Programming Flex 3

The hottest-selling Flex book, thoroughly revised. An update to our current Flex bestseller, "Programming Flex 3" is the definitive guide to creating rich media applications with Adobe's new open source Flex 3 platform. Similar in format to its predecessor, this new book provides a fundamental understanding of what Flex 3 is and how it works. Plus, this revised edition expands its coverage of real-world examples, including complete code samples. It's part of the Adobe Developer Library.

Chafic Kazoun is the founder and Chief Software architect at Atellis, and is widely considered one of the world's top experts on Flex (outside of the Adobe Flex engineering team). He has worked with Flash technologies since 1998 and with Flex since its inception, and he has a deep understanding of the internals of the Flex framework. He maintains a busy speaking and consulting schedule.

Joey Lott is the author or co-author of "Flash 8 Cookbook", "Programming Flash Communication Server", and "ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook" (all O'Reilly). Working in the Internet industry since 1996, Joey co-founded RightSpring, Inc., and consulted for YourMobile/Premium Wireless Services and Ads.com, before joining Schematic. He's been teaching Flash and ActionScript since 1999.

Foreword
Preface
Who This Book Is For
How This Book Is Organized
What You Need to Use This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
SafariÂ“ Books Online
Comments and Questions
Acknowledgments
Introducing Flex
Understanding Flex Application Technologies
Using Flex Elements
Working with Data Services (Loading Data at Runtime)
The Differences Between Traditional and Flex Web Applications
Understanding How Flex Applications Work
Understanding Flex and Flash Authoring
WhatâÇÖs New in Flex 3
Summary
Building Applications with the Flex Framework
Using Flex Tool Sets
Creating Projects
Building Applications
Deploying Applications
Summary
MXML
Understanding MXML Syntax and Structure
Making MXML Interactive
Summary
ActionScript
Using ActionScript
MXML and ActionScript Correlations
Understanding ActionScript Syntax
Variables and Properties
Inheritance
Interfaces
Handling Events
Error Handling
Using XML
Reflection
Summary
Framework Fundamentals
Understanding How Flex Applications Are Structured
Loading and Initializing Flex Applications
Understanding the Component Life Cycles
Loading One Flex Application into Another Flex Application
Differentiating Between Flash Player and the Flex Framework
Caching the Framework
Understanding Application Domains
Localization
Summary
Managing Layout
Flex Layout Overview
Making Fluid Interfaces
Putting It All Together
Summary
Working with UI Components
Understanding UI Components
Buttons
Value Selectors
Text Components
List-Based Controls
Pop-Up Controls
Navigators
Control Bars
Summary
Customizing Application Appearance
Using Styles
Skinning Components
Customizing the Preloader
Themes
Runtime CSS
Summary
Application Components
The Importance of Application Components
MXML Component Basics
Component Styles
Summary
Framework Utilities and Advanced Component Concepts
Tool Tips	p. 10
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