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Adobe Flex Introduction

Description

Adobe Flex allows you to create interactive internet applications. In this course you will learn to design, develop and deploy Flex applications. You will learn to develop custom components using MXML and ActionScript. You will need a copy of Adobe Flex. A trial version is available.

Objectives

Students will build a basic Flex application.
Students will use the simple Flex controls and containers to build an application.
Students will write Flex code to respond to application events.
Students will write code to work with XML data.
Students will create custom Flex componens using MXML.
Students will display data in Flex using Repeaters and Datasets.
Students will design and work with event objects in Flex.
Student will create custom Flex components using ActionScript.
Students will use Flex to add drag and drop capability to their applications.
Students will create a Flex application using what they have learned in the course.

Book

Choose the book that matches your version:

Adobe Flex 4

Authors: Labriola, Tapper, and Boles
Publisher: Adobe Press
ISBN: 0321660501

Adobe Flex 3

Authors: Tapper, Labriola, Boles and Talbot
Publisher: Adobe Press
ISBN: 0-321-52918-9

Adobe Flex 2

Authors: Tapper, Boles and Talbot
Publisher: Adobe Press
ISBN: 0-321-42316-X

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read Chapters 1 and 2.

Lesson 2: Laying out the Interface and Simple Controls

Read Chapters 3 and 4

Lesson 3: Handling Events

Read Chapter 5

Lesson 4: Using Remote XML Data

Read Chapter 6.

Lesson 5: Creating Components with MXML

Read Chapter 7

Lesson 6: Using Controls with Repeaters and Datasets

Read Chapter 8

Lesson 7: Using Custom Events

Read Chapter 9

Lesson 8: Creating Custom Components with ActionScript

Read Chapter 10

Lesson 9: Using Drag and Drop

Read Chapter 12

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 1 - 12