Flex 3: Data and Communications provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex font 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.

Introducing Adobe Flex 3

• Understanding rich Internet applications
  
• Introducing the Adobe Flex 3 product line
  
• The foundation of the RIA: Flash Player/Flash Virtual Machine
  
• Understanding the Flex application process fl ow
  
• Getting help and other resources
  

Accessing Web Services

• Using web services
  
• Invoking web service methods and using the results
  
• Consuming a web service
  
• Handling results using an event handler
  
• Handling faults
  
• Calling multiple methods from the same WebService object
  
• Passing Parameters to Web Service
  

Introduction to Flex Data Services

• Introducing Flex Data Services
  
• Installing Flex Data Services
  
• Explore the Flex Data Services Installation
  
• Creating a Flex application for use with Flex Data Services
  
• Navigating the Flex Project Structure
  
• Understanding the Server Compilation Process
  
• Flex Data Services Features
  
• The Flex Proxy Service
  
• The Proxy Service Default Destination
  
• Named Proxy Service Destinations

Using ColdFusion Components as Remote Object Services

• Understanding remote object services
  
• Confi guring ColdFusion, Flex Builder and calling a remote object service method
  
• Exchanging data between Action-Script and ColdFusion
  

Using Java Classes as Remote Object Services

• Understanding Remote Object Services
  
• Calling a Remote Object Service method
  
• Handling RPC Events
  
• Complex Remote Method Calls
  
• Exchanging Data between Action-Script and Java
  

Validating and Formatting Data

• Validating form data
  
• Triggering validation with events
  
• Validating Numeric Input
  
• Triggering validation with Action-Script
  
• Using regular expressions
  
• Formatting Data
  

Manipulating Complex Data

• Understanding Collection Classes
  
• Filtering data
  
• Filtering data
  
• Creating a data sort
  
• Using the IViewCursor interface
  
• Creating a project that uses FDS
  

Using the Flex Message Service

• Introducing the Flex Message Service
  
• Reviewing Message Destination Confi guration
  
• Understanding Publish-Subscribe Messaging
  
• Publishing Messages
  
• Receiving and processing messages
  
• Sending and Receiving Complex Data
  

Using the Flex Data Management Service

• What is the Flex Data Management Service?
  
• Exploring a Data Management Services Destination
  
• Data Management Service Architecture
  
• Changing Data
  
• Managing Pending Changes
  
• Using Events
  
• Handling DataService Results
  
• Advanced Data Management Service Features
  

Providing XML to Controls with E4X

• Understanding XML structure
  
• Working with XML data in ActionScript 3
  
• Using the Tree Control
  
• Retrieving XML data and populating a Tree
  
• Using XML objects
  
• Removing XML items from a list
  

Uploading Files to a Server

• Implementing fi le transfer basics
  
• Uploading a fi le to the server
  
• Enhancing the user experience with FileReference events
  
• Understanding the FileReferenceList class
  
• Use the Data Management Service to retrieve photo data
  
• Send real-time messages between applications

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 attended the Flex 3- Developing Rich Client Applications course
  
• Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in Flex 3- Developing RCA course

This course is designed for object-oriented developers who want to incorporate dynamic data into their Flex applications using Flex Data Services.

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• Accessing Web Services
  
• Flex Data Services
  
• The Flex Proxy Service
  
• Handling RPC Events
  
• Validating and Formatting Data
  
• Using the Flex Message Service
  
• Data Management Service Architecture
  
• Retrieve XML Data with HTTPService
  

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