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Flex 3 is the next generation of a technology that revolutionized web applications. It is the next evolutionary step of Flash, which has grown from a web animation medium to a powerful enterprise web design and development platform. With nearly 98% of all web browsers, and a growing number of mobile devices, running Flash Player, a knowledge of Flex is indispensible for any serious web developer.

This book will show you how to create powerful Rich Internet Applications using Flex 3. After learning how to install and becoming familiar with the basics of the Flex Builder 3 software, you will explore in depth how the Flash scripting language, ActionScript 3.0, interacts with Flex’s powerful XML-like design language: MXML.

You’ll learn how to construct your applications using layout and navigation containers, and how to move between various states using transitions. There is coverage of how best to plan your applications and use the Model-View-Controller pattern to keep various aspects of development separated and ease creation of potentially complicated projects.

Rich Internet Applications rely on data, and this book shows how to bring data from various sources into your Flex application and check its integrity, and how best to display and interact with it.

Going farther, applications built for the Flash platform can now exist and function beyond the traditional confines of the web browser. Adobe AIR allows you to take your applications to the desktop, and this book shows how to reapply your Flex skills to take advantage of this new environment.

The Essential Guide to Flex 3 takes you through all the powerful features of Flex using a series of stand-alone, practical exercises. The skills acquired throughout the book are then brought together in the form of a full-featured case study application showcasing essential techniques that can easily be applied to your own Flex applications.
In this book you’ll

* Learn how to create powerful applications using Adobe Flex 3
* Use Flex Builder to design layouts using Flex MXML containers, and see how to combine MXML and ActionScript 3.0
* Work your way through a full-featured case study, building a complete Flex application
* Connect Flex to the ColdFusion application server, creating Flex applications powered by dynamic server-side code
* Take your web applications to the desktop using Adobe AIR

Summary of Contents

* Chapter 1: Flex Basics
* Chapter 2: Flex and Flex Builder 3
* Chapter 3: ActionScript
* Chapter 4: Containers
* Chapter 5: Events and Components
* Chapter 6: Flex and XML
* Chapter 7: Formatting and Cascading Style Sheets
* Chapter 8: The Repeater Component
* Chapter 9: Drag and Drop
* Chapter 10: Case Study: Part 1
* Chapter 11: Case Study: Part 2
* Chapter 12: Flex and Data
* Chapter 13: Printing
* Chapter 14: Charting
* Chapter 15: Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)

Published: 26th May 2008
ISBN-10: 1-59059-950-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-950-1
600 Pages

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As a competent Flash designer, you’re probably comfortable with all of the basics that Flash has to offer. However, you’ve probably looked at some of the amazing Flash sites on the web and thought, “How’d they do that?” Well, you’ll find out in this book.

Flash allows users to create some amazing interactive interfaces to interact with Rich Internet Applications, eLearning systems, and simple web sites. In this book, two of the most talented Flash designers in the world will show you how to use them effectively to create breathtaking visuals for your Flash web sites. You’ll also learn how to take advantage of Flash’s powerful built-in vector-based drawing tools.

The authors discuss general background theory, such as site planning, color theory, and Information architecture. They reveal techniques using gradents, layers, lighting and shadowing, 3D objects, animation, and photo editing. Techniques are illustrated and the book concludes with a discussion of usability and final tweaks. There is also a tutorial on testing your work, and exporting and finally publishing it.

Summary of contents:

* Chapter 1 Flash Overview
* Chapter 2 Creating Usable and Innovative Experiences
* Chapter 3 Interface Designers’ Guide to Color
* Chapter 4 Planning Your Interface Design
* Chapter 5 Vector Drawing and Effects in Flash and Illustrator
* Chapter 6 Understanding the Timeline and Layers
* Chapter 7 Working with 3D Vectors
* Chapter 8 Using Video in Flash
* Chapter 9 Photoshop Techniques
* Chapter 10 Moving from Photoshop to Flash and Effective PNGs
* Chapter 11 Creating Animated Effects
* Chapter 12 Flash Textures
* Chapter 13 Photo Editing in Photoshop and Flash
* Chapter 14 Finishing Off Your Site

Published: 8th May 2006
ISBN-10: 1-59059-555-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-555-8
360 Pages

AdvancED Flash Interface Design
By Michael Kemper, Brian Monnone, Guido Rosso

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With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a “political process that is broken” and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people.

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