"A great book for both beginners and experienced Flex developers."---Kevin Schmidt Adobe Systems, Inc. --"Completely demystifies building rich user interfaces."---Rick Wagner, Acxiom Corp. --"No question is left unanswered, no facet unexplored."---Peter Pavlovich, Kronos, Inc. --"The desk reference for all things Flex 4"---John Griffin, Overstock.com --"The lessons are memorable, witty, and very relevant."---Zareen Zaffar, Amcom --"What you need to flexible 4 your job!"---Rick Evans, SAS --Book Jacket.Flex 4 in Action is a comprehensive tutorial that introduces Flex to web designers and developers. It starts with the basics---forms and data---and moves through core concepts like navigation, drag-and-drop, and events. Even if you're new to Flex, this book is all you'll need to make your apps pop using the new Spark components, data services, charting, special effects, and more. --Flex has grown from just a way to build Flash apps into a rich ecosystem, and Flex 4 introduces new UI components, better performance monitoring, and speed enhancements to the complier. --Readers of this book need basic development skills, but no previous experience with Flex. --
Includes bibliographical references and index.