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Flex Training

Please note that a minimum number of participants are required for a Flex Training course to proceed.

The course is designed for developers who have had some exposure to Flex and understand the basics but want to get to the next level. At the end of the course attendees will build a working e-commerce Flex store using the ZoomFlex framework.

Contact training@shadocms.com to register.

Course Agenda

Day 1

  • Understanding the Flex paradigm
  • Flex Frameworks and why you need them (Covers MVC,Cairgorm and ZoomFlex)
  • Best practice CFC architecture
  • Error handling and debugging
  • Building for performance

Day 2

  • Making Flex applications SEO friendly
  • Securing Flex applications
  • Flex tips and tricks
  • Building a Flex e-commerce store

Minimum Requirements for the course

  • Familiarity with Flex Builder 2.0 (or Eclipse with Flex Builder Plugin). An understanding of the Flex technology and a couple of months of hands-on working experience
  • Experience with ColdFusion (and any other web scripting language)
  • Two years web development experience

At a Glance

Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm

Location: Central Sydney and Auckland, locations to be announced based on numbers

Cost:  TBA

Bring your laptop

 

Flex 2: Developing Rich Client Applications (3 days)


Description

Flex 2: Developing Rich Internet Client Applications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience using Flex. This three day course introduces developers to all the primary features of Flex they'll need to know in order to build a fully functional, well architected front end for a Rich Internet Application (RIA).

Audience

This course is designed for experienced web application developers who want to bring the power of Rich Internet Applications to their web applications. To gain the most from this class, you should:
- Have experience with a web application development language, such as ColdFusion, ActionScript, JavaScript, or some other web development language.
- Be familiar with XML terminology.
- Have an understanding of object-oriented programming terminology.

Course Outline

- Introducing Adobe Flex 2
- Getting Started with Flex Builder 2
- Learning Flex Fundamentals
- Handling Events
- Using Simple Controls
- Laying Out an Application with Containers
- Laying out an Application Using Constraint-Based Layout
- Using View States for Application Design
- Creating Application Navigation
- Customizing the Application
- Using MXML and ActionScript Data Models
- Exchanging Data Between Components Using Custom Events
- Retrieving XML Data with HTTP Service
- Looping Through Data Using a Repeater
- Displaying Data Using the DataGrid

Cost: $1,850+gst
Duration: 3 days
Venue: Straker Offices, Level 5, Suite b, Cathedral House, 48-52 Wyndham St, Auckland Central.

Limited to 6 participants
Lunch Provided

Contact training@shadocms.com for further information.

Flex 2: Data and Communications (2 days)


Description

Flex 2: Data and Communications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex front ends to remote, dynamic data using Flex Data Services. This two day course instructs developers how to connect with remote data using web services and Flex Data Services' features allowing communication with a Java backend. In addition, skills will be learned how to manipulate and format the returned data.

Audience

This course is designed for application developers who want to connect their Flex font ends to dynamic data. To gain the most from this class, you should:
- Have experience with a web application development language, such as ColdFusion, ActionScript, JavaScript, or some other web development language.
- Have attended the Flex 2: Rich Client Applications course or have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in Flex 2: Rich Client Applications.
- Have an understanding of object-oriented programming terminology.

Course Outline

- Introducing Adobe Flex 2
- Accessing Web Services
- Introduction to Flex Data Services
- Using ColdFusion Components as Remote Object Services
- Using Java Classes as Remote Object Services
- Validating and Formatting Data
- Manipulating Complex Data
- Using the Flex Message Service
- Using the Flex Data Management Service
- Providing XML to Controls with E4X
- Uploading Files to a Server

Cost: $1,450+gst
Duration: 2 days
Venue: Straker Offices, Level 5, Suite b, Cathedral House, 48-52 Wyndham St, Auckland Central.

Limited to 6 participants
Lunch Provided

Contact training@shadocms.com for further information.