Getting Started with Flex 3

Preface;
Who Should Read This Book;
How This Book Is Organized;
Conventions Used in This Book;
How to Contact Us;
About the Author;
Acknowledgments and Dedication;
Publisher’s Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Installing Flex Builder 3;
1.1 Installing the IDE;
1.2 Having Some Image Fun;
Chapter 2: Flex in Action;
2.1 E-Commerce;
2.2 Online Applications;
2.3 Multimedia;
2.4 Plug-ins and Widgets;
2.5 Dashboards;
2.6 Desktop Applications;
2.7 What Will You Do?;
Chapter 3: Flex 101: Step by Step;
3.1 A Flickr Viewer;
Chapter 4: Flex Controls and Layout;
4.1 The Application Container;
4.2 The Box Class;
4.3 The Canvas Container (Absolute Positioning);
4.4 The Canvas Container (Relative Positioning);
4.5 The Form Container;
4.6 Combined Layouts;
4.7 The Panel Container;
4.8 Controls;
4.9 Data Grids;
4.10 Tabs and Accordions;
4.11 Menus;
4.12 Divider Boxes;
4.13 CSS;
4.14 Filters and Effects;
Chapter 5: Working with the Server;
5.1 POSTing to the Server with Flex;
5.2 Using the HTTPService Tag;
5.3 Going on from Here;
Chapter 6: More Flex Applications;
6.1 A Runner’s Calculator;
6.2 A Simple Image Viewer;
6.3 Drag-and-Drop;
6.4 States and Transitions;
6.5 Creating Better Movies;
Chapter 7: Advanced Flex Controls;
7.1 ILOG Elixir;
7.2 Advanced Flash Components;
7.3 The FlexLib Project;
7.4 Distortion Effects;
7.5 SpringGraph;
Chapter 8: Flex for Widgets;
8.1 Slide Show Widget;
8.2 Chat Widget;
Chapter 9: Flex on AIR;
9.1 Creating an AIR Version of the Runner’s Calculator;
Chapter 10: Resources for Flex Developers;
10.1 Flex Websites;
10.2 Blogs and Sites;
10.3 The Flex Cookbook;
10.4 Community Resources;
10.5 Books;