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Adobe Flex Training Course

 

Flex 2: Building Dashboard Applications
Duration: 2 days
Macromedia Flex

Course Synopsis: Flex 2: Building Dashboard Applications provides developers with the knowledge needed to use Flex 2 charts to create highly interactive dashboards
for data visualization. By the end of the course, developers will be able to create interactive dashboards by leveraging the Flex 2 framework and the Flex 2 charting components. They will learn about using, formatting and styling Flex 2 charts as well as creating interactive charts and dynamically controlling chart data. Developers will also have the opportunity to discuss conceptual topics for dashboard creation and usability.

Who Should Attend: You should take this course if you are a Flex programmer who needs to provide data visualization in your Flex applications.

Prerequisites: This course is designed for application developers who want to connect their Flex font ends to dynamic data. To gain the most from this class, you should:
• Have attended the Flex 2- Developing Rich Client Applications course.
• Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in Flex 2- Developing RCA course.

What You Will Learn:
• Introducing Flex 2 charts
• Column and Bar charts in Flex
• Plot and Pie charts in Flex
• Formatting chart types
• Mixing chart series types
• Dynamically controlling chart series
• Using animation with chart series
• Applying CSS to Chart Components

Time: 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.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: Please take a look at our other course outlines at our web site, http://www.ledet.com.

Goals: 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.

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


Adobe Flex 2.0 Training Course Outline

 

LESSON 1
Introducing Flex 2 Charts
• Understanding chart data
• Exploring the final application
• Loading external data for charts and
dashboard applications
• Introducing Flex 2 charts
• Leveraging visual data through charts
• Understanding dashboards


LESSON 2
Using Flex 2 Charts
• Understanding the elements of a chart tag
• Understanding and using the column & bar
charts
• Using the Column and Bar charts
• Understanding and using the line & area
charts
• Understanding and using the pie chart
• Understanding and using the plot chart
• Understanding and using the bubble chart
• Using the Candlestick & HighLowOpenClose Charts


LESSON 3
Formatting Charts
• Understanding the axis controls
• Using the CategoryAxis
• Using Chart DataTips
• Formatting chart types
• Working with legend controls
• Applying the Concepts

 

LESSON 4
Creating Multi-Series and ActionScript Charts
• Understanding multiple data series
• Adding multiple series of data
• Using multiple chart axes
• Mixing chart series types
• Walkthrough: Mixing multiple series types
• Creating charts with ActionScript
• Applying the Concepts


LESSON 5
Understanding Advanced Charting Techniques
• Using animation with chart series
• Animating charts and chart effects
• Handling user interaction
• Dynamically controlling chart series
• Changing dataProvider fields
• Dynamically controlling the series
• Using custom graphical renderers
• Applying the Concepts


LESSON 6
Styling Charts
• Styling Charts
• Applying CSS to Chart Components
• Styling Chart Series
• Styling Chart Grid Lines
• Applying the concepts

 

 

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