ISBN 0-9777622-2-X Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of the Masters Perfect AC (USA)
"I think that Flex for rich Internet client applications can become a major player. Its easy cross-platform support removes many programmer headaches, the component model offers powerful library reuse, and the result produces a very comfortable and appealing interface for the client to use. Because this book teaches you how to use Flex along with the dominant server-side development tool (Java), it?s an ideal introduction if you want to learn how to leverage these technologies."
- Bruce Eckel, author, Thinking in Java
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 • Architecture of Rich • Internet Applications
• RIA Platforms: The Major Choices
• Adobe Flex 2
• Java
• WPF
• AJAX
• AJAX Shortcomings
• Other RIA Solutions
• OpenLaszlo
• GWT
• Nexaweb
• Canoo
• Backbase
• Apollo, Desktop 2.0, and • the Bright Future
• Some Pragmatic • Flex/Java Considerations
• The Learning Curve: • Reuse of Skills and Code
• Application Security
• Flex GUI Performance
• Shorter Development Cycle
• Room for Improvement
• Connection Management
• Flex and Agile Development
• Summary
• Endnotes
CHAPTER 2
• Getting Familiar with Flex
• Free Flex 2 Ingredients
• Downloading the Flex 2 Framework
• Hello World in MXML
• Specifying Compiler Options
• Building and Deploying • Applications with Ant
• Building HelloWorld with Ant
• Frame Rate
• Namespaces in MXML
• From Hello World to a Calculator
• Adding Some ActionScript
• The First Date with Events
• Why ActionScript 3.0?
• Comparing ActionScript 3.0 and Java 5
• Flex Framework API Documentation
• Separating Design and Development
• Working with Display • Objects in ActionScript
• The Application Loading Process
• Summary
• Endnotes
Yakov Fain is a Principal Consultant of Farata Systems. He's responsible for the Enterprise Architecture and emerging technologies. Yakov authored several Java books, dozens of technical articles, and his blog is hugely popular. Sun Microsystems has nominated and awarded Yakov with the title Java Champion. He leads the Princeton Java Users Group. Yakov holds BS and MS in Applied Math. You can reach him at yfain@faratasystems.com. He is Adobe Certified Flex Instructor.
Dr. Victor Rasputnisis a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for providing architectural design, implementation management and mentoring to companies migrating to XML Internet technologies. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Moscow Institute of Robotics. You can reach him at vrasputnis@faratasystems.com
Anatole Tartakovsky is a Managing Principal of Farata Systems. He's responsible for creation of frameworks and reusable components. Anatole authored number of books and articles on AJAX, XML, Internet and client-server technologies. He holds an MS in mathematics. You can reach him at atartakovsky@faratasystems.com
From the Blogosphere
"Let me tell you why this book is worth the money. At 700+ pages, this book is no lightweight. As you can see, this book covers a lot of Flex development scenarios. As the man on T.V. says "But wait! There is more! In addition to the book, you also get a DVD with all the sample code on it as well as 10 video sessions on Real World Flex.
P.S. - I was not compensated in any way to write this article. I paid $69.99 all by myself." read more...
"Yesterday, I received my copy of RIA with Adobe and Flex from SYS-CON editorial, and I admit that for first sentence the book gave me a good idea on how to work better with FDS and Java for serialization and Ascyncmenssage , other topics I took a little while and got extra work and points on how to extend default components.
The book's also send you the sessions at the Last Flex Seminars in NY where people like ( David Mendels, Jesse Warden and the guys at Farata System are in)." read more...
"Before I start talking about this book which inspired me to blog about it, let me bring up the topic of books for advanced level programmers in general..
It may be best to begin with a bunch of questions. We know of a lot of real good books that introduce various programming and software development topics but are there many books that deal with advanced topics? Is it that real experienced developers rather try it out and learn, or read up the manual, or talk to friends and strangers (on the discussion groups) and get their insight or read articles that discuss the advanced topics? Is it that the market for such books is limited and hence it’s not worth a good business idea? Is it that the thrill of gleaning from the heaps of data (good, bad and junk) on the internet is far more exciting? I certainly don’t know the answers but I do know that books on advanced topics are not that many." read more...
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