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Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Essential Training

with David Gassner

Adobe's open source programming framework, Flex SDK, combined with Flash Builder (formerly named Flex Builder) simplifies and streamlines the process for building rich internet applications, or RIAs. Author David Gassner explores the newest release of this powerful toolset in Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Essential Training, explaining critical information for developers who are upgrading from Flex 3, but also for those who are new to RIA development. The course culminates in the development of a complete application, integrated with a PHP application server and a MySQL database. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Understanding the history of Adobe Flex
Installing the Flash Builder components
Using Eclipse views and editors
Programming with MXML and integrating MXML and ActionScript
Debugging Flex applications
Adding visual controls to a Flex application interface
Displaying images and dynamic data
Formatting with CSS
Skinning Spark components with MXML graphics
Creating data entry form components
Integrating with Apache, PHP and MySQL

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author: David Gassner
subject: Developer, Web
software: Flash Builder 4, 4.5, Flex 4, 4.5
level: Beginner

duration: 10h 28m
released: Mar 22, 2010

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Introduction 4m 40s

Welcome 1m 22s

Using the exercise files 2m 0s

Understanding the prerequisites 1m 18s

1. Getting Started 36m 12s

Introducing the history of Adobe Flex 4m 41s

Installing Flash Builder on Windows 3m 51s

Installing Flash Builder on Mac OS X 2m 8s

Installing Flash Builder as an Eclipse plug-in 4m 31s

Creating the Hello World application 9m 12s

Understanding the anatomy of web applications 6m 37s

Creating a release build 5m 12s

2. Using Flash Builder 4 21m 50s

Choosing a workspace 3m 1s

Importing and exporting projects as FXP files 4m 30s

Setting Flash Builder preferences 6m 2s

Using Eclipse views and editors 4m 32s

Using Flash Builder perspectives 3m 45s

3. Using Flex Programming Languages 41m 13s

Understanding MXML 6m 32s

Setting properties and styles with MXML 6m 32s

Translating MXML to ActionScript 3 4m 4s

Using ActionScript in MXML files 4m 55s

Declaring and using variables 5m 52s

Understanding ActionScript data types 7m 47s

Getting language and API help 5m 31s

4. Using Flash Builder Debugging Tools 40m 24s

Using the debug version of Flash Player 5m 27s

Starting and stopping debugging sessions 6m 22s

Tracing application execution 7m 1s

Using breakpoints 7m 30s

Using the Variables view 7m 19s

Watching ActionScript expressions 3m 28s

Using watchpoints to detect state changes 3m 17s

5. Using Visual Controls 1h 6m

Understanding MX and Spark components 4m 40s

Declaring visual controls with MXML 10m 36s

Declaring visual controls with ActionScript 7m 47s

Using text display controls 5m 12s

Displaying rich text 4m 57s

Using text input controls 4m 19s

Using button controls 5m 59s

Loading images at runtime 5m 1s

Embedding images 6m 2s

Presenting Flash content 4m 21s

Passing data with binding expressions 7m 30s

6. Using the Flex Event Architecture 29m 8s

Handling dispatched events 7m 2s

Using inline event handlers in MXML 2m 37s

Using custom event handler functions 3m 45s

Understanding event objects 8m 41s

Using event listener functions 7m 3s

7. Laying Out an Application 45m 38s

Setting the application's layout property 4m 45s

Using Spark Group containers 5m 49s

Using the Spark Panel container 6m 25s

Using the Application and Panel control bars 3m 34s

Using the BorderContainer 6m 9s

Using constraint-based layout properties 6m 45s

Declaring view states 7m 17s

Changing view states at runtime 4m 54s

8. Using Custom Components 52m 9s

Defining MXML components 4m 50s

Instantiating components in MXML 4m 57s

Instantiating components in ActionScript 3m 16s

Declaring and using custom properties 7m 27s

Declaring and using custom methods 5m 26s

Declaring and setting component states 5m 29s

Dispatching events from custom components 8m 18s

Creating custom event classes 6m 30s

Dispatching and handling custom events 5m 56s

9. Managing Application Navigation 19m 7s

Using the ViewStack container 5m 38s

Managing navigation with ActionScript 5m 25s

Using the ButtonBar component 3m 51s

Using the TabNavigator and Accordion containers 4m 13s

10. Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 45m 42s

Understanding inline CSS declarations 6m 3s

Using embedded style sheets 7m 22s

Using type, style name, and id selectors 6m 58s

Using descendant and global selectors 5m 42s

Using external style sheets 5m 5s

Setting and getting styles with ActionScript 7m 46s

Loading styles at runtime 6m 46s

11. Skinning Spark Components with MXML and FXG 43m 26s

Drawing vector graphics with MXML 8m 44s

Exporting FXG files from Illustrator and Fireworks 7m 50s

Using FXG files in Flex applications 3m 40s

Creating a custom application skin 11m 15s

Using custom component skins 5m 22s

Assigning skins to multiple components 3m 6s

Loading skins at runtime 3m 29s

12. Managing Data 38m 35s

Embedding data with ‹fx:Model› 7m 42s

Managing data with ArrayList and ArrayCollection 7m 37s

Creating value object classes 4m 57s

Using value objects in MXML 4m 29s

Using value objects in ActionScript 5m 34s

Wrapping value objects in data collections 8m 16s

13. Displaying Dynamic Data 56m 12s

Using the List and DropDownList controls 5m 46s

Using the labelField property 2m 53s

Using the labelFunction property 7m 48s

Creating custom item renderers 7m 14s

Managing List layout 3m 34s

Using the DataGrid control 6m 39s

Using labelFunction with a DataGrid column 3m 53s

Using advanced DataGrid cell rendering 4m 17s

Working with List control events and properties 5m 53s

Displaying data items with DataGroup 4m 43s

Adding scrollbars to groups 3m 32s

14. Creating Data Entry Form Components 29m 59s

Building a custom data entry form component 7m 29s

Validating data entry 7m 23s

Packaging data with a value object class 8m 4s

Sharing data using custom event classes 7m 3s

15. Integrating with Application Servers 56m 40s

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Windows 3m 58s

Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X 4m 28s

Importing a database into MySQL 4m 13s

Adding server properties to a Flex project 4m 11s

Retrieving data with RPC components 5m 58s

Handling the RPC result event 4m 46s

Handling the RPC fault event 3m 29s

Using the CallResponder class 3m 0s

Creating a PHP data connection to a MySQL table 7m 36s

Retrieving data with a PHP data connection 3m 46s

Generating a data entry form 4m 19s

Sending data to the server 6m 56s

16. Conclusion 41s

Goodbye 41s

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Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Essential Training

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