Adobe Flex: Training from the Source is the best-selling and most trusted resource for learning about Adobe Flex. Written by a team of authors with practical experience as consultants, mentors and developers of courseware, this book/CD uses project-based tutorials, and is designed to teach beginning Flex developers the details of building and architecting real-world rich internet applications using Flash Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. The book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This latest edition includes complete coverage of New Flex 4 features such as the Spark Component model, Advanced Skinning, Component Creation, and much more.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read many Flex related books and have been developing Flex applications for sometime. This book is the newest version for Flex 4 and the series has been around since Flex 2. The simplest way to put it is if you are brand new to Flex, still learning Flex, or trying out Flex 4 then you need to read this book.
This book takes you through a step by step progression of creating an actual application. This is not a book of quick snippets and neat tricks, this book is filled with fundamental knowledge that teaches you how to create a real application. This is not "Hello World" or "watch this neat effect."
The authors hit on all the key elements of Flex and chime in with tips as well. The format is easy to follow, and can serve as a reference guide when a particular pattern slips your mind. Some other features of this book are how the authors go through creating classes. They discuss constructors, and actually use packages which is something many other books/blogs leave out. In real world application development all classes are not shoved in one default package, they are broken up into proper packages based on functionality, and the authors show this in their examples. This is huge for new developers who are not used to organizing an application. The authors describe what some of the key concepts like 'static method' means and how it refers to a method that belongs to a class, and not an instance of the class.
From external data and databinding, to collections and cursors, this book is a must read for those developing Flex applications. There are parts of this book that have already reminded me and corrected some bad habits I was starting to develop.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
This book takes you through a step by step progression of creating an actual application. This is not a book of quick snippets and neat tricks, this book is filled with fundamental knowledge that teaches you how to create a real application. This is not "Hello World" or "watch this neat effect."
The authors hit on all the key elements of Flex and chime in with tips as well. The format is easy to follow, and can serve as a reference guide when a particular pattern slips your mind. Some other features of this book are how the authors go through creating classes. They discuss constructors, and actually use packages which is something many other books/blogs leave out. In real world application development all classes are not shoved in one default package, they are broken up into proper packages based on functionality, and the authors show this in their examples. This is huge for new developers who are not used to organizing an application. The authors describe what some of the key concepts like 'static method' means and how it refers to a method that belongs to a class, and not an instance of the class.
From external data and databinding, to collections and cursors, this book is a must read for those developing Flex applications. There are parts of this book that have already reminded me and corrected some bad habits I was starting to develop.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone learning Flex 4 using Flashbuilder 4 should get this book. It not only takes you through a whole number of things you need to know (and a whole lot that you'd like to know), it's also an excellent introduction to structuring apps. This is arguably the key to writing good code, and is often neglected in "getting started" books.
One thing I particularly like is the way the author first tells you what to do and (importantly) why, and then (if you wish) you can have a go at writing the code yourself. But always, you only look a bit down the page, and there's the code you ought to have written. This is a really good way to learn. And, of course, there's a CD with all the exercises not only shown complete, but shown as at the *start* of exercises.
Finally, the author knows that you're using a new development environment, and at the start, you're taken through some of the really important things - like debugging!
In summary, with more years in software than I like to think, this is probably the best "getting started" book I've yet encountered.
One thing I particularly like is the way the author first tells you what to do and (importantly) why, and then (if you wish) you can have a go at writing the code yourself. But always, you only look a bit down the page, and there's the code you ought to have written. This is a really good way to learn. And, of course, there's a CD with all the exercises not only shown complete, but shown as at the *start* of exercises.
Finally, the author knows that you're using a new development environment, and at the start, you're taken through some of the really important things - like debugging!
In summary, with more years in software than I like to think, this is probably the best "getting started" book I've yet encountered.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The self paced training offered in "Adobe Flex 4, Training From The Source" is outstanding. It offers a clear and concise introduction to Flex programming concepts with extensive hands-on exercises. Even a seasoned developer like myself has found it informative and the pace of learning is adequate to keep me from getting bored.
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I am a beginner to Flex 4. For a beginners book I didnt find it very helpful at all. Yes you do build an application from scratch but alot of the building points are not explained... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jay
Great Book!
I've read a lot of different Flex books lately in my effort to learn Flex, and I keep coming back to this one. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Trixyfox
Excellent intro book
I got this book directly after taking a classroom-based training class from one of the authors (Matt Boles), which was also very good. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Wesley Freeman
Don't hold your breath for Volume 2.
I bought Volume 1 although I probably didn't need to, just to make sure I would be ready for Volume 2, which I pre-ordered last November. Read more
Published 15 months ago by D. Jenkins
Great to learn Flex, however no mention of LDS or Blaze DS
The good: Basic concepts well explained, and the book is well laid out. Good book if you are developing with Flex 4. Read more
Published 15 months ago by mobile_review
Cannot Get Required Content with Kindle Version
The sample content that is used in the book as examples is not included in the text of the book. There are no links to download the sample application that the book relies heavily... Read more
Published 16 months ago by ya0730
Great Flex book for old school web app developers
This book is really good. I am a ColdFusion developer of 12 years and needed a book on Flex that made sense for to me. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jack Tup
Adobe Flex 4 RIA Technology
Well, I first have to said that I had a deep experience with Adobe Flex 3 in a advance project, now I bought this book in order to just get with Flex 4 new features, I would say... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jose A. Peña Villalobos
A team of authors make this a powerful reference programming libraries...
Michael Labriola, Jeff Tapper and Matthew Boles's Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source V. 1 tells how to build and debug Internet applications and how to use the MXML language to... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Midwest Book Review
Adobe Flex 4:Training from the Source, Volume 1
It is very clear and easy to follow. The exercises worked. It is a good book to have on the shell.
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