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41. | Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2 By: Peter Armstrong Publisher: Manning Publications Publication Date: 23-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 24-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2
Flexible Rails is a unique, application-based guide for
using Ruby on Rails 2 and Adobe Flex 3 to build rich Internet
applications (RIAs). It is not an exhaustive Ruby on Rails or Flex
reference. Instead, it is an extensive tutorial in which the reader
builds multiple iterations of an interesting RIA using Flex and
Rails together.
Author Peter Armstrong walks readers through eleven iterations
in which the sample application--pomodo--is variously built,
refactored, debugged, sliced, diced and otherwise explored from
every conceivable angle with respect to Ruby on Rails and Adobe
Flex. The...
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42. | By: Jack D. Herrington; Emily Kim Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 24-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 06-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Getting Started with Flex 3
Discover how easy RIA development can be with this one-of-a-kind
handbook from the Adobe Developer Library. Several clear,
step-by-step mini-tutorials teach you about web services, event
handling, designing user interfaces with reusable components, and
more. After finishing this guide, you'll be able to build Flash
applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the
Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex
3, you will:
Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing
applications people have built with FlexWork with ActionScript 3.0 and the MXML...
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43. | Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 By: Juan Sanchez; Andy McIntosh Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 17-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 02-JUN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 Don’t settle for Flex’s boring,
standard user interface. Set your Flex applications apart with the
breakthrough skinning and programming techniques found in
Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0.
Leading Flex developers Juan Sanchez and Andy McIntosh show how to
build stunning Flex and AIR applications. You’ll learn how to
take a design and translate that design into Flex or AIR without
sacrificing fidelity, and how to apply state-of-the-art branding
that adds value to all your Flex applications, no matter what they
do or who you’re building them for.
Sanchez and McIntosh illuminate...
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44. | By: Chafic Kazoun; Joey Lott Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 19-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 15-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Programming Flex 3
If you want to try your hand at developing rich Internet
applications with Adobe's Flex 3, and already have experience with
frameworks such as .NET or Java, this is the ideal book to get you
started. Programming Flex 3 gives you a solid
understanding of Flex 3's core concepts, and valuable insight into
how, why, and when to use specific Flex features. Numerous examples
and sample code demonstrate ways to build complete, functional
applications for the Web, using the free Flex SDK, and RIAs for the
desktop, using Adobe AIR. This book is an excellent companion to
Adobe's Flex 3 reference...
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45. | By: Alaric Cole Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 16-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 04-APR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Learning Flex 3
How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique
hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right
away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex
within the first few chapters. As you progress, you learn how to
build a layout, add interactivity, work with data, and deploy your
applications to either the Web or the desktop.
Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are
clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric
Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to
fellow developers at Yahoo! You'll...
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46. | By: Joshua Noble; Todd Anderson Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 13-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Flex 3 Cookbook
The best way to showcase a powerful new technology is to
demonstrate its real-world results, and that's exactly what this
new Cookbook does with Adobe Flex 3.
Wide ranging and highly practical, Flex 3 Cookbook
contains more than 300 proven recipes for developing interactive
Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0 sites. You'll find
everything from Flex basics, to solutions for working with visual
components and data access, to tips on application development,
unit testing, and using Adobe AIR.
You also get ideas from the development community. Through its Flex
Cookbook website...
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47. | Agile Enterprise Application Development with Flex By: The EffectiveUI Team; Tony Hillerson Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 25-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 05-FEB-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Enterprise Application Development with Flex
This Short Cut takes a look at a set of tools and technologies that
work together to allow developers to build Rich Internet
Applications (RIAs) quickly and easily on top of proven enterprise
technologies that are traditionally associated with long, complex
development efforts.
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48. | Adobe® Flex™ 3: Training from the Source By: Jeff Tapper; Michael Labriola; Matthew Boles; James Talbot Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 27-MAR-2008 Insert Date: 16-OCT-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe® Flex™ 3: Training from the Source Part of the Adobe Training from the Source series, the official
curriculum from Adobe, developed by experienced trainers. Using
project-based tutorials, this book/CD volume is designed to teach
the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level
projects. Each book includes a CD that contains all the files used
in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. In the
course of the book, the reader will build several Web applications
using Flex Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. This
title covers the component framework for Rich Internet
Applications, Adobe...
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Flex Early Evaluation: Assessing Flex and Your Project Needs By:Â Anthony Franco; The EffectiveUI Team Publisher:Â O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date:Â 30-MAY-2007 Insert Date:Â 05-JUN-2007 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Flex Early Evaluation: Assessing Flex and Your Project Needs
Evaluating any new technology can be a challenge. This Short Cut is
designed to help web application developers (and their team
managers) understand if Flex is the right technology for their
company or client. Although the authors of this book have a strong
understanding of the Flex framework, this isn't a sales pitch for
Flex. The authors believe that Flex is a good tool to solve many
business problems, but it is not a cure-all.
After reading this material, you'll know what's good about Rich
Internet Applications. You'll know the capabilities of Flex 2, how
Flex works, and how much it...
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By:Â Roger Braunstein Publisher:Â O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date:Â 28-FEB-2007 Insert Date:Â 16-MAY-2007 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Introduction to Flex 2
This Short Cut is all about getting up and running with Adobe Flex
2; a perfect title would be "(Almost) Everything You've Ever Wanted
to Know about Flex 2 But Were Afraid to Ask." It consists of
conversational instruction, along with demonstrative examples, in
order to give developers an efficient grounding in how to get their
arms around using Flex 2. Especially helpful for those coming from
the Flex/AS/Flash universe, but also designed for those coming from
Java, .Net, and elsewhere.
Six small sections cover:
Quick background on Flex 2What's new in ActionScript 3.0How to use Flex right...
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51. | Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide By: Mike Chambers; Rob Dixon; Jeff Swartz Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 09-MAR-2007 Insert Date: 02-MAR-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide
Written by members of the Apollo product team, this is the official
guide to the Alpha release of Adobe Apollo, the new cross platform
desktop runtime from Adobe Labs.
Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide explains how
to build and deploy Flash-based Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
to the desktop using Adobe's Flex framework. This book describes
concisely how Apollo works, and offers numerous examples for those
who want to start building RIAs for the desktop right away.
Why put RIAs on the desktop? They're already supposed to offer the
responsiveness of desktop programs....
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52. | By: Chafic Kazoun; Joey Lott Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 16-APR-2007 Insert Date: 13-OCT-2006 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Programming Flex 2 Is there an easier way to build and deliver rich internet
applications (RIAs) other than the Flash IDE or Ajax? Absolutely.
With Adobe Flex 2, the Flex 2 SDK, and this book, you have all you
need to build RIAs. Programming Flex 2 offers you plenty of
practical and useful examples that reveal how and why to use a
particular feature of Flex 2, and when and when not to.As part of the Adobe Developer Library, Programming Flex 2 is
the authoritative guide to this new Adobe framework. You learn to
use a markup language called MXML and a vast library of
off-the-shelf and highly-configurable...
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53. | Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source By: Jeff Tapper; James Talbot; Matt Boles; Ben Elmore; Mike Labriola Publisher: Adobe Press Publication Date: 20-OCT-2006 Insert Date: 07-SEP-2006 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source Part of the Adobe Training from the Source series, the official
curriculum from Adobe, developed by experienced trainers. Using
project-based tutorials, this book/CD volume is designed to teach
the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level
projects. Each book includes a CD that contains all the files used
in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This title
covers the new development framework for Rich Internet
Applications, Adobe Flex 2. In the course of the book, the reader
will build several Web applications using Flex Builder and
incorporating MXML and...
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