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Adobe® Flex® 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1

Adobe® Flex® 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1
By: Michael Labriola; Jeff Tapper; Matthew Boles
Publisher: Adobe Press
Pub. Date: May 06, 2010
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-66050-1
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-66050-3
Web ISBN-10: 0-321-68426-5
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-321-68426-4
Pages in Print Edition: 504
Subscriber Rating: [4 Ratings] Subscriber Reviews

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This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

Adobe Flex: Training from the Source is the best-selling and most trusted resource for learning about Adobe Flex. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware, this book/CD uses project-based tutorials, and is designed to teach beginning Flex developers the details of building and architecting real-world rich internet applications using Flash Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. The book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This latest edition includes complete coverage of New Flex 4 features such as the Spark Component model, Advanced Skinning, Component Creation, and much more.

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"Brief review" - by Travis on 22-JUN-2010
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@Mark Fox - on the extras tab, it's a zip file.

I got about half way through Flex 3 TFS which was very good also. In this book, I've noticed a few mistakes and some parts where the book was not updated for flex 4. A couple examples would be referencing <mx:Application> when it should say <s:Application> and some of the screen shots are of flex builder 3, not flash builder 4. I've only just begun the book but it's just like it's predecessor so I'm sure it will be good, save the mistakes.
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"Coming along nicely…" - by Mark Fox on 11-JUL-2010
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As I've worked through this book I've found it a good resource to learning Flex 4 leveraging my previous experience developing pure AS3 projects with Flex Builder (now Flash Builder).

The authors do a good job of pacing and structuring the book to keep the reader engaged. Sometimes they get a little verbose but I suppose they have to — I tend to skim most books on programming because I can't ingest large linear chunks of info. The book does a good job of calling out important tidbits for readers like me.

Initially I was frustrated/concerned because the book is written with the understanding that you may want to get at certain example files located seemingly only on the CD that comes with the print copy — however I have found that these example files are not totally required to follow along the lessons. Early lessons it's fairly painless just to copy and paste code right from the book. However, later lessons don't always give full source but as someone with previous Flash/Flex experience I was able to just read straight and grasp the concepts without compiling anything. I would say this is the one major drawback to reading this book through Safari Books Online though.
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