Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, Matthew Boles, James Talbot
Publisher: Adobe Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 656
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 0321529189
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.76
EAN: 9780321529183
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Publication Date: April 6, 2008
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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. In the course of the book, the reader will build several Web applications using Flex Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. This title covers the component framework for Rich Internet Applications, Adobe Flex 3.0. New Flex 3 features covered in this edition are: the advanced DataGrid, Data Connectivity Wizards, Modularizing the Flex application, and options for deploying your Flex project with AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime).
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 Your best starting point for everything about Flex 3 July 15, 2008
Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source is a kick-start guide to learning the revolutionary "web 2.0" capabilities this present and ever-growing technology provides. Authors Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, and Matthew Boles establish clear, step-by-step tutorials and application development that are clear and easy to absorb no matter the scope or scale of coding.
What's best in the 26 lessons is the gradual build-up of skills--each lesson carefully stretching previous chapter's elements and taking them to a new level of programming and extension. This build-up and repetition of skills helps to solidify concepts, syntax, and best practices while never becoming redundant.
Whether readers come from an existing Flash/ActionScript background, an application designer needing additional coding skills, or as a total newcomer to OOP concepts and Rich Internet Application development, Training from the Source is the finest start.
Without a doubt, this book steps up to the challenge of introducing and showcasing the amazing capabilities Flex 3 has to offer and opens a door to endless possibilities for all involved in the design, development and deployment of Internet-base applications.
it's the best bookI'v ever see. July 15, 2008
this book is the best for learning adobe flex 3 ,because it's learn you how to architect your application and it's a project based tutorial
 A wholly unimpressive and shallow reference. July 14, 2008
Considering that Adobe created Flex to capitalize on application programmers more comfortable with XML than animation, it amazes me that they have created a reference that teaches little that could not be learned from five minutes on google or just educated guesses. While their concept of creating a whole application as a training device is alluring in concept, the reality is that you end up good at making THEIR application, but have little basis for creating your own.
No concepts are expanded beyond the basics, or even beyond the use of them in their application. Hoping to get a better understanding of how and why things work in Flex? Then look elsewhere; this book focuses on the code you would have to type to make things happen for their application alone.
Most annoying is the code snippits that appear as examples. Never in the book is a complete code listing available. Instead, snippits are given to insert into code developed chapters earlier, followed by instructions (not code) about how to make edits, sometimes across multiple file. What that makes for is a book where there is no one place to turn to for answers. Understanding a complete concept becomes an adventure where one must piece together clues to form a complete picture.
While a few good concepts are in the book, someone looking to have a reference that will allow them to learn and build upon Flex should look elsewhere. In all cases where I found a useful or needed concept in the book, I had to search for the same concept on Adobe LiveDocs or Google so I could find an article that would actually explain it to me. I can find no reason to purchase this book, as any other book will illustrate the same concepts, and hopefully do so better and more effectively.
Waste of time - even set you back July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book thinking that from Adobe - it would have some tips and tricks that would help.
Well - they start something - and you're working it - just to find out that they say that is not the way to do it - do it another way. What? Yep.
You are supposed to be able to go to a chapter- load that chapter start project. Well, they don't work.
They have you doing 'rote' stuff - and you have no idea what you are trying to accomplish.
I've been programming for quite some time. I get the distinct feeling that these authors do not understand Flex.
Totally worthless book. You can buy mine used. Better yet, I'll save you grief - and use this book as a fire starter in my fireplace.
Good Coverage, but Adobe Centric July 8, 2008
My only complaint about the book is that the entire thing is Adobe centric, which was expected since it's published by Adobe. By "Adobe centric" I mean that whenever there is an option about how to do something the authors do it the Adobe way. So when you connect to an application server of some kind they mention that you can use various server types and then use ColdFusion. In order to use other types (like J2EE) you have to find information elsewhere.
Overall the book is great. I am new to Flex development and was able to use this to dive right in and learn a lot of good "best practices" about using Flex. There are some small typos and errors here and there, but nothing that's too difficult to figure out.
One thing that did bother me was that the authors state in the beginning that they expect you to be an experienced programmer, but then proceed to present some mind-numbingly basic programming concepts every so often. Again, not that big of a deal since you can quickly jump over those areas, but a little annoying to be reading along and suddenly find yourself in a discussion about sending parameters to a function call as if you've never heard of those things before.
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