Introduction to Flex 2 / by Roger Braunstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braunstein, Roger, 1981-

Series:

O'Reilly short cuts.

O'Reilly short cuts

O'Reilly Short Cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flex (Computer file).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Internet programming.

Web site development--Computer programs.

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, [2007]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This Short Cut is all about getting up and running with Adobe Flex 2; a perfect title would be "(Almost) Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know about Flex 2 But Were Afraid to Ask." It consists of conversational instruction, along with demonstrative examples, in order to give developers an efficient grounding in how to get their arms around using Flex 2. Especially helpful for those coming from the Flex/AS/Flash universe, but also designed for those coming from Java, .Net, and elsewhere. Six small sections cover: Quick background on Flex 2 What's new in ActionScript 3.0 How to use Flex right out of the box (so to speak) "Making It Look Good": Design and UI issues Extending Flex Little-known features and capabilities Roger Braunstein is a developer and designer living in Brooklyn. He's obsessed with beautiful code, motion design, graphics programming, and video games. He also cultivates an interest in cooking, photography, biking, and 8-bit music. One day he hopes to have a real website at www.partlyhuman.com.

Contents:

""It's an XML Declarative UI Language""; ""It's a Windowing Toolkit""; ""It's Based on Flash""; ""Less Talk, More Code""; ""Coming Up""; ""Conventions""; ""ActionScript 3.0""; ""Where Are You Coming From?""; ""Main Features""; ""AVM2""; ""E4X""; ""Regular Expressions""; ""Display List""; ""Core types""; ""Visibility""; ""Type Manipulation""; ""Packages and Classes""; ""Methods and Properties""; ""Arguments""; ""Events""; ""Reflection""; ""Recap""; ""Flex Out Of The Box""; ""All Flex is ActionScript""; ""Containers and Components""; ""Scripting and Events""; ""Binding""

""Model-View-Controller with Binding""""Sending and Loading Data""; ""States""; ""Styles""; ""Cascading Stylesheets""; ""Making Flex Shine""; ""Assets""; ""Skinning""; ""Effects""; ""Transitions""; ""Filters, Masks, Blend Modes""; ""The Application Loader""; ""Extending Flex""; ""Complete Flexibility""; ""Structuring Large Applications""; ""Creating Custom UI Components""; ""Important UIComponent Methods""; ""Component Lifespan""; ""Custom Styles""; ""... and Everything Else""; ""Cursor Management""; ""Drag-and-drop""; ""Validators""; ""Formatters""; ""Repeaters""; ""Charting""; ""Logging""

""Internationalization and Localization""""Testing""; ""History Management""; ""Summary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

137284067