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简介 Book Description:
New Web applications require engaging user-friendly interfaces-and the cooler, the better. With Flex 3, Web developers at any skill level can create high-quality, effective, and interactive Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) quickly and easily. Flex removes the complexity barrier from RIA development by offering sophisticated tools and a straightforward programming language so you can focus on what you want to do instead of how to do it. And now that the major components of Flex are free and open source, the cost barrier is gone, as well!
Flex 3 in Action is an easy-to-follow, hands-on Flex tutorial. Chock full of examples, this book goes beyond feature coverage and helps you put Flex to work in real day-to-day tasks. You'll quickly master the Flex API and learn to apply the techniques that make your Flex applications stand out from the crowd. Interesting themes, styles, and skins? It's in there. Working with databases? You got it. Interactive forms and validation? You bet. Charting techniques to help you visualize data? Bam! The expert authors of Flex 3 in Action have one goal - to help you get down to business with Flex 3. Fast.
Many Flex books are overwhelming to new users-focusing on the complexities of the language and the super-specialized subjects in the Flex eco-system; Flex 3 in Action filters out the noise and dives into on the core topics you need every day. Using numerous easy-to-understand examples, Flex 3 In Action gives you a strong foundation that you can build on as the compexity of your projects increases.

目录 Summary of Contents
PART 1 APPLICATION BASICS
1 Introduction to Flex
2 Getting started
3 Working with ActionScript
4 Layout and containers
5 Displaying forms and capturing user input
6 Validating user input
7 Formatting data
8 DataGrids, lists, and trees
9 List customization
PART 2 APPLICATION FLOW AND STRUCTURE
10 Events
11 Application navigation
12 Introduction to pop-ups
13 View states
14 Working with data services
15 Working with XML
16 Objects and classes
17 Custom components
18 Advanced reusability in Flex
PART 3 THE FINISHING TOUCHES
19 Customizing the experience
20 Working with effects
21 Drag-and-drop
22 Charting
23 Debugging and testing
24 Wrapping up a project

关于作者 About the Author
Tariq Ahmed is an accomplished web application pioneer having introduced next-generation web technologies to companies such as Bell Canada and Reuters. He and Jon Hirschi were first to introduce eBay to Adobe Flex which then later proliferated to other teams. As an Adobe Flex Community Expert, Tariq has been evangelizing the technology and supporting the community through various projects and is particularly known for his Community Flex (CFLEX.Net) site.

Jon Hirschi has been innovating with Flex since its first version. As an Adobe Flex Community Expert, he's been sharing his expert-level knowledge through his personal blog, technology magazine articles, and user groups. Jon was not only involved in the introduction of Flex at eBay, but also in the continuance of it via a cutting-edge command center that allows eBay to manage its services.

Faisal Abid is a software engineering student in Toronto, Canada, and runs his own RIA consulting company (G-uniX Technologies). He's written RIA solutions for various clients including internet startups Buzzspot and RazorCom. Faisal's community involvement includes numerous articles for magazines, and he is known for his experiments with technology.

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