Intermediate Adobe Flex 3
In this intermediate Adobe Flex training class, students will build upon their Adobe Flex skills and learn to work with data sets, custom events and components, DataGrids and drag and drop controls.
Intermediate Flex Training Class Goals:
Learn to work with data sets
Learn to declare and use custom events
Learn to create custom components with ActionScript 3.0
Learn to use DataGrids and ItemRenderers
Learn to use drag and drop
- Cost: Price on application
- Duration: 2 days
- This course is not available as part of our public schedule but can be provided on a customised client specific basis.
A knowledge of Flex 3 or completion of the introductory course is expected.
Using Datasets
Displaying the Categories Using a HorizontalList and an itemRenderer
Displaying Grocery Products Based on Category Selection
Coding States to Display Detailed Product Information
Placing Products in the Shopping Cart
Understanding the Benefits of Loosely Coupled Architecture
Dispatching Events
Declaring Events for a Component
Identifying the Need for Custom Event Classes
Building and Using the CategoryEvent
Creating and Using the ProductEvent Class
Understanding Event Flow and Event Bubbling
Introducing Building a Component with ActionScript 3.0
Creating the Structure of the Class
Overriding the createChildren() Method
Sizing and Positioning in Flex 3
Understanding the measure() Method
Overriding the updateDisplayList() Method
Introducing DataGrids and Item Renderers
Adding a Generic DataGrid to ChartPod
Adding HTTPService Calls to Dashboard
Displaying the Shopping Cart with a DataGrid
Using the AdvancedDataGrid
What You Have Learned
Introducing the Drag and Drop Manager
Dragging and Dropping Between Two DataGrids
Dragging and Dropping Between a DataGrid and a List
Using a Nondrag-Enabled Component in a Drag-and-Drop Operation
Dragging a Grocery Item to the Shopping Cart
What You Have Learned