The Essential Guide to Flex 2 with ActionScript 3.0

Flex 2, Flex Builder 2, and ActionScript 3.0 is the unstoppable new combination representing a revolution in Flash application development.

Flash and ActionScript 2 revolutionized web design with the introduction of Rich Internet Applications (RIA,) and now Flex 2 takes Flash way beyond its previous capabilities in delivering enterprise-level internet applications that vastly improve the user's internet experience.

Flex 2 is based on an easy to learn markup language called MXML. Using it you can create a series of nested containers, which the Flex server then translates into a finished application.
Flex Builder 2 is an easy-to-use programming environment, based on the famed Eclipse development environment, that allows you to create applications in both Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0.

To help you keep ahead of the game and get up to speed with Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0, Flash development, and certified training expert, Charles E Brown has written this comprehensive guide to developing Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0 applications using Flex Builder, to help you keep ahead of the game. He takes you step-by-step through:

Installation
The basics of MXML
Object Oriented Programming concepts
ActionScript 3.0 syntax
Building design and navigation containers
Styling Flex applications with Cascading Style Sheets
Data Connectivity
And much, much more!

No matter what level of web designer you are, by the end of the book you'll be creating powerful Flash applications. The revolution starts here!