Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, Matthew Boles, James Talbot
Publisher: Adobe Press
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Edition: 2
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ISBN: 0321529189
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.76
EAN: 9780321529183
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Publication Date: April 6, 2008
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Part of the Adobe Training from the Source series, the official curriculum from Adobe, developed by experienced trainers. Using project-based tutorials, this book/CD volume is designed to teach the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level projects. Each book includes a CD that contains all the files used in the lessons, plus completed projects for comparison. In the course of the book, the reader will build several Web applications using Flex Builder incorporating MXML and ActionScript 3.0. This title covers the component framework for Rich Internet Applications, Adobe Flex 3.0. New Flex 3 features covered in this edition are: the advanced DataGrid, Data Connectivity Wizards, Modularizing the Flex application, and options for deploying your Flex project with AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime).
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 Great book July 18, 2008
Krzysztof Satola (Poland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source is an update to the extremely popular Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source. Authors of the book not only revised the earlier version of the book but also added a few chapters on features such modules, the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), and the advanced DataGrid component.
If you are new to Flex 3, this book will guide you through the process of developing a complete application (an online grocery store) using Adobe Flex Builder 3. This book provides you with all the tools you need to get started. But be aware that to make the most of this book, you should at the very least understand basic web terminology. This book is written assuming that you are comfortable working with other programming languages such as Java, .Net, PHP or ColdFusion. This knowledge let you better understand many comparisons and analogies made to server-side web programming.
If you are more advanced Flex developer you can still find this book compelling. You will especially like to focus on new Flex 3 topics which are discussed in this book. There are many places inside "old chapters" which were updated or extended to reflect changes and improvements available in Adobe Flex 3.
I am a Flex Developer. Although I have read the Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source book I have also read Adobe Flex 3 version of the book and I do not regret it. It has been worth spending my time on reading. I especially liked new parts on creating modular applications and profiling Flex applications.
If you learn best by doing, this is the book you need. I definitely recommend this book.
Your best starting point for everything about Flex 3 July 15, 2008
Matthew McCullough (Highlands Ranch, CO, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Adobe Flex 3 Training from the Source is a kick-start guide to learning the revolutionary "web 2.0" capabilities this present and ever-growing technology provides. Authors Jeff Tapper, Michael Labriola, and Matthew Boles establish clear, step-by-step tutorials and application development that are clear and easy to absorb no matter the scope or scale of coding.
What's best in the 26 lessons is the gradual build-up of skills--each lesson carefully stretching previous chapter's elements and taking them to a new level of programming and extension. This build-up and repetition of skills helps to solidify concepts, syntax, and best practices while never becoming redundant.
Whether readers come from an existing Flash/ActionScript background, an application designer needing additional coding skills, or as a total newcomer to OOP concepts and Rich Internet Application development, Training from the Source is the finest start.
Without a doubt, this book steps up to the challenge of introducing and showcasing the amazing capabilities Flex 3 has to offer and opens a door to endless possibilities for all involved in the design, development and deployment of Internet-base applications.
it's the best bookI'v ever see. July 15, 2008
Amer Khalil (jordan)
this book is the best for learning adobe flex 3 ,because it's learn you how to architect your application and it's a project based tutorial
 A wholly unimpressive and shallow reference. July 14, 2008
T. Bitsky (Orland Park, IL United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Considering that Adobe created Flex to capitalize on application programmers more comfortable with XML than animation, it amazes me that they have created a reference that teaches little that could not be learned from five minutes on google or just educated guesses. While their concept of creating a whole application as a training device is alluring in concept, the reality is that you end up good at making THEIR application, but have little basis for creating your own.
No concepts are expanded beyond the basics, or even beyond the use of them in their application. Hoping to get a better understanding of how and why things work in Flex? Then look elsewhere; this book focuses on the code you would have to type to make things happen for their application alone.
Most annoying is the code snippits that appear as examples. Never in the book is a complete code listing available. Instead, snippits are given to insert into code developed chapters earlier, followed by instructions (not code) about how to make edits, sometimes across multiple file. What that makes for is a book where there is no one place to turn to for answers. Understanding a complete concept becomes an adventure where one must piece together clues to form a complete picture.
While a few good concepts are in the book, someone looking to have a reference that will allow them to learn and build upon Flex should look elsewhere. In all cases where I found a useful or needed concept in the book, I had to search for the same concept on Adobe LiveDocs or Google so I could find an article that would actually explain it to me. I can find no reason to purchase this book, as any other book will illustrate the same concepts, and hopefully do so better and more effectively.
Waste of time - even set you back July 13, 2008
T. Gunnar Swan (San Diego)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book thinking that from Adobe - it would have some tips and tricks that would help.
Well - they start something - and you're working it - just to find out that they say that is not the way to do it - do it another way. What? Yep.
You are supposed to be able to go to a chapter- load that chapter start project. Well, they don't work.
They have you doing 'rote' stuff - and you have no idea what you are trying to accomplish.
I've been programming for quite some time. I get the distinct feeling that these authors do not understand Flex.
Totally worthless book. You can buy mine used. Better yet, I'll save you grief - and use this book as a fire starter in my fireplace.
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