Part of the Adobe Training from the Source series, the official curriculum from Adobe, developed by experienced trainers. Using project-based tutorials, this book/CD volume is designed to teach the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level projects. Each book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. This title covers the new development framework for Rich Internet Applications, Adobe Flex 2. In the course of the book, the reader will build several Web applications using Flex Builder and incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Chapter Six is Attrocious:
I've gone through Chapter 6 three times and get very confused each time. And, no, I am not an idiot. The changes made to the ShoppingCart.as should be introduced simply, and then more elaborately. There should be a logical step-through process that doesn't rely on writing lines of code before a debug. The explanations are impossible. AND, WHY? WHY would someone name a function (addItem), the same as a property of the ArrayCollection? For someone just starting out, this kind of stuff can be very... more info
Good, but obsolete:
I found this book really accessible, and a great way to jump into Flex after a coding hiatus. However, Flex 3 is out and wouldn't compile my Flex 2 apps. I'm sure you can hack code fairly easily to update it (OK, I'm not sure but I guess), but you might want to wait for a newer edition.
Great book:
This was my first book as an intro to Flex. Very helpful and would recommend to others.
bad feedback:
If you're using a Mac. Don't bother with this book unless you know ColdFusion well. Chapter 17 and onwards are dependent on setting ColdFusion up. The book has no instruction in the book for Mac setup at all (it was said the Mac version wasn't ready at the time. Reasonable). Looked up the errata pages found nothing either. I searched the web a little, and was able to set it up, but couldn't get it to start correctly. I then wrote to the publisher to ask for the instruction. They were quick to respond,... more info
