Learning Flex 4: Getting Up to Speed with Rich Internet Application Design and Development
O'Re-lly M-dia | 2010 | ISBN: 0596805632 | 480 pages | PDF | 21,2 MB

Throughout the course of this book, you’ll learn how to enhance user interaction with ActionScript, and create and skin a user interface with Flex’s UI components (MXML) and Adobe's new FXG graphics format. You'll also be trained to manage dynamic data, connect to a database using server-side script, and deploy applications to both the Web and the desktop.
Learning Flex 4 offers tips and tricks the authors have collected from years of real-world experience, and straightforward explanations of object-oriented programming concepts to help you understand how Flex 4 works.
Work with Flash Builder 4 and the Eclipse IDE
Learn the basics of ActionScript, MXML, and FXG
Design a Flex application layout
Build an engaging user interface
Add interactivity with ActionScript
Handle user input with rich forms
Link Flex to a server with PHP and MySQL
Gather and display data
Style applications and add effects, filters, and transitions
Deploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIR