Advanced Flex 3 Training

Date		Location
14th Dec, 2009		Webucator Webinar		[Register]

Advanced Flex Training Class Overview

In this Adobe Flex training class, students will learn the advanced features of Adobe Flex to create sophisticated rich internet applications.

Advanced Flex Training Class Goals

• Learn about navigation in Flex 3 applications
• Learn to use Formatters and Validators
• Learn to use the History Manager
• Learn to customize the look and feel of a Flex 3 application
• Learn to work with server-side objects
• Learn to visualize data
• Learn to create transitions and behaviors

Advanced Flex Training Class Outline

1. Implementing Navigation
   1. Introducing Navigation
   2. Using a TabNavigator in the DataEntry Application
   3. Adding a Home Page and Checkout Page in the E-Commerce Application
   4. Creating the First Step of the Checkout Process Displayed by a ViewStack
   5. Completing the Checkout Process Using the ViewStack
   6. What You Have Learned
2. Using Formatters and Validators
   1. Introducing Formatters and Validators
   2. Using a Formatter Class to Display Currency Information in the E-Commerce Application
   3. Using Validator Classes
   4. Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 1)
   5. Using Regular Expressions to Validate Data (Part 2)
   6. Building a Custom Validator Class
   7. What You Have Learned
3. Implementing History Management and Deep Linking
   1. Introducing History Management
   2. Implementing History Management within a Navigator Container
   3. Building a Custom History Manager
   4. Introducing Deep Linking
   5. What You Have Learned
4. Customizing the Look and Feel of a Flex 3 Application
   1. Applying a Design with Styles and Skins
   2. Applying Styles
   3. Changing CSS at Runtime
   4. Skinning Components
   5. What You Have Learned
5. Accessing Server-Side Objects
   1. Uploading Files to the Server
   2. Using RemoteObject to Save an Order
   3. Mapping ActionScript Objects to Server Objects
   4. The Flex 3 Builder Data Wizards
   5. What You Have Learned
6. Visualizing Data
   1. Exploring Flex 3 Charting Components
   2. Laying Out Initial Charts
   3. Populating Charts
   4. Adding Legends to Charts
   5. Limiting the Labels Shown on an Axis
   6. Interacting with Charts
   7. Adding Chart Events
   8. Adding Animations to Charts
   9. Customizing Chart Appearance with Styles
   10. What You Have Learned
7. Creating Modular Applications
   1. Introducing Modular Applications in Flex 3
   2. Using Flex Modules
   3. Understanding Runtime Shared Libraries (RSLs)
   4. Using the Flex Framework RSL Caching
   5. Creating a Library Project
   6. What You Have Learned
8. Deploying Flex Applications
   1. Compiling a Deployment Version of Your Application
   2. Breaking Out of the Browser with the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
   3. Creating an AIR Application
   4. What You Have Learned
9. Creating Transitions and Behaviors
   1. Introducing Behaviors and Transitions
   2. Implementing Effects on a Component
   3. Adding Effects to View States
   4. What You Have Learned

Advanced Flex Training Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Experience with Flex as taught in Webucator's introductory and intermediate courses.

Advanced Flex Training Class Materials

Each student will receive a copy of Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source by Jeff Tapper , Mike Labriola , Matt Boles and James Talbot, which will serve as a guide for the class.

Class Technical Requirements

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