Flex 4 Training: Introduction to Adobe Flex 4

Course Number: FLX-104
Duration: 5 days
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Flex 4 Training Overview

Accelebrate's Introduction to Adobe Flex 4 training teaches attendees how to develop rich, data-driven applications using the Flex^® framework.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=course&page=FLX4.1.

Flex 4 Training Prerequisites

Prior experience in a modern programming language is required. Prior object-oriented programming experience in C++, Java, C#, VB.NET, or ActionScript 3.0 is recommended, but this course can be adjusted for students without this prior background.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Flex training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Flex 4 Training Materials

All students will receive a copy of Wiley's Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Bible and related course materials.

Software Needed on Each PC

Java JRE 1.5 or 1.6
Adobe Flex Builder 4 or later
Modern web browser with Flash Player (debug version)10 or later
Related lab files

For further details on these requirements, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/systemreqs/.

Flex 4 Training Objectives

All attendees will learn how to:

Use the Adobe Flash tools, frameworks, runtimes, servers, services, languages, and protocols
Program in ActionScript 3.0 to build a Flex/Flash Builder Application
Create and manage a Flash Builder Project
Create custom components with MXML
Style the application and its components using Cascading Style Sheets
Access remote data using HTTPServices with MXML
Create a WebService using MXML and the Service Wizard
Use Controls, Repeaters, DataGrids, and Item Renderers with Data Sets
Build attractive site navigation into the application
Create Forms validate Form data
Customize Flex applications with styles, skins, and custom ActionScript components
Create, write, and run a Unit Test

Flex 4 Training Outline

Introduction

The Adobe Flash Platform

Tools

Flash Professional CS5
Flash Catalyst
Flash Builder 4 (Formerly Flex Builder 3)

Frameworks

Flex Builder 3/Flash Builder 4
Flash API
AIR API
Additional Third-Party Frameworks

Runtimes

Flash Player
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
Flash Lite

Servers

Adobe Media Server
Adobe Media Server Alternatives
ColdFusion
LiveCycle Data Services
BlazeDS
Other Frameworks

Services
- Distribution Features
- Collaboration Features
Languages

MXML
ActionScript 3.0
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Protocols
Deploying Flash Builder Applications
The Flash Builder Environment: An Eclipse Primer

Object-Oriented Programming

Overview
Classes
Objects
Properties
Methods
Events
Class files in .swc format
Inheritance

Introduction to ActionScript 3.0

Overview and history of the Flash Player
Variables
Functions
Constructor Functions
Properties
Running a Flex/Flash Builder Application
Building the application using MXML
Viewing the Generated ActionScript
Building a release version of the application

Flash Builder Projects

Project Structure
Managing Projects and Project Properties
Working with Projects

Importing Files into Projects
Deleting Projects
Importing Project in Project Folders
Exporting Projects
Switching Workspaces
Importing Projects in .fxp Format
Adding Packages and Importing assets

Layouts

Basic MXML code
UMXML and the Code Editor
Flash Builder Layout
Creating a Layout with Containers
The BorderContainer
Group Containers, TabNavigator and Panel Containers
Testing applications

Components

Components with MXML
Custom Components
Form Components

Styling the Application and its Components

Changing the Application Theme and Chrome
Inline Styles
Converting Inline Styles to CSS
CSS in an External Stylesheet

ID Selectors
Type Selectors
StyleName or Class Selectors
Namespace Selectors
Descendent Selectors
Pseudo Selectors

CSS Styles in the MXML file

View States

Creating a component with View States
Invoking View State Changes

Data Binding

Simple Databinding
Complex Databinding
Two-Way DataBinding

Events

Inline ActionScript
Event Handlers
The LogIn Component
The addEventListener Method
Writing Event Handlers in Source mode

Forms

Building a simple Form
Validating Form data
Adding simple data to forms
Adding simple functionality to forms

Application Navigation

View Stacks
Navigating the ViewStack programmatically
Changing the View Stack controller component
Navigator Containers

Accessing Remote Data

Flash Builder Remote Procedure Calls
HTTPServices with MXML
The Network Monitor
Testing the HTTPService
The lastResult Property
HTTPService result and fault events
HTTPServices with ActionScript
HTTPServices with the new Service Wizard
WebServices with MXML
WebServices with the Service Wizard

Managing and Displaying Data

The ArrayCollection Class
Data models with a value objects
The Flash Builder Debugger
Displaying data in a DataGrid
Managing data sets client-side
Drop-In Item Editors
Inline item editors
Custom Components as an Item Renderer

Custom Events

Transitions and Effects

Creating and applying an Effect
Animating an Effect

Skinning Components

The Spark Component Architecture
Creating a Skin Class with MXML
Applying a Skin Class to an Object
Creating a Skin class by extending the Spark Skin Class

Debugging Applications

Bin-Debug vs. Bin-Release
Runtime errors
Debugging The Application
Fixing the Problem
Trace Statements
Using and Setting Breakpoints
Conditional Breakpoints
Watching the value of variables over time
Watched expressions
Multiple breakpoints and the Resume button

Custom Components

The Flash Player
Frames
The Component Life Cycle and its phases
Creating and instantiating a Simple Custom Component
Complex components with MXML
Custom component with ActionScript

Unit Testing

Creating a Unit Test
Writing the Unit Test
Running a Unit Test
Create an app that uses the tested class file

Profiling

Garbage Collection
The Flex Profiler
Detecting Memory Leaks

Overview of LiveCycle, BlazeDS

Remote Object Connections

Message Service

Flex/Flash Builder Resources

Conclusion

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Flex 4 Training: Introduction to Adobe Flex 4

Flex 4 Training Overview

Flex 4 Training Prerequisites

Flex 4 Training Objectives

Flex 4 Training Outline

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