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. In the first half of the book, she starts off with a brief exploration of Flex and ActionScript 3.0, before looking at application essentials in detail—creating custom components, user and web browser interactions, binding, formatting, and validating data, debugging, and more.
]]>Video is one of the most exciting features on today's Internet, with widespread adoption being made possible by advances in bandwidth and software. But simply streaming video clips to Web users is only the tip of the iceberg! Flash CS3 offers a whole host of advanced video features, allowing you to create breathtaking user experiences.
And this book, the 2nd edition of the critically-acclaimed
Foundation Flash 8 Video, shows you how to make the most of video in
Flash CS3. The authors start with the basics of creating video ready
for use on the web using popular applications such as Windows Movie
Maker and iMovie, creating FLV (Flash video) using both Flash and other
applications such as Sorenson Squeeze, and importing that video into
Flash.
Develop your next generation web applications with the YUI JavaScript development library.
Learning the Yahoo! User Interface Library introduces the popular
open-source YUI JavaScript library and takes the user through each of
the fully released components in detail looking at the classes that
make up each component and the properties and methods that can be used.
It includes a series of practical examples to reinforce how each
component should/can be used. Author Dan Wellman takes the reader from
beginner to advanced-level YUI usage and understanding.
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 3.0, the latest version of the Flash Platform's scripting
language, offers a lot of new and powerful features. ActionScript is
now a full-fledged programming language, with complete object-oriented
capabilities, improved event handling, sound and video support, drawing
capabilities, support for regular expressions, and much more.
Flex is the quickest and most effective technology for the creation of Rich Internet Applications for the Web. Its extensive library of components and totally customizable framework, combined with the ubiquity of Flash Player, has guaranteed its success.
The ecosystem of products that rotate around Flex 2 and Flex 3 is really broad. Flex Builder, Flex SDK, and Charting Components are all essential parts of the technology that fit the different requirements of web development.
This enormous set of possibilities can
easily lead to overload for developers like you. Theres just too much
to learn and too many potential places to go when you hit a brick wall.
Wouldnt it be nice to have a library of solutions to solve these
problems quickly and easily?
The only real tool available for creating Rich Media Applications, web-based animations, and games has been Flash‚ until now! WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and Silverlight have opened the door of Rich Media Application development to Microsoft .NET developers. With Microsoft's new Blend 2 and Visual Studio 2008, you can now create compelling Rich Media Applications complete with animations and even 3D!
Foundation Expression Blend 2: Building Applications in WPF and Silverlight book shows you how to take full advantage of Blend's new interface, together with and Silverlight's vastly improved designer-developer workflow, guiding you through every step of development from downloading and installing of the development environment through creating finished, functional projects. You'll learn how to create simple drawing applications with the InkCanvas, make tabbed and scrollable interfaces, as well as build fully featured media players, photo galleries, and interactive 3D designs.
]]>All Flex applications look the same—a blue-gray background and silver-skinned components—right? That doesn't have to be the case, though. This book shows you how to ensure that your Flex 2 and 3 projects stand out from the crowd and provide your users with an application that is both visually stunning and beautifully functional.
Flex Builder coupled with the Adobe Creative Suite (CS3) is a
powerful combination, providing all the tools you need to create
compelling, vibrant interfaces. This book guides you through creating
applications with Flex Builder, designing layouts in Fireworks,
creating custom skins for your components in Photoshop and Illustrator,
and using CSS to enhance the appearance of your rich Internet
applications (RIAs).
In this book, you'll learn:
If you want to get into developing web sites, the most important thing you need is a solid understanding of Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML—the language that the majority of web site content is written in.
Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML: Modern Guide and Reference incorporates practical examples that will show you how to structure your data correctly using (X)HTML, along with styling and layout basics using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). You`ll also learn how to add dynamic behavior to your data using the JavaScript language.
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In this book, you'll learn:
In this book, you'll learn:
*Discover the huge potential and utility of client-side reporting.
*See how to use Report Builder and Report Viewer like a pro.
*Master reporting with Windows Forms, ASP.NET 2.0 Web Forms, and Mobile Clients.
*Learn how to automate reports with Windows Services.
*Explore server-side Reporting Services and consume them from local clients.
*Move from Crystal Reports to Reporting Services.
In this book, you'll learn:
*Where CSS, HTML, and the DOM fit into modern scripting, and how to use them together effectivelyIn this book, you'll learn
* All
the ActionScript 3.0 (including math and trigonometry functions) and
Flash rendering techniques you'll need to start animating with code
* Basic motion principles such as velocity, acceleration, friction, easing, and bouncing
* How to handle user interaction via the keyboard and mouse
*Advanced motion techniques such as springs, coordinate rotation, conservation of momentum, and forward and inverse kinematics
*All the basic 3D concepts you need to do 3D in Flash, from simple perspective to full 3D solids complete with backface culling and dynamic lighting
]]>Now that ActionScript is reengineered from top to bottom as a true object-oriented programming (OOP) language, reusable design patterns are an ideal way to solve common problems in Flash and Flex applications. If you're an experienced Flash or Flex developer ready to tackle sophisticated programming techniques with ActionScript 3.0, this hands-on introduction to design patterns is the book you need.
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language of Adobe`s Flash platform. More than two years in the making,
ActionScript 3.0 presents perhaps
the most substantial upgrade to Flash's programming language ever. Essential ActionScript 3.0 is an update to Essential ActionScript 2.0, focusing on the core language and object-oriented
programming with some coverage of the Flash Player API.
Starting with a simple PayPal based site, the book moves onto the development of a custom shopping basket and eventually details how to develop a bespoke order pipeline and handle credit card payments yourself.
Check out a sample chapter that discusses credit card processing here.
]]>Beginning ASP.NET 1.1 Databases has been written by experienced .NET authors Damien Foggon and Dan Maharry. Using a well understood and appreciated format of displaying core theory, a step-by-step example, and then a clear explanation, the authors take you through working with databases in ASP.NET.
Read the sample chapter here>>
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