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| Publisher: | Wiley |
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Editorial Reviews
Flex your development muscles with this hefty guide
Write programs using familiar workflows, deliver rich applications for Web or desktop, and integrate with a variety of application servers using ColdFusion, PHP, and others-all with the new Flex Builder 3 toolkit and the comprehensive tutorials in this packed reference. You'll learn the basics of Flex 3, then quickly start using MXML, ActionScript, CSS, and other tools to create applications that can run on any browser or operating system.
- Install and learn how to use Flex Builder 3
- Explore MXML, ActionScript 3, and the anatomy of a Flex application
- Lay out Flex controls and containers, and use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to create look and feel
- Incorporate Advanced List controls, Flex charting components, and data entry forms
- Integrate your Flex applications with a variety of application servers
- Create cross-operating system desktop applications with Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
Companion Web Site
Visit www.wiley.com/go/flex3 to access code files for the projects in the book.
Customer Reviews
Amanda Machutta "Spi @ 2009-03-19 Very well-rounded book
I purchased this book about a week ago and am very pleased with it. I actually sat at Borders with 3 different Flex 3 books and flipped through them all to see which ones would fit my needs. this was the cheapest of the 3, and also the most thorough. I'm a flex 2 developer who was looking for a good trainer on Flex3 as well as more advanced and indepth information on the framework itself. This book is great for just that. I don't know if I would recommend it to a new developer - probably a book sectioned by lessons and hands on stuff would be better for you, but if you are already a seasoned developer who is looking for MORE, this book will fit ur needs.
Only downside I did find with this book is it is FILLED with typos. Luckily they aren't in areas that are too damaging or cause the material to be overly confusing if you already know what you are doing.
Amanda
Only downside I did find with this book is it is FILLED with typos. Luckily they aren't in areas that are too damaging or cause the material to be overly confusing if you already know what you are doing.
Amanda
Larry Gerndt @ 2009-10-20 Very well written
Today I finished this book, so now I can write the review I wanted to write after reading only a few chapters. Because early on, the reader begins to sense that this book is very well written. The author takes great care to cover all the relevant material, including a lot of interesting things you just won't pick up automatically by "just doing it". Here are my high points:
1) The writing is top notch--both in terms of grammar and conciseness, plus a seemingly sincere care for educating the reader. And virtually no typo's.
2) The book isn't bloated by excessive code listings. Instead, just a few lines of code or a very small complete code example gets the job done.
3) The coverage is very good.
The main thing I think we all want in a technical book of this size is at least some assurance that it's not going to be a waste of our time. I feel confident in giving you that assurance about this book. Admittedly, for me it's a relief to be done reading it, but I'm very glad I did.
1) The writing is top notch--both in terms of grammar and conciseness, plus a seemingly sincere care for educating the reader. And virtually no typo's.
2) The book isn't bloated by excessive code listings. Instead, just a few lines of code or a very small complete code example gets the job done.
3) The coverage is very good.
The main thing I think we all want in a technical book of this size is at least some assurance that it's not going to be a waste of our time. I feel confident in giving you that assurance about this book. Admittedly, for me it's a relief to be done reading it, but I'm very glad I did.
Nicholas Sardo @ 2009-05-28 Good overview of Flex
I do professional Flex Development, and have a penchant for accumulating multiple books for subjects that interest me. I found this book to be a good overview of Flex. It adequately covers all the various aspects of Flex development, and even has coverage of using various back-ends for Flex.
I would recommend it for beginning to Intermediate Flex users as a good addition to their library's.
I would recommend it for beginning to Intermediate Flex users as a good addition to their library's.
R. Chambers "ice9_us @ 2008-10-06 Fair reference but not for learning
my Star Rating is between the 3 and 4...
This book is a good tool for quick lookups on some data.. Not kidding.. Great reference tool.
If your fairly new it isn't going to help you out at all. It isn't written for a beginner. I will say that I would like to see the next edition of this book have a few details about data. I read a lot about arrays and xml type information, but the hardest thing to figure out was getting to my data(really understanding what i was doing). I could see it in the debugger, but just didn't REALLY understand how to access it... I would like to see more info on that in the flex books in general. This book is NOT the only one missing that data..
For example.. When you build a data grid.. The books reads click here.. And you move on...
I would like to see it simplified...
Click data grid - > it makes an event and does other magic stuff...
To get to your data you access all data via:
event.target.selectedItem.HostName
Example:
Build data grid example... click on a row
trace(event.target.selectedItem.HostName);
Look at the console and you should see the hostname printed out.
That is a very raw example, but when I figured out how to do that.. I started to figure out how to work with the data I was getting back.. Now I am moving right along.. I can/could not find that info ANYwhere..
I would also like some examples on working to customize the datagrid... Like.. Making the background or text a color if a string matches abc.... Things like that.. I am just now learning action script, so I have no clue on how to do that.. Having simple examples to show me how to do little stuff like that would be great..
This book is a good tool for quick lookups on some data.. Not kidding.. Great reference tool.
If your fairly new it isn't going to help you out at all. It isn't written for a beginner. I will say that I would like to see the next edition of this book have a few details about data. I read a lot about arrays and xml type information, but the hardest thing to figure out was getting to my data(really understanding what i was doing). I could see it in the debugger, but just didn't REALLY understand how to access it... I would like to see more info on that in the flex books in general. This book is NOT the only one missing that data..
For example.. When you build a data grid.. The books reads click here.. And you move on...
I would like to see it simplified...
Click data grid - > it makes an event and does other magic stuff...
To get to your data you access all data via:
event.target.selectedItem.HostName
Example:
Build data grid example... click on a row
trace(event.target.selectedItem.HostName);
Look at the console and you should see the hostname printed out.
That is a very raw example, but when I figured out how to do that.. I started to figure out how to work with the data I was getting back.. Now I am moving right along.. I can/could not find that info ANYwhere..
I would also like some examples on working to customize the datagrid... Like.. Making the background or text a color if a string matches abc.... Things like that.. I am just now learning action script, so I have no clue on how to do that.. Having simple examples to show me how to do little stuff like that would be great..
J. Schnier @ 2009-12-12 Excellent book
I know Flash well but Flex only a bit. This book covers everything one needs to know in a manner easily understandable. As for all these books it is recommended to have a basic knowledge of Actionscript 3.
WRH @ 2009-11-24 Always Refering Back for More Information
This very thorough book on Flex 3 has almost everything you want, when it doesn't you are going to the documentation from Adobe. But when I am looking for something I don't know or understand this is the first book I pick up and start looking in.
Rosemary @ 2009-05-14 Concise and clear
I just started reading this book, it explains the topics clearly, a good book , very well writed, worth it's price.
B. Tellez @ 2009-03-31 Awesomeness!
Great Book, I bought this right after reading Visual Quickstart Guide for Actionscript 3 and it was perfect for me as a beginner to Flex. I highly recommend this book to any beginner who is familiar with ActionScript3.
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