Adobe Flex & AIR Training

Training is provided by an Adobe Certified Expert


We offer 3 courses on Adobe Flex & Adobe AIR – Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced. Both on- and off-site training is available.
Along with the training, learning materials will be provided either in text or video form for supplementary learning and revision.

Pricing:
The pricing for the training courses listed below is a flat rate of R5000 per day, for 2 to 8 candidates. Larger group deals can be arranged on demand.

Beginner Course - 3 days


Day ONE

  • Introduction
    • Anatomy of a Flash Application
    • What is Flex 4?
    • How does Flex relate to Flash?
    • What can Flex do?
    • Where can Flex run?
  • Getting Started with Flex 4 & Flash Builder 4
    • What is Flash Builder?
    • Project Structure
    • Getting help (built-in documentation and on the web)
    • MXML and ActionScript 3.0 overview
    • Types of project and their uses
      • ActionScript Library
      • Flex Web project – primary focus
      • Flex Desktop project (AIR)
      • Flex Mobile project (AIR) – not included in course
    • Structure of a Flex application
    • Core components
      • Application
      • Script tag
      • Declarations tag
      • Working with ActionScript 3.0 in MXML
      • Spark & Halo
        • Flex 4 is a transitional release
      • Creating a release build and deployment to FTP server

Day TWO

  • Building a simple application
    • Sample application – login system
    • States
    • Layouts
    • Events
    • Scrolling
    • UI Controls
      • Button
      • Alert
      • Form
      • Label
      • Panel
    • Binding
    • Model/View/Controller discussion and primer
      • Separating core elements of an application (Object-oriented Programming – OOP)
  • Interacting with the web
    • Integrating XML into sample login system
    • E4X (ECMAScript for XML) and parsing XML files
    • Embedding assets and run-time loading of assets

Day THREE

  • Diving Deeper with ActionScript 3.0
    • Manipulating controls at run-time
    • Working with community-contributed libraries
    • Working with multimedia
      • Audio
        • Sound effects
        • Creating a simple mp3 player
      • Images
        • Embedding images
        • Creating a simple