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.

HTML5 brings the biggest changes that HTML has seen in years. Web designers and developers now have a whole host of new techniques up their sleeves, from displaying video and audio natively in HTML, tocreating realtime graphics directly on a web page without the need for a plugin. But all of these new technologiesbring more tags to learn and more avenues for things to go wrong.HTML5 Solutions provides a collection of solutions to all of the most common HTML5 problems. Every solution contains sample code that is production-ready and can be applied to any project. What you'll learn Real-world solutions for everyday HTML development, saving hours of frustration. Problems covered include: Sending multi-bitrate videos to different devices Creating custom video components Programming a custom video controller Designing a canvas with custom gradients Capturing and drawing images Storing data offline using the Web SQL Databases Dragging data from the desktop into the browser Creating HTML5 WebSockets Who this book is for

Web developers and designers seeking practical advice on making HTML5 sites work. Table of Contents HTML5 Page Structures HTML5 Markup Structural and Semantic Elements HTML5 Forms HTML5 Media Elements: Audio and Video HTML5 Drawing APIs HTML5 Canvas HTML5 Communication APIs HTML5 WebSockets HTML5 Geolocation API HTML5 Local Storage HTML5 Accessibility

CSS3 brings a mass of changes, additions, and improvements to CSS across a range of new modules. Web designers and developers now have a whole host of new techniques up their sleeves, from working with colors and fonts accurately, tousing media queries to ensure correct styling across a multitude of devices. But all of these new technologiesbring more tags to learn and more avenues for things to go wrong.CSS3 Solutions provides a collection of solutions to all of the most common CSS3 problems. Every solution contains sample code that is production-ready and can be applied to any project. What you'll learn Real-world solutions for everyday CSS3 development, saving hours of frustration. Problems covered include: Developing across multiple devices Design patterns for user experience and mobile Working with the CSS box model Who this book is for

Web developers and designers seeking practical advice on making CSS3 work. Table of Contents CSS Basics CSS Selectors Font, Text and Color CSS Typography Tables and Lists CSS Box Model CSS Positioning and Layouts Multidevice Development Transitions and Transformations Multimedia and Accessibility UX Patterns Mobile UX Patterns

We all know what a great tool Flash is for creating dynamic, engaging web content, and Adobe's CS4 release just makes it even better. Among the newer features is the ability to take all the power of Flash for the Web and put in on the desktop using AIR. AIR capability is built right into the Flash CS4 integrated development environment, which means you can start writing desktop applications right away.

This book not only covers the essentials of using Flash with AIR (and AIR with Flash), but also shows you how to extend application functionality in new ways. Once you've got Flash on the desktop, you're no longer constrained by the limitations of running inside a web browser. You'll have access to the local desktop file system, and AIR adds SQLite functionality for native database support. And just as Flash animations have a consistent look and feel across browsers, AIR allows you to create applications that work consistently across operating systemsMac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

For any Flash developer who wants to go from the Web to the desktop (and who doesn't?), this book is required reading. It not only tells you how to do it, but is full of practical, easy-to-follow examples that will have you building desktop AIR applications with Flash in no time. Expanding your existing Flash skills with the Essential Guide to Flash CS4 AIR Development will make you an even more potent and indispensable force on any development team