Course Synopsis: Flex 2: Data and Communications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex font ends to remote, dynamic data using Flex Data Services. This two day course instructs developers how to connect with remote data using web services and Flex Data Services’ features allowing communication with a Java backend. In addition, skills will be learned how to manipulate and format the returned data.

Who Should Attend: This course is designed for object-oriented developers who want to incorporate dynamic data into their Flex applications using Flex Data Services.

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:
• Accessing Web Services
• Flex Data Services
• The Flex Proxy Service
• Handling RPC Events
• Validating and Formatting Data
• Using the Flex Message Service
• Data Management Service Architecture
• Retrieve XML Data with HTTPService

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 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

LESSON 2
Accessing Web Services
• Using web services
• Invoking web service methods and using the results
• Consuming a web service
• Handling results using an event handler
• Handling faults
• Calling multiple methods from the same WebService object
• Passing Parameters to Web Service

LESSON 3
Introduction to Flex Data Services
• Introducing Flex Data Services
• Installing Flex Data Services
• Explore the Flex Data Services Installation
• Creating a Flex application for use with Flex Data Services
• Navigating the Flex Project Structure
• Understanding the Server Compilation Process
• Flex Data Services Features
• The Flex Proxy Service
• The Proxy Service Default Destination
• Named Proxy Service Destinations

LESSON 4
Using ColdFusion Components as
Remote Object Services
• Understanding remote object services
• Configuring ColdFusion, Flex Builder and calling a remote object service method
• Exchanging data between ActionScript and ColdFusion

LESSON 5
Using Java Classes as Remote Object Services
• Understanding Remote Object
Services
• Calling a Remote Object Service method
• Handling RPC Events
• Complex Remote Method Calls
• Exchanging Data between ActionScript and Java

LESSON 6
Validating and Formatting Data
• Validating form data
• Triggering validation with events
• Validating Numeric Input
• Triggering validation with ActionScript
• Using regular expressions
• Formatting Data

LESSON 7
Manipulating Complex Data
• Understanding Collection Classes
• Filtering data
• Filtering data
• Creating a data sort
• Using the IViewCursor interface
• Creating a project that uses FDS

LESSON 8
Using the Flex Message Service
• Introducing the Flex Message Service
• Reviewing Message Destination
Configuration
• Understanding Publish-Subscribe Messaging
• Publishing Messages
• Receiving and processing messages
• Sending and Receiving Complex Data

LESSON 9
Using the Flex Data Management
Service
• What is the Flex Data Management
Service?
• Exploring a Data Management Services
Destination
• Data Management Service Architecture
• Changing Data
• Managing Pending Changes
• Using Events
• Handling DataService Results
• Advanced Data Management Service
Features

LESSON 10
Providing XML to Controls with E4X
• Understanding XML structure
• Working with XML data in ActionScript 3
• Using the Tree Control
• Retrieving XML data and populating a Tree
• Using XML objects
• Removing XML items from a list

LESSON 11
Uploading Files to a Server
• Implementing file transfer basics
• Uploading a file to the server
• Enhancing the user experience with FileReference events
• Understanding the FileReferenceList class
• Use the Data Management Service to retrieve photo data
• Send real-time messages between applications