If you want to use Adobe Flex to build production-quality Rich Internet Applications for the enterprise, this groundbreaking book shows you exactly what's required. You'll learn efficient techniques and best practices, and compare several frameworks and tools available for RIA development -- well beyond anything you'll find in Flex tutorials and product documentation. Through many practical examples, the authors impart their considerable experience to help you overcome challenges during your project's life cycle.
Enterprise Development with Flex also suggests proper tools and methodologies, guidelines for determining the skill sets required for the project, and much more.
<ul>
<li>Choose among several frameworks to build Flex applications, including Cairngorm, PureMVC, Mate, and Clear Toolkit</li>
<li>Apply selected design patterns with Flex</li>
<li>Learn how to extend the Flex framework and build your own component library</li>
<li>Develop a sample AIR application that automatically synchronizes local and remote databases to support your sales force</li>
<li>Get solutions for leveraging AMF protocol and synchronizing Flex client data modifications with BlazeDS-based servers</li>
<li>Determine the actual performance of your application and improve its efficiency</li>
</ul>

Enterprise Development with Flex: Best Practices for RIA Developers (Adobe Developer Library)

Computers & Technology

Fain, Yakov

Rasputnis, Victor

Tartakovsky, Anatole

Web Development & Design

Adobe Developer Library

Learning Flash CS4 Professional offers beginners and intermediate Flash developers a unique introduction to the latest version of Adobe's powerful multimedia application. This easy-to-read book is loaded with full-color examples and hands-on tasks to help you master Flash CS4's new motion editor, integrated 3D system, and character control with the new inverse kinematics animation system. No previous Flash experience is necessary. This book will help you:
<ul>
<li>Understand Flash fundamentals with clear, concise information you can use right away</li>
<li>Learn key concepts and techniques in every chapter, with annotated screenshots and illustrations</li>
<li>Develop an ongoing project that utilizes material from every chapter</li>
<li>Practice new skills and test your understanding with constructive exercises</li>
<li>Learn how to package your work for distribution on the Web and through AIR desktop applications</li>
<li>Download sample files and discuss additional Flash features on the companion blog</li>
</ul>
As part of the Adobe Developer Library, this is the most authoritative guide to Flash CS4 available. Get moving with Flash today!

Learning Flash CS4 Professional: Getting Up to Speed with Flash (Adobe Developer Library)

Shupe, Rich

Games & Strategy Guides

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. Unfortunately, web browsers were designed to deliver and display HTML-based documents, not applications. The conflict between document- and application-focused functionality creates several problems when deploying applications via the browser.Adobe Apollo gives you the best of both worlds -- the web development model and true desktop functionality. This pocket guide explains how to:Set up your development environmentCreate your first applicationUse the File I/O APIUse HTML within Flex-based Apollo applicationsUse the included Apollo mini-cookbook for common tasksThe book also includes a guide to Apollo packages, classes, and command-line tools. Once you understand the basics of building a Flex-based Apollo application, this pocket guide makes an ideal reference for tackling specific problems.Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number one information resources for developers who use Adobe technologies. Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source.

Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide

DIXON, Robert L.

Chambers, Mike

Swartz, Jeff

Web 2.0 is more pervasive than ever, with business analysts and technologists struggling to comprehend the opportunity it represents. But what exactly is Web 2.0--a marketing term or technical reality? This fascinating book finally puts substance behind the phenomenon by identifying the core patterns of Web 2.0, and by introducing an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them. In Web 2.0 Architectures, authors Duane Nickull, Dion Hinchcliffe, and James Governor--who have 40 years of combined experience with technical specifications and industry trends--examine what makes successful Web 2.0 services such as Google AdSense, Flickr, BitTorrent, MySpace, Facebook, and Wikipedia tick. The result is a base of knowledge that developers, business people, futurists, and entrepreneurs can understand and use as a source of ideas and inspiration. This book reveals: 
<ul>
<li> A Model for Web 2.0--An in-depth look at how the classic Client-Server model has evolved into a more detailed Web 2.0 model.</li> <li>Web 2.0 Reference Architecture--A generic component view that helps decision-makers recognize basic patterns in existing Web 2.0 applications-patterns that can be repurposed for other commercial ventures. 
</li> <li>Specific Patterns of Web 2.0--How Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service pattern (SaaS), Participation-Collaboration Pattern, AJAX, Mashups, Rich User Experience (a.k.a. RIA), Collaborative Tagging Systems (Folksonomy), and more can be used in your technology business. </li> </ul>
In true Web 2.0 fashion, Nickull, Hinchcliffe, and Governor present the reference architecture and patterns on their companion website so that people in the industry can augment it and continue the discussion.

Web 2.0 Architectures: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know

Hinchcliffe, Dion

Governor, James

Nickull, Duane

Written by members of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) product team, this is the official guide to the beta release of Adobe's new cross-platform desktop runtime, previously known by its code name Apollo. This book explains how you can use AIR to build and deploy HTML and JavaScript-based web applications to the desktop, using all of the tools and technologies with which you are already familiar. Everything you need to know about this platform is right here, so you can start building applications with AIR right away. Topics include:
<ul>
<li>What AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to solve</li>
<li>How to set up your development environment</li>
<li>How to create your first app using HTML and JavaScript</li>
<li>The HTML and JavaScript environments within AIR</li>
<li>How to do common tasks, presented in the easy-to-use O'Reilly Cookbook format</li>
</ul>Also included is a guide to AIR packages, classes and command line tools. Once you understand the basics of building an HTML- and JavaScript-based AIR applications, this pocket guide makes an ideal reference for tackling specific problems. Welcome to the revolution! Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O'Reilly Media and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number one information resources for developers who use Adobe technologies. Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in rich Internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source.

