Intermediate Flex 3 Training
Although this course is still available as a private class, our Comprehensive Introduction to Flex 4 Training class is on a later version of the software.
Delivery Options
- Live Online Training - Public Class (): $790.00
- Customized Onsite Training (2 days): Request a Proposal
Upcoming Live eLearning Classes
There are currently no upcoming Live eLearning classes. Please contact us if you would like us to schedule a class.
Class Description
Class Overview
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.
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
Class Outline
- Using Controls and Repeaters with Datasets
- 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
- Using Custom Events
- 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
- Creating Custom Components with ActionScript 3.0
- 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
- Using DataGrids and Item Renderers
- 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
- Using Drag and Drop
- 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
Class Materials
All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.
Students in private onsite classes will also receive:
- Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source
Class Prerequisites
Experience in the following areas is required:
- Experience with Flex as taught in Webucator's introductory course.
Technical Requirements
Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.
- Onsite and Instructor-led Online course technical requirements and setup instructions.
- WebEx system requirements for Instructor-led Online delivery option.
of Live Online Training:
Webucator is a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) approved by PMI to issue professional development units (PDUs) for our training courses.