Staying on the cutting edge of web application development can mean the difference between scoring that next job or not. In Flex 4 SDK and Flash Builder 4 Beta Preview, developer and Adobe Certified Instructor David Gassner describes how to get started with the Flex 4 SDK, and gives a tour of the new Flash Builder 4 (formally known as Flex Builder). David walks through Flash Builder 4's installation and deployment options, and highlights its important features, including working with Spark text controls in the Flex 4 SDK and creating Flash components in Flash Builder 4.
Course Flex 4 SDK and Flash Builder 4 Beta Preview
Author David Gassner
SKU
ISBN
Release Date 2009-06-17
Duration 1.41 hrs / 30 tutorials
Work files No
Price $ 49.95
Retail price $ 99.95
Language
Tags Web Development, Flex
 
1. Creating Flex 4 Applications
Getting and installing Flash Builder 4 02:36
Creating a new Flex project and selecting an SDK 03:59
Exploring the new web deployment files 01:19
Selecting a project theme 03:09
2. Using Flex 4 SDK New Features
Using the new MXML namespaces and language elements 05:08
Setting the application's layout property 04:27
Using Spark text controls 05:25
Working with the new view state syntax 06:25
Using Spark Group components 04:16
Using two-way bindings 02:26
3. Using Flash Builder 4 New Features
Using the Package Explorer view 03:27
Moving and refactoring components and classes 03:18
Generating setter and getter functions 02:08
Generating event handlers 03:13
Creating Flash components 06:12
Using the new debugging features 03:45
Customizing file templates 02:37
4. Working with Styles and Skins
Using namespaces in Cascading Style Sheets 03:21
Using CSS ID and descendant selectors 03:24
Declaring FXG graphics in MXML 03:52
Skinning a Spark component 06:46
Exporting an FXG graphic from Illustrator 01:18
Embedding FXG graphics in a Flex application 03:44
5. Working with Data and Services
Creating a server project 02:51
Defining a data service 02:33
Setting the return data type 01:47
Binding data to a visual control 01:42
Conclusion
Goodbye 00:29

 
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