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Course Overview Unit 1: Introducing Adobe Flex 2 * Understanding rich Internet applications * Introducing the Adobe Flex 2 product line * The foundation of the RIA: Flash Player/Flash Virtual Machine * Understanding the Flex application process flow * Getting help and other resources * Exploring the course application 13 Unit 2: Getting Started with Flex Builder 2 * Understanding the relationship between Eclipse and Flex Builder 2 * Exploring the Flex Builder 2 interface * Creating a project and your first application * Creating a main application page and running it * Using debugging * Getting help in Adobe Flex Builder 2 Unit 3: Learning Flex Fundamentals * Creating a simple Flex application * Creating your first Flex application * Laying out a Flex application with containers * Adding user interface controls * Creating bindings between components * Architecting an application with MXML components * Creating properties and methods of MXML components Unit 4: Handling Events * Understanding events * Creating event handlers using inline ActionScript * Using inline ActionScript * Handling events with ActionScript functions * Placing ActionScript functions in external files * Understanding the event object * Implementing the addEventListener() method Unit 5: Using Simple Controls * Getting familiar with Flex controls * Using the Button control * Using a CheckBox Control * Using NumericStepper controls * Using Text controls * Displaying images * Adding simple controls to an application Unit 6: Laying Out an Application with Containers * Understanding Containers * Using the Application container * Setting an application's layout * Using the Panel container * Using the Form container * Using the Grid container * Using Box Containers * Using the DividedBox container * Using the Tile container * Container best practices * Using the ControlBar container * Component layout and sizing rules Unit 7: Laying out an Application * Using Constraint-Based Layout * Understanding absolute positioning * Positioning components within the Canvas container * Positioning components inside a Canvas * Creating a constraint-based layout using Flex Builder 2 * Creating a constraint-based layout in MXML * Using constraint-based layouts with nested components Unit 8: Using View States for Application Design * Understanding view states * Creating two states for the Contact page * Controlling view states * Reviewing the generated MXML code * Creating view states that include custom components states Unit 9: Creating Application Navigation * Understanding navigator containers * Using the LinkBar container * Using the TabBar container * Using the ViewStack container * Navigating the Café Townsend application using the ViewStack and TabBar container * Using the TabNavigator container * Using the Accordion container * Using ButtonBar & ToggleButtonBar * Using the ApplicationControlBar container Unit 10: Customizing the Application * Customizing Flex application look and feel * Using the Styles API to change look-and-feel * Using theme styles * Changing the look and feel of the Café Townsend application * Applying behaviors to components * Applying transitions to view states Unit 11: Using MXML and ActionScript Data Models * Using the MVC design pattern * Creating an MXML data model * Using ActionScript classes as a data model * Instantiating an Object in MXML from an ActionScript class * Creating an ActionScript constructor with parameters * Defining class methods Unit 12: Exchanging Data Between Components * Using Custom Events * Understanding the problem with bindings * Using a binding to get data from a component * Creating custom events * Creating, dispatching and handling a custom event * Sending data with a custom event Unit 13: Retrieving XML Data with HTTPService * Retrieving XML data at runtime * Handling results * Retrieving data at runtime with HTTPService * Handling results using an event handler * Handling faults * Making HTTP requests to different domains Unit 14: Looping Through Data Using a Repeater * Understanding the Repeater component * Using dataProvider data in repeated controls * Dynamically creating components using a Repeater * Using Repeater data in ActionScript * Referencing repeated components Unit 15: Displaying Data Using the DataGrid * Using the DataGrid control * Displaying Simple XML Data in a DataGrid * Specifying DataGrid columns * Specifying DataGrid columns * Formatting DataGrid columns * Using item renderers and item editors * Using the TileList and HorizontalList * Using events and selected items with list-based components

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