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If you don't know Flex 3 and want to learn the basics and then some, well then this book might just be for you. The author takes you through Installing Eclipse and Flex Builder 3 (FB3) which I found very informing.He then takes you through some of the different areas in FB3. The chapter on ActionScript (Chapter 3) is not a very good one. You will need a different book for ActionScript reference. You then go through some of the "essentials" of Flex 3 to understand how to build an application. I was a bit confused at times but it might have been because of the speed I was going through this book.
If I would have slowed down a bit, I think it would have been a lot clearer. Also, I am new to Flex so it was learning from scratch for me. This book does not come with the files, nor can you download them. I really think if it had the files it would have been a MUCH better read/work along. There are a few errors in the code and you have to guess at times as to what it should be. I could not get one section to work at all (as was shown in the book). If you want to learn Flex 3 or get a better understanding of Flex 3, then I would tell you to read this book. The information you will learn far outweighs the few errors and lack of files. I've always said the best way to learn code, is to sit down and type it out. You will be doing a lot of this.Chapter 1: Flex Basics Chapter 2: Flex and Flex Builder 3 Chapter 3: ActionScript Chapter 4: Containers Chapter 5: Events and Components Chapter 6: Flex and XML Chapter 7: Formatting and Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 8: The Repeater Component Chapter 9: Drag and Drop Chapter 10: Case Study: Part 1 Chapter 11: Case Study: Part 2 Chapter 12: Flex and Data Chapter 13: Printing Chapter 14: Charting Chapter 15: Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Download free HTML/XML ebook: The Essential Guide to Flex 3
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