Adobe Flex 3.0 For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part I: Introducing Flex 7

Chapter 1: Getting to Know Flex 9

Chapter 2: Building Your First Flex Application 17

Chapter 3: Flexing Your Muscle with MXML and ActionScript 27

Part II: Using Flex Builder (The Flex IDE) 51

Chapter 4: Flex Builder: The Best Flex Development Tool 53

Chapter 5: Introducing Flex Builder for Developers 75

Chapter 6: Visually Designing Applications in Flex Builder  101

Part III: The Flex Framework and Charting Components 127

Chapter 7: Simple User Interface Controls 129

Chapter 8: Data-Aware User Interface Controls 157

Chapter 9: Forms, Format ters, and Validators 189

Chapter 10: Containers and Navigators 219

Chapter 11: Char ting Components 253

Part IV: Working with Data in Flex 283

Chapter 12: The Power of Data Binding 285

Chapter 13: Working with Data Collections 297

Chapter 14: Working with Remote Data 309

Part V: Exploring Advanced Flex Topics 321

Chapter 15: Working with Managers We Actually Love 323

Chapter 16: Custom Components and Component Architecture 333

Chapter 17: Understanding States and Effects 347

Chapter 18: Styling and Skinning Flex Components 363

Part VI: The Part of Tens 381

Chapter 19: Ten Open-Source Flex Libraries 383

Chapter 20: Ten Flex Resources 391

Index 397