Master these skills and flex your development muscles
Deliver rich applications for the Web or desktop with Adobe's new Flash Builder 4 integrated development environment, Flex 4, and the comprehensive tutorials in this packed guide. You'll first get up to speed on Flex basics and Flash Builder 4's new development tools. From there, learn how to use Flex 4's new Spark component skinning capability, deploy desktop apps with AIR, model and manage data, integrate your app with popular application servers, and much more!
Understand the differences between Flex and Flash development
Master Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 fundamentals
Create and use custom MXML components in a Flex application
Work with text, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and layout containers
Integrate your Flex apps with BlazeDS, Java, ColdFusion, and PHP
Create cross–operating system desktop applications with AIR
Companion Web Site
Access code files for all projects inthe book, as well as additional information, useful links, and more from www.wiley.com/go/flex4.
David Gassner
is the President of Bardo Technical Services, an Adobe Solutions Network Training Provider. He holds Adobe developer certifications in Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, Flash, and Dreamweaver. He is the author of Flex 3 Bible
(Wiley) and of technical training videos from lynda.com on Adobe Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, and Dreamweaver. He is also a regular contributor to Adobe Systems' Certified Courseware for Flex.
'A complete, clear and useful text from the beginner to the more expert user.' – Programmazione.it; Sept, 2011