Mike Jones
Session
Session coming soon
Workshop
AS3 Veteran to Flex 4 Hero
If you spend most of your day working with ActionScript 3.0 and want to extend your skill set to Flex but have only kicked the tyres, then this for you.
This workshop focuses on the things that you, as a professional developer, need to know to get you up and running with Flex 4.
What Will You Get From This Workshop?
You'll end the day with a firm working knowledge of:
The Flex framework
- Framework life-cycle
- Working with view states
- Utilizing the Flex events
- The benefits of Collections and Vectors
- Enhancing interaction with effects
- Working with remote data
The Component life-cycle
- How to create your own components
- Skinning and styling with FXG and Spark
- Integrating Flash Professional & Flash Catalyst in your workflow
We'll also be looking at how to use the Debugger, Profiler and Network Monitor in Flash Builder 4 to kill those bugs in a timely and efficient manner.
What Prerequisite Skills Do You Need?
- Good working knowledge of ActionScript 3.0
What Hardware / Software Do You Need?
- Laptop (with wifi)
- Flash Builder 4
- Flash Professional CS5
- Flash Catalyst