AdvancED Flex Application Development: Building Rich Media X

Description

Many Flex books cover the basics-this book does something different, and goes far further. The authors, leading Flash platform developers at Almer/Blank, working with Adobe User Group communities, are the creators of the Rich Media Exchange (RMX), a social media network for Adobe developers. In covering just how the RMX was built, this book contains all the knowledge you need to build similar large-scale Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex.

From the inception of the idea through to deployment, the authors show the techniques needed to plan and build advanced applications. You'll learn how to use forms, styles, validators, video, sound analysis, and framework caching, ensuring you make the most of the new features introduced in Flex 3.

Powerful applications require solid back ends. This book shows how to hook up a Flex application to PHP back-end systems such as Drupal and OpenAds. You'll learn how various parts of the RMX were built, including the blogs, event calendar, jobs board, and advertising system-elements that come together to really showcase the power of Flex.

The RMX is built by Adobe Developers for Adobe Developers-a rewarding community relationship that guarantees results. The same spirit is carried into this book, with the authors wanting and helping to take you to the next level of Flash Platform application development.

CONTENTS:

1Introduction to Flex Applications

2Planning the application: Introducing the RMX

3Wireframing

4Preparing to get to Work

5Styling Flex

6Collecting and Working with Content

7Key Navigation

8Syndicating, Accessing, and Aggregating Content

9User Communications

10Working with Video

11Advertising

12Building the Blog

13Building the Jobs Board

14Building the Wiki

15Building the Event Calendar

16Ideas for the Future

17Splitting your Flex App

18DoubleClick's DartMotif

19Working with On2 Publisher

20Vbulletin ImpEx

21Building an Audio Visualizer in Flex