Flex 3: A Beginner's Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 274 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition March 21, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0071544186
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0071544184
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description


Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Learn to program with Flex 3, the powerful tool for building multimedia-rich, interactive Flash applications for the Web. Flex 3: A Beginner's Guide is an easy-to-follow, fast-paced tutorial that allows you to fully grasp the fundamentals, including MXML, ActionScript, Flex Builder, states, transitions, and behaviors. You'll learn how to customize your applications with styles, skins, and themes; access remote data using the XML HTTP Service Request; profile and debug your applications; and manage media assets.

Designed for Easy Learning

• Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Experts--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This--Short, hands-on exercises to practice your skills
• Notes--Bonus information related to the topic being covered
• Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Cautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoid
• Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

About The Author


Michele E. Davis is a technology writer and author or coauthor of more than 17 computer books. She consults as an instructional designer, trainer, and technical writer for Fortune 500 companies including General Mills, ACS, Whirlpool, Best Buy and many others.

Jon A. Phillips designs custom Web solutions and consults as a functional software developer for clients such as the University of Minnesota, Fisher-Rosemount, Lockheed-Martin, and Kinetic Data. He has worked with numerous databases, including Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL for more than 14 years. Phillips has coauthored five technology books with Michele Davis.

Reader Reviews
I am not sure who this book is intended for, a beginner to Flex will not be able to learn Flex from this book. Maybe a manager can get some good overview but even that would be a lot of useless knowledge for a couple of keys features and abilities. Save your money and find a different book that will teach you Flex.