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简介 Book Description
Flex is a very powerful and versatile technology for creating web
application front-ends. But what every good web application needs is a
robust data source, be it XML, or a database. Flex is very adaptable in
terms of connecting to data sources, and that is the main focus of this
book. In Foundation Flex for Developers, Sas Jacobs assumes that you’ve
got the basics of Flex down already, and explores in detail how to
create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications. In the
first half of the book, she starts off with a brief exploration of Flex
and ActionScript 3.0, before looking at application essentials in
detailcreating custom components, user and web browser interactions,
binding, formatting, and validating data, debugging, and more. In the
second half of the book, the focus is on connecting Flex to data
sources, and covers XML, Flex Data Services, PHP, ASP.NET, and
ColdFusion in detail, via a series of step-by-step case studies.
- Covers Flex application basics
- Covers connecting Flex 2 and Flex 3 to a variety of Data Sources
- Includes several complete case studies.
What youll learn:
- How to create custom components
- How to handle user and web browser interactions
- How to debug Flex 2 applications
- How to bind, format, and validate data
- How to load and write external content
- The essentials of XML, and working with it in Flex 2, including E4X
- The essentials of Flex Data Services
- How to build up data-driven Flex 2 applications with PHP, ASP.NET,
and ColdFusion backends
Who is this book for? This book is for any Flex developer who knows the
basics of building Flex UIs, and wants to learn how to connect their
applications to data sources.
目录 Summary of contents
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
About the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
About the Cover Image Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
PART 1 FLEX APPLICATION BASICS
Chapter 1 Introduction to Flex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 Working with ActionScript 3.0 in Flex 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3 Creating Custom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 4 Interacting with Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 5 Interacting with the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 6 Working with Data in Flex Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 7 Introduction to XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Chapter 8 Using XML in Flex Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chapter 9 Flex Data-Driven Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Chapter 10 Debugging Flex Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
PART 2 DATA-DRIVEN APPLICATIONS
Chapter 11 XML Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Chapter 12 ColdFusion Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Chapter 13 ASP.NET Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Chapter 14 PHP Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
PART 3 LIVECYCLE DATA SERVICES
Chapter 15 Introduction to LiveCycle Data Services . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Chapter 16 LiveCycle Data Services Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
作者 About the Author
Sas Jacobs is a web developer who set up her own business, Anything Is
Possible, in 1994, working in the areas of web development, IT training,
and technical writing. The business works with large and small clients
building web applications with .NET, Flash, XML, and databases.
Sas has spoken at such conferences as Flashforward, webDU (previously
known as MXDU), and FlashKit on topics related to XML and dynamic
content in Flash. She is also the author of books about Flash and XML.
In her spare time, Sas is passionate about traveling, photography, running,
and enjoying life.
Koen De Weggheleire is a faculty member of the Technical University
of West-Flanders (HOWEST), department PIH-Multimedia and
Communication Technology (MCT) in Belgium, where he teaches Flash
Platform Solutions (Flash, Flex, AIR) with a smile. As the Adobe User
Group Manager for Belgium (www.adobeusergroup.be), Koen is heavily
addicted to the community and inspires the community by his blog
(www.newmovieclip.com) and by speaking at national and international
industry events. Koen also coordinates the yearly Belgian multimedia
conference, Multi-Mania (www.multi-mania.be), where 800 people
come together to learn from industry experts and to share knowledge.
When he has time, you can find Koen doing freelance Flash platform consultancy on advanced
award-winning Rich Internet Applications.
Sometimes it happens that Koen is not talking ActionScript. Then you can find him producing
music, collecting Adobe gadgets, eating pizza, or renovating his 100-year-old house.
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