adding and Removing Components During Animations
- Animating between States
Controlling Visual Display with Styling
- Creating Global Application Styles
- Styles and Skins for components
- Creating Selector Styles and Skins
- Advanced CSS Selectors
- Using Advanced CSS Selectors
Skinning Spark Components
- Skinning
- Creating and Applying Skins
- Incorporating Visual Elements Drawn in Other Programs
- Using a Shape Drawn in Adobe Illustrator
- Creating a Vertical Header for the Spark Pane Container
- Implementing Advanced Skinning Techniques
- Implementing Different Visual States for a Skin
- Creating Animated States in a Button Control Skin
- Adding Scrollbars to Skins
- Making a Component Scrollable Using a Skin
Accessing Remote Data
- Using HTTPService to Load Remote Data
- Creating an HTTPService Request and Using The lastResult Property
- Using Result and Fault Handlers
- Making HTTP Requests with Parameters
- Using Wizards
- Creating a Typed Data Model
- Need for a Typed Data Model
- Creating an ActionScript Class for Typed Data
- Creating a Value Object Class
- Populating an ArrayCollection with Value Objects
- Data Bindings with Value Objects
- Implementing Data Bindings
- Refactoring Value Objects
Extending Events
- Problems with Bindings
- Event Type
- Handling the Event in the Main Application
- Creating and Dispatching an Event
- Extending the Event Class
- Extending the Event Class to Dispatch the Event Object with Data
- Dispatching a Value Object with the Extended Event
Rendering Content with the DataGroup Container
- Displaying String Data in an Item Renderer
- Using DefaultItemRenderer
- Passing UI Components in the Data Provider
- Using the DefaultComplexItemRenderer
- Creating a Custom Item Renderer
- Creating a Custom Item Renderer with Data
- Using the SkinnableDataContainer
- Applying a Skin to the SkinnableDataContainer
Displaying Data Using the DataGrid
- Using the DataGrid Control
- Specifying DataGrid Control Columns
- Formatting DataGrid Control Columns
- Using Item Renderers and Item Editors
- Using a Drop-In Item Editor
- Inline Item Renderers and Item Editors
- Using an Inline Item Editor
- Item Renderer and Item Editor Components
- Using a Component Item Renderer
- Using Events and Selected Items with a DataGrid Component
- Using a Change Event on the DataGrid Control
Deploying Flex and AIR Applications
- Compiling the Flex Applicatio
- Creating a Flex Application Production Build
- Creating a Desktop Application
