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Adobe Flex - Extending and Styling Components Training Course

Flex 3 Training Course Synopsis

In the 2-day Flex 3: Extending and Styling Components course, students will use their object-oriented skills to create custom classes that programmatically draw skins and extend the functionality of built-in Flex classes. Experienced Flex developers will have an opportunity to explore hands-on, practical code examples for creating drag-and-drop user interfaces that also incorporate user-triggered transitions and smart components that resize based on available space. Other learning objectives include creating popups, embedding fonts, implementing custom application look-and-feel and positioning stage- and mouse-aware elements.

Training Course Length and Time

This class is 2 days long. Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

What You Will Learn in This Training Course

  • Embedding Images and Fonts
  • Modifying Graphical Skins using Flex
  • Creating a Popup Window
  • Extending Flex Components
  • Creating Behaviors in ActionScript
  • Implementing a Programmatic Skin
  • Create Mouse-Aware Applications
  • Drag and Drop Functionality

Who Should Attend this Training Course

This course is designed for application developers who want to bring the power of Rich Internet Applications to their web applications.

Enrollment

Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

Locations for this Training Course

We have training centers in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also offer classes at a network of rental facilities. We offer private onsite training and instructor-led, live online training. If coming to a rental facility, please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Prerequisites for this Training Course

This course targets experienced Adobe Flex developers who:
  • Want to use the built-in Flex components as a basis for their own custom component development.
  • Want to incorporate interactive, position- and size-aware elements into their applications.
  • Need to skin Flex applications to meet corporate marketing demands

Goals for this Training Course

Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Lesson 1

  • Introducing Flex 3: Extending and Styling Components
  • Programming the Visual Experience
  • Understanding Project Roles
  • Introducing Mastery Learning
  • Understanding the Course Format
  • Reviewing the Course Prerequisites
  • Reviewing the Course Outline

Lesson 2

  • Embedding Images and Fonts
  • Embedding Images at Compile-Time
  • Layering Content
  • Using Absolute Layout
  • Creating a Reusable Embedded Image
  • Creating Instances of an Embedded Image Class
  • Understanding Device Font Limitations
  • Embedding Fonts with Absolute File Paths
  • Embedding Fonts using Adobe Flash

Lesson 3

  • Modifying the Look and Feel of Flex Components
  • Exploring Filters
  • Applying Blends
  • Modifying the Look-and-Feel of Flex Components using MXML Styles
  • Modifying Graphical Skins using Flex
  • Installing the Flex Skin Design Extensions for Flash
  • Selecting which component to modify in Flash
  • Importing the Flex skins artwork

Lesson 4

  • Creating Popups
  • Creating a Popup Window
  • Passing Data to the Popup Window

Lesson 5

  • Extending Flex Components
  • Exploring Display Object Basics
  • Extending Flex Components
  • Implementing the createChildren() Method
  • Implementing the updateDisplay- List() Method
  • Improving Custom Component Reusability with Stylesheets

Lesson 6

  • Drawing Shapes and Skinning Programmatically
  • Understanding the Relationship Between Display List Objects and the Graphics Class
  • Calling the clear() Method
  • Drawing Lines
  • Creating a Visual Element as an ActionScript Class
  • Creating Shapes
  • Defining Fill Methods
  • Implementing a ButtonSkin from the mx.skins.halo Package
  • Implementing a Programmatic Skin

Lesson 7

  • Animating Components and View States
  • Creating Behaviors in ActionScript
  • Reviewing View States and Transitions
  • Using the CurrentStateChange Event

Lesson 8

  • Creating Mouse-Aware Applications
  • Detecting the Mouse Position
  • Detecting the Stage Dimensions

Lesson 9

  • Implementing Drag and Drop Functionality
  • Understanding the DragManager
  • Specifying the Data to Display in a List Control
  • Enabling Dragging on Non-List-Based Controls
  • Controlling Dropping with Formats
  • Handling Data in Drag and Drop Operations

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