Flex 2 Beyond the Basics
By: David Gassner
Duration: 6 hours
Description:
In Flex 2 Beyond the Basics, instructor David Gassner helps users take Flex 2 to the next level by demonstrating how to create custom, multimedia-rich, data-driven applications. He covers everything from debugging and tracing code to designing sophisticated menu systems to working with application servers (such as ColdFusion MX 7 and ASP.NET). Flex 2 Beyond the Basics offers step-by-step instruction for building professional, seamless applications to increase productivity. Exercise files accompany the tutorial videos. It is recommended that subscribers new to Adobe Flex 2 first view Flex 2 Essential Training in the lynda.com Online Training Library™.
Table of contents:
Introduction
- Welcome 0:53
- Exercise files setup 6:16
1. Debugging
- Overview 1:37
- The debugging perspective 4:26
- Debugging and tracing your code 7:22
- Using breakpoints 6:53 10.4 MB
- Watching variables and expressions 9:18
- Tracing network traffic 4:24
2. Advanced Event Programming
- Overview 2:08
- Reviewing custom events 5:09
- Using addEventListener() 8:50
- Event bubbling 4:53
- Centralized event handling 9:32
3. Tree Controls
- Using tree controls 6:44
- Using E4X 6:37
- E4X syntax examples 4:15
- Handling tree control events 9:47
4. Menu Systems
- Using the MenuBar component 4:51
- Handling menu events 6:35
- Using the ApplicationControlBar 3:52
- Using the PopUpMenuButton component 4:05
5. Popup Dialogs
- Using the Alert class 4:32
- Adding buttons to the Alert class and handling its events 5:59
- Changing the appearance of the Alert dialog box 4:32
- Custom popup dialog boxes 6:31
- Centering and closing custom dialog boxes 8:14
- Dispatching and handling events from a popup dialog 8:19
6. Visual Effects
- Using effects 11:14 1
- Compound effects 9:03
- Using transitions 6:06
- Using filters 7:07
- Skinning components 7:53
7. Working with ColdFusion
- Which ColdFusion do you need with Flex 2? 6:06
- Installing CFEclipse 4:15
- CFEclipse projects 3:23
- Flex Builder projects with ColdFusion 4:22
- Calling ColdFusion components as remote objects 11:33
- Retrieving data from ColdFusion 9:41
- Sending simple data to ColdFusion 5:12
- Sending objects to ColdFusion 7:30
- Installing the ColdFusion extensions for Flex Builder 2 4:35
- Using the ColdFusion extensions for Flex Builder 2 12:29
8. User Authentication
- Authentication overview 3:05
- Maintaining client-side authentication 9:51
- Role-based security 6:30
9. Client-Side Data Handling
- Client-side data filters 7:08
- Client-side data sorting 6:08
- Centralizing data storage with the ModelLocator pattern 9:34
- Using local shared objects 5:25
10. Data Presentation
- Using the Repeater control 4:49
- Using the Tile container 4:34
11. Working with .NET
- Building .NET Web services with Visual Studio Express 3:14
- Building a .NET Web service 6:55
- Calling a simple .NET Web service 5:12
- Sending arguments to a .NET Web service 4:09
- Sending a transfer object to a .NET Web Service 5:27
- Receiving a DataTable from a .NET Web service 6:08
- Receiving an array of objects from a .NET Web service 6:59
Conclusion
