"Effortless Flex 4 Development" Table of Contents

Effortless Flex 4 Development

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Fundamentals
  • Chapter 1: Building Flex Applications
    • A Survey of the Land
    • Basic MXML
    • Using Flash Builder
    • The Open Source Alternative
    • Creating Desktop Applications
    • Getting Help
  • Chapter 2: User Interface Basics
    • Things to Know
    • Customizing the Application
    • Simple Controls
    • Controlling the Layout
    • Creating Forms
    • Putting It All Together
  • Chapter 3: ActionScript You Need to Know
    • Data Binding
    • OOP Fundamentals
    • ActionScript and MXML
    • ActionScript Comments
    • Simple Data Types
    • Creating Functions
    • Looking Ahead: the Click Event
    • Control Structures
    • Arrays
    • Loops
    • Manipulating Components
    • Debugging Techniques
  • Chapter 4: Event Management
    • Fundamental Concepts
    • Inline Event Handling
    • Functions as Event Handlers
    • System Events
    • User Events
    • Managing Event Handlers with ActionScript
  • Part 2: Data and Communications
  • Chapter 5: Displaying Data
    • Representing Data
    • Providing Data to Components
    • ComboBox and DropDownList Components
    • The List Component
    • The DataGrid Component
  • Chapter 6: Manipulating Data
    • Using Label Functions
    • Item Renderers
    • Changing the Editor
    • The DataGroup Component
    • Formatting Data
    • Validating Data
  • Chapter 7: Common Data Formats
    • The Client-Server Relationship
    • Four Data Formats
    • Data Formats in PHP
    • Data Types in ActionScript
    • Debugging
  • Chapter 8: Using Simple Services
    • Flash Security Model
    • Setting Up a Local Environment
    • Creating the PHP Scripts
    • Flex Networking Components
    • The HTTPService Component
    • Sending Data to a Server
    • Flash Builder Data Wizards
    • Using the Network Monitor
  • Chapter 9: Using Complex Services
    • Connecting to Web Services
    • Setting Up the Local Environment
    • Using RPC
    • Data Management in Flash Builder
    • Data Paging
    • Creating Value Objects
    • Adding Authentication
  • Part 3: Application Development
  • Chapter 10: Creating Custom Code
    • Simple Custom Components
    • A Wee Bit More OOP
    • Using ActionScript in Components
    • Custom Events
    • Creating a Custom Editor
  • Chapter 11: Improving the User Experience
    • Establishing Menus
    • Adding Navigation
    • Using View States
    • Adding Deep Linking
    • More on ToolTips
  • Chapter 12: Alerts and Popups
    • Working with Alerts
    • Creating Popup Windows
    • Communicating Between Windows
  • Chapter 13: Improving the Appearance
    • Creating Graphics
    • Styling Applications
    • Skinning Applications
    • Working with Fonts
    • Using Themes