Flex Training Outline

• Understanding Rich Internet Applications
• Understanding the Evolution of Computer Applications
• Breaking Away from Page-Based Architecture
• Identifying the Advantages of Rich Internet Applications
• RIA Technologies
• Getting Started
• Getting Started with Flex Application Development
• Creating a Project and an MXML Application
• Understanding the Flex Builder 3 Workbench
• Running Your Application
• Creating a Second Application Page and Working in Design Mode
• Laying Out the Interface
• Learning About Containers
• Laying Out the E-Commerce Application Using Design Mode
• Working with Constraint-Based Layouts
• Working with View States
• Laying Out an Application in Source Mode
• Using Simple Controls
• Introducing Simple Controls
• Displaying Images
• Building a Detail View
• Using Data Binding to Link a Data Structure to a Simple Control
• Using a Form Layout Container to Lay Out Simple Controls
• Adding Radio Buttons and Date Fields to the Dashboard
• Handling Events and Data Structures
• Understanding Event Handling
• Building a Data Structure on the creationComplete Event
• Using Data from the Event Object
• Building a Custom ActionScript Class
• Building a Method to Create an Object
• Building Shopping Cart Classes
• Using Remote XML Data with Controls
• Retrieving XML Data with HTTPService
• Retrieving XML Data via HTTPService
• Populating an ArrayCollection with HTTPService Data
• Populating a ComboBox Control and Programmatically Adding an Option
• Using XML Data with a Tree Control
• Retrieving XML Data and Transforming It into an ArrayCollection of Custom Objects
• Using Data Binding with Complex Data Structures
• Manipulating Shopping Cart Data
• Adding a Remove Button
• Creating Components with MXML
• Introducing MXML Components
• Creating an Update/Delete Product Component and Instantiating It
• Popping Up Product Information When Clicking the Update and Delete Buttons
• Creating Another Value Object
• Creating a Data Manager Component for All Three Applications
• Using the New Data Manager Component
• Implementing Add Product Functionality
• Creating and Using a Component for the Dashboard Application
• Using Controls and Repeaters with Datasets
• Using Datasets
• Displaying the Categories Using a HorizontalList and an itemRenderer
• Displaying Grocery Products Based on Category Selection
• Coding States to Display Detailed Product Information
• Placing Products in the Shopping Cart
• Using Custom Events
• Understanding the Benefits of Loosely Coupled Architecture
• Dispatching Events
• Declaring Events for a Component
• Identifying the Need for Custom Event Classes
• Building and Using the CategoryEvent
• Creating and Using the ProductEvent Class
• Understanding Event Flow and Event Bubbling
• Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0
• Introducing Building a Component with ActionScript 3.0
• Creating the Structure of the Class
• Overriding the createChildren() Method
• Sizing and Positioning in Flex
• Understanding the measure() Method
• Overriding the updateDisplayList() Method
• Using DataGrids and Item Renderers
• Introducing DataGrids and Item Renderers
• Adding a Generic DataGrid to ChartPod
• Adding HTTPService Calls to Dashboard
• Displaying the Shopping Cart with a DataGrid
• Using the AdvancedDataGrid
• Using Drag and Drop
• Introducing the Drag and Drop Manager
• Dragging and Dropping Between Two DataGrids
• Dragging and Dropping Between a DataGrid and a List
• Using a Nondrag-Enabled Component in a Drag-and-Drop Operation
• Dragging a Grocery Item to the Shopping Cart
• Implementing Navigation
• Introducing Navigation
• Using a TabNavigator in the DataEntry Application
• Adding a Home Page and Checkout Page in the E-Commerce Application
• Creating the First Step of the Checkout Process Displayed by a ViewStack
• Completing the Checkout Process Using the ViewStack
• Using Formatters and Validators
• Introducing Formatters and Validators
• Using a Formatter Class to Display Currency Information in the E-Commerce Application
• Using Validator Classes
• Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 1)
• Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 2)
• Building a Custom Validator Class
• Implementing History Management and Deep Linking
• Introducing History Management
• Implementing History Management within a Navigator Container
• Building a Custom History Manager
• Introducing Deep Linking
• Conclusion