Flex Books
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Adobe AIR in Action
Published 12 years ago
by Joseph Lott, Kathryn Rotondo, Samuel Ahn, Ashley Atkins, Manning Publications
Adobe AIR is one of the hottest topics in rich application development. This exciting new technology is still in beta, but it's already being adopted by such web giants as eBay. With AIR, Web developers use their existing skills to build rich applications that flow seamlessly between the internet and the desktop. Adobe AIR in Action introduces AIR to developers familiar with Flex and JavaScript, showing them how to build solid AIR-driven desktop and hybrid applications.
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Learning Flex 4: Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Application Design and Development (Adobe Dev Lib
Published 10 years ago
by Alaric Cole, Elijah Robison, O'Reilly Media
Since Adobe released Flex 3, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) have become so popular that the market for RIA developers has grown considerably. Now, Flex 4 makes it easy for designers and developers unfamiliar with RIAs to become a part of the process, and Learning Flex 4 provides step-by-step lessons to help beginners create apps with Flex immediately.Written by Yahoo!'s resident Flex guru, Alaric Cole, this book offers you a hands-on approach to discovering exactly how Flex works.
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Flash Catalyst CS5 Bible
Published 10 years ago
by Rob Huddleston, Wiley
Learn to use the new Flash Catalyst to create rich Internet applicationsAdobe Flash Catalyst enables you to take designs from Photoshop and Illustrator and convert them into rich Flash-based applications—without writing or even understanding one line of code. It may sound too good to be true, but this helpful reference shows you how to leverage the Flash skills you already have in order to convert your ideas into functioning applications.
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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex
Published 13 years ago
by Todd Yard, Steve Webster, Sean McSharry, friends of ED
If you want to create exciting dynamic web sites that will amaze your online audience, then the Flash platform is a great way to go, with it's many features, including powerful graphical and sound and video capabilities. To really harness the power of Flash though, you need to make use of ActionScript to provide dynamic effects, enable user interaction, and manipulate data.ActionScript 3.
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Practical PHP & Flex 4 Projects: Building Powerful Applications with PHP and Flash Builder
Published 10 years ago
by Gordon Forsythe, Apress
Flex is Adobe’s open source web application framework that lets you create web applications with flair and, well, Flash. Flex is designed to play nicely with PHP, and it allows you more fine-grained control over your web and even desktop applications. Flex applications also compile to Flash files, so they’ll run in any browser with a Flash plug-in.So, if you’re a PHP developer wondering how to incorporate data-driven Flex applications into your PHP sites, this book is for you.
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AdvancED Flash Lite: Mobile Device Development for iPhone, Android, Symbian and Java ME
Published 11 years ago
by Scott Janousek, Elad Elrom, Thomas Joos, friends of ED
This book covers multiple mobile and device platforms that tie in with Flash, so that book appeals to more than just Flash professionals, but also extends into Mobile and Device professionals from the Flex, AIR, and Flash Lite developer camps. It discusses the various platforms as they relate to Flash and ActionScript and then gives solutions-based example that show how to create compelling Flash mobile applications.
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Adobe AIR Bible (Bible (Wiley))
Published 12 years ago
by Benjamin Gorton, Ryan Taylor, Jeff Yamada, Wiley
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets you use scripting languages you already know and frees you from the dull parts of development—so you can focus on creating exciting and cost-saving application user interfaces using Flash, Flex, and JavaScript. Find all the tips, techniques, and best practices you need to succeed in this comprehensive reference, including installing AIR across Windows, Mac, or Linux; learning AIR programming, development, and debugging essentials; and much more.
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Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development
Published 13 years ago
by Ben Forta, Raymond Camden, Charlie Arehart, John C. Bland II, Leon Chalnick, Ken Fricklas, Paul Hastings, Mike Nimer, Sarge Sargent, Robi Sen, Adobe Press
ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development begins by introducing important code organization and management techniques, and then progresses to topics that include integrating with all sorts of other technologies (including PDF, Adobe Flex, Ajax, advanced SQL and databases), debugging, and optimizing performance.
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Foundation Flex for Developers: Data-Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and LCDS
Published 13 years ago
by Sas Jacobs, friends of ED
Flex is a very powerful and versatile technology for creating web application front-ends. But what every good web application needs is a robust data source, be it XML, or a database. Flex is very adaptable in terms of connecting to data sources, and that is the main focus of this book. In Foundation Flex for Developers, Sas and Koen assume that you've got the basics of Flex down already, and explores in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications.
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Flex on Rails: Building Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex 3 and Rails 2 (Developer's Library)
Published 12 years ago
by Tony Hillerson, Daniel Wanja, Addison-Wesley Professional
“There’s no question you’re going to be a better Flex and Rails developer when you’re done reading this book.”–From the Foreword by Matt Chotin, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Flex enables the rapid development of rich and engaging user experiences. Ruby on Rails dramatically simplifies the development of database-driven web applications.