Audience

This course is designed for application developers who want to bring the power of Rich Internet Applications to their web applications. To gain the most from this class, you should:

• Be familiar with an object oriented programming language such as Java or C++.
• Be familiar with XML terminology.

Course Outline

• Introducing Mastery Learning
• Understanding the Course Format
• Reviewing the course prerequisites
• Reviewing the course outline
• Setting up the application files
  
  

Unit 2: Introducing Adobe Flex 3

• Understanding rich Internet applications
• Understanding Adobe Flex
• Understanding Adobe Flex Builder
• Understanding Foundation of the RIA: Flash Player/Flash Virtual Machine
• Understanding the Flex applications process flow
• Accessing remote data resources from a Flex application
• Getting help and other resources
  

• Understanding the relationship between Eclipse and Flex Builder
• Exploring the Flex Builder interface
• Creating a project and your first application
• Debugging a Flex application
• Accessing help in Adobe Flex Builder
  
  

• Creating a simple Flex application
• Displaying images
• Laying out a Flex application with containers
• Using the Panel container
• Using the ControlBar container
• Adding user interface controls
• Creating data bindings between components
• Architecting an application with MXML components
• Creating properties and methods for MXML components

Unit 5: Handling Events

• Understanding events
• Creating event handlers using inline ActionScript
• Handling events with ActionScript functions
• Placing ActionScript functions in external files
• Understanding the Event object
• Using the addEventListener() method

• Understanding absolute positioning
• Positioning components within the Canvas container
• Positioning components inside a Canvas
• Creating a constraint-based layout using Flex Builder
  
• Creating a constraint-based layout in MXML
• Using Enhanced Constraint
• Using constraint-based layouts within nested containers

Unit 7: Using View States for Application Design

• Understanding view states
• Controlling view states
• Reviewing the generated MXML code
• Creating view states that include custom component states
  

• Understanding navigator containers and control
• Using the LinkBar control
• Using the TabBar control
• Using the ViewStack container
• Using the TabNavigator container
• Using the Accordion container
• Using ButtonBar & ToggleButtonBar
• Using the ApplicationControlBar container

Unit 9: Customizing the Application

• Customizing Flex application look and feel
• Modifying Styles to change look-and-feel
• Using Themes
  
• Applying behaviors to components
• Applying transitions to view state changes

Unit 10: Using ActionScript Data Models

• Using the MVC design pattern
• Creating an MXML data model
• Using ActionScript classes as a data model
• Creating an ActionScript constructor with parameters
• Defining class methods

Unit 11: Exchanging Data Between Components Using Custom Events

• Understanding the problem with bindings
• Creating customs events
• Sending data with a custom event

Unit 12: Creating Data Entry Forms

• Using the Form container
• Sharing Form Data
  
• Validating form data
  
• Triggering validation with events
  
• Triggering validation with ActionScript
  

• Retrieving XML data at runtime
• Handling results
• Handling results using an event handler
• Handling faults
• Making HTTP requests to different domains
• Making HTTP requests with parameters
  

• Using the DataGrid control
• Specifying DataGrid columns
• Formatting DataGrid columns
• Using item renderers and item editors
• Inline item renderers and item editors
• Item renderer and item editor components
  
• Using the TileList and HorizontalList
• Using events and selected items with list-based components