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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!