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Day 1: Flex basics

Introducing Adobe Flex 4

  1. Introducing Flex and the Adobe Flash Platform (FLV, 5.6 MB)
  2. Incorporating Flex into the client/server world (FLV, 2.5 MB)

Setting up Flash Builder

  1. Exploring Flash Builder and Flash Player (FLV, 7.6 MB)
  2. Using Flash Builder (FLV, 37.9 MB)
  3. Compiling and viewing the application (FLV, 26.5 MB)

Building a data-driven Flex application

  1. Understanding namespaces (FLV, 20.9 MB)
  2. Introducing Flex components and controls (FLV, 34.4 MB)
  3. Laying out a form in Design mode  (FLV, 21.7 MB)
  4. Introducing styling and skinning (FLV, 15.4 MB)
  5. Understanding data binding (FLV, 9.8 MB)
  6. Requesting and retrieving XML data from the server (FLV, 37.4 MB)

Organizing visual elements and code

  1. Laying out components in containers (FLV, 46.4 MB)
  2. Adding scrollbars (FLV, 10.6 MB)
  3. Implementing OOP concepts in Flex  (FLV, 88.6 MB)

Day 2: Event and data basics

Understanding event-driven development

  1. Implementing event handlers (FLV, 23.6 MB)
  2. Understanding the event object and bubbling (FLV, 27.4 MB)
  3. Adding event listeners with ActionScript (FLV, 10.3 MB)

Retrieving remote data

  1. Introducing ArrayCollection and other data types  (FLV, 18.2 MB)
  2. Verifying data retrieval with Debugger and Network Monitor (FLV, 12.4 MB)
  3. Introducing RPC  (FLV, 11.2 MB)
  4. Retrieving and handling data using HTTPService  (FLV, 16.8 MB)
  5. Retrieving and handling data using WebService  (FLV, 29.6 MB)
  6. Retrieving and handling data using RemoteObject (FLV, 23.1 MB)

Creating a typed data model

  1. Introducing the MVC pattern (FLV, 25.1 MB)
  2. Programming ActionScript classes (FLV, 38.2 MB)
  3. Implementing a value object and a typed data model (FLV, 17.1 MB)
  4. Generating value objects using Flash Builder data services (FLV, 18.3 MB)

Day 3: Data handling and manipulation

Extending events

  1. Creating an event type and dispatching the event object (FLV, 23.8 MB)
  2. Extending the Event class to pass data in the event object (FLV, 32.9 MB)
  3. Dispatching a value object from the custom component (FLV, 33.3 MB)

Sending remote data

  1. Making a server request using HTTPService (FLV, 22.8 MB)
  2. Making a server request using WebService (FLV, 12.1 MB)
  3. Making a server request using RemoteObject  (FLV, 12.9 MB)

Validating and formatting data

  1. Using formatters (FLV, 16.6 MB)
  2. Validating form data (FLV, 22.9 MB)

Learning more about handling data

  1. Implementing two-way binding (FLV, 12.4 MB)
  2. Using the Flash Builder data wizard (FLV, 9.1 MB)

Day 4: Page layout and animation

Displaying data with the DataGroup container

  1. Representing data in default item renderers (FLV, 17.7 MB)
  2. Creating a custom item renderer (FLV, 16.5 MB)

Displaying data with List-based control

  1. Implementing a Spark item renderer in List-based controls (FLV, 5.6 MB)
  2. Creating and formatting the DataGrid control (FLV, 21.5 MB)
  3. Creating item renderers and item editors (FLV, 34.4 MB)

Creating and navigating "pages" in a UI

  1. Understanding navigator containers (FLV, 15.1 MB)
  2. Creating "pages" with Flex states (FLV, 25.2 MB)
  3. Laying out an application (FLV, 26.9 MB)
  4. Using constraints to control component layout  (FLV, 16.6 MB)

Animating components and states

  1. Animating components with effects (FLV, 19.8 MB)
  2. Animating states with transitions (FLV, 34.8 MB)

Day 5: Adding visual appeal

Controlling text display

  1. Introducing the text controls (FLV, 22.3 MB)
  2. Using the Text Layout Framework (FLV, 26.0 MB)

Styling the visual display

  1. Defining styles in CSS (FLV, 14.1 MB)
  2. Introducing advanced CSS selectors (FLV, 14.0 MB)

Skinning Spark components

  1. Introducing skinning (FLV, 21.0 MB)
  2. Drawing with MXML graphics (FLV, 7.8 MB)
  3. Creating custom skin properties (FLV, 16.3 MB)
  4. Implementing skin parts (FLV, 17.4 MB)
  5. Implementing skin states (FLV, 18.9 MB)
  6. Skinning the SkinnableDataGroup container (FLV, 13.8 MB)

Skinning Flex applications with Adobe Flash Catalyst

  1. Part 1: Creating skins and components in Flash Catalyst  (FLV, 88.1 MB)
  2. Part 2: Modifying a Flash Catalyst project with Flash Builder (FLV, 24.7 MB)
  3. Part 3: Working with Flex Project Libraries (FXPL)  (FLV, 29.3 MB)

Deploying Flex and Adobe AIR applications

  1. Creating a production build (FLV, 4.7 MB)
  2. Creating an Adobe AIR application (FLV, 16.2 MB)
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