Adobe Flex

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