An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex 3

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An Introduction to Rich Internet Applications
with Adobe Flex 3

• Creating Cross-Platform Apps for the Browser and
  Desktop

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ActionScript

• Scripting language
• Based off of JavaScript
• Syntactically similar to C
• Focus on web-development with Adobe Flash
• Developed by Macromedia
• Owned by Adobe (2005)

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ActionScript

• 1.0 Loose typing, similar to Python
• var x 4
• 2.0 Static typing, like Java, C
• var xint 4

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Adobe Flex

• Standalone or part of Eclipse SDK
• Integrates ActionScript and MXML
• ltmxScriptgt
• lt!CDATA
• private var aString Hello World
• gt
• lt/mxScriptgt

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Flex Builder

• IDE built on Eclipse
• code completion
• code hinting
• design mode

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Flex Framework

• Combining MXML and Actionscript

ActionScript
MXML
FLEX
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Case Study BingBuilder

• Requirements
• Visual schedule builder
• External data accessibility and writeability

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Related Products

• Adobe AIR
• cross-operating system runtime
• combines HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, and Flex
  technologies
• deploys RIAs on the desktop
• build applications and easily deliver a single
  application installer

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How To Get Flex

• 699.00
• With Charting

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How To Get Flex

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• http//www.flexregistration.com/
• Just provide a scan of your BU ID