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide (Adobe Developer Library)

Dura, Daniel

Hoyt, Kevin

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 documentation. With this book, you will: Learn the underlying details of the Flex framework Program with Mxml and ActionScript Arrange the layout and deal with Ui components Work with media Manage state for applications and components Use transitions and effects Debug your Flex applications Create custom components Embed Flex applications in web browsers Build Air applications for the desktop Flex 3 will put you at the forefront of the Ria revolution on both the Web and the desktop. Programming Flex 3 will help you get the most from this amazing and sophisticated technology.

Programming Flex 3: The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex

Lott, Joey

Kazoun, Chafic

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 understand how Flex works, how to use the MXML markup language and work with ActionScript, how to deploy RIAs to the desktop using Adobe AIR, and much more. Whether you're a beginner, or an experienced web developer coming to Flex from another platform, Learning Flex 3 is the ideal way to learn how to: 
<ul>
<li>Set up your environment with FlexBuilder and Eclipse</li>
<li>Create a new Flex project</li>
<li>Use the different design views in Flex</li>
<li>Write code with MXML</li>
<li>Lay out your Flex application</li>
<li>Embed images and graphics</li>
<li>Build a user interface</li>
<li>Add interactivity with ActionScript</li>
<li>Handle user input</li>
<li>Move, display, and collect data</li>
<li>Add custom components with MXML</li>
<li>Add sound effects, filters, and transitions</li>
<li>Style your applications with CSS, skins, and themes</li>
<li>Deploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIR</li>
</ul>
Also included are brief explanations of objects, classes, components, properties, methods, types, and other Flex attributes. You will find that Learning Flex 3 is not only the most complete tutorial for Flex, it's also the quickest way to get going with the latest version of this powerful framework.

Learning Flex 3: Getting up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (Adobe Developer Library)

Cole, Alaric

"No matter what your background, the pages that follow will provide you with some excellent knowledge, insight, and even a little bit of wisdom in the realm of Flash and ActionScript. Happy learning" - Branden Hall, from the Foreword Written by Flash insiders with extensive knowledge of the technology, this guide is designed specifically to help Flash designers and developers make the leap from ActionScript 2.0 to the new object-oriented ActionScript 3.0 quickly and painlessly. Formatted so you can find any topic easily, ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide explains: Object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, such as packages and classes ActionScript 3.0 features and player enhancements that improve performance Workflow differences between ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 including tools, code editing, component sets, and image and font rendering Where did it go? A guide to help you find familiar features in ActionScript 3.0, such as global functions, operators, properties, and statements How do I? Step-by-step solutions for performing tasks with ActionScript 3.0, including input, sound, video, display, events, text, and more Also included are overviews of Flash and ActionScript features and workflows. ActionScript 3.0 is a huge upgrade to Flash's programming language - and this guide helps you upgrade your skills to match it.

The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide: For Developers and Designers Using Flash: For Developers and Designers Using Flash CS4 Professional (Adobe Developer Library)

Stiller, David

Dehaan, Jen

Richardson, Darren

This book is the official guide to Adobe ® AIR[TM], written by members of the AIR team. With Adobe AIR, web developers can use technologies like HTML and JavaScript to build and deploy web applications to the desktop. Packed with examples, this book explains how AIR works and features recipes for performing common runtime tasks. Part of the Adobe Developer Library, this concise pocket guide explains: 
<ul>
<li>What Adobe AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to solve</li>
<li>How to set up your development environment</li>
<li>The HTML and JavaScript environments within AIR</li>
<li>How to create your first AIR application using HTML and JavaScript</li>
<li>Ways to perform an array of common tasks with this runtime</li>
</ul>
Also included is a guide to AIR packages, classes, and command line tools. Once you understand the basics of building HTML- and JavaScript-based AIR applications, this book makes an ideal reference for tackling specific problems. It offers a quick introduction to a significant new development technology, which lets you combine the reach and ease of the Web with the power of the desktop.

AIR for Javascript Developers Pocket Guide: Getting Started with Adobe AIR

Georgita, Dragos

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:
<ul>
<li>Walk through sample RIA projects and see examples of amazing applications people have built with Flex</li>
<li>Work with ActionScript 3.0 and the MXML markup language</li>
<li>Build user interfaces using the controls and tools available with the framework</li>
<li>Get a tour of controls available commercially and through open source</li>
<li>Learn how Flex integrates with ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and J2EE in the server</li>
<li>Build Flex-based widgets that let you display real-time data</li>
<li>Use advanced controls to build 3D graphs, data dashboards, mapping applications, and more</li>
</ul>You'll find complete code for video players, a slideshow, a chat client, and an RSS reader, just to name a few. You also get plenty of tips, tricks, and techniques to leverage your existing programming skills, whether you come from an open source or Visual Studio-intensive background.

Getting Started with Flex 3: An Adobe Developer Library Pocket Guide for Developers (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

Herrington, Jack D.

Kim, Emily

Literature & Fiction

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