Flex is the quickest and most effective technology for the
creation of Rich Internet Applications for the Web. Its extensive
library of components and totally customizable framework, combined
with the ubiquity of Flash Player, has guaranteed its success.
The ecosystem of products that rotate around Flex 2 and Flex 3
is really broad. Flex Builder, Flex SDK, and Charting Components
are all essential parts of the technology that fit the different
requirements of web development.
This enormous set of possibilities can easily lead to
informationoverload for developers like you. There's just too much
to learn and too many potential places to go when you hit a brick
wall. Wouldn't it be nice to have a library of solutions to solve
these problems quickly and easily?
This book provides just that, with more than 100 solutions to
common problems in one handy volume.
Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and Flex 3
Developers faces problems and provides solutions that can be
applied to any project, from the most simple to the most complex.
The solutions range from customizing Flex components with
ActionScript 3.0, using the data models and the ActionScript
classes as Value objects, validating and formatting data, using RPC
classes to access remote data, to optimizing data-exchange
performance using AMF3.
Solutions are also provided for enhancing the security of Flex
applications, and techniques are offered for optimizing the actual
work environment by increasing the performance of Flex Builder,
adding video content, and creating an AIR project to bring your web
application onto the desktop.
If you want to learn about and start to develop rich Internet
applications in a short time, being immediately productive and
mastering the Flex development techniques, Flex Solutions:
Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers is the book you
need.Discover real-world solutions for everyday Flex development,
saving hours of development timeLearn how to customize and extend
the Flex Components Model and design and program the look and feel
of your Flex applicationsLearn best practices and tips from a Flex
expert for structuring the architecture of Flex applicationsUse the
Flex Remote Procedure Classes to connect to remote data with
HTTPServices and the Java Platform, PHP, ColdFusion, WebServices,
and RemoteObjectUseFlex 3 features such as the AdvancedDataGrid
component and the Charting Enhancements featurePort your rich
Internet applications onto the desktop with Adobe AIR What you'll
learn Tips on using Flex components How to validate and format data
How to manage complex data Filtering, sorting and using cursors on
data with collection classes How to consume Web Services using RPC
components How to display data using list-based controls How to
effectively compile and deploy Flex applications How to customize
the look and feel of your applications How to make your
applications more secure How to become more efficient in using the
Flex Builder IDE Unique tricks such as calculating memory usage,
making your Flex application into an active desktop, and
customizing states How to use the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex
Builder How to interface your Flex applications with server-side
code written in PHP, Java, Rails, and ColdFusion Working with Flex
in enterprise enviroment using the Flex Data Services, Java Remote
Object and AMFPHP Who this book is for
This book is for any Flex 2 or Flex 3 developer who is
comfortable with the basics and wants to take their knowledge
further with quick fire solutions to common problems. Please note
that some of the solutions contained in this book require the Flex
Builder 3 Professional release of the software.
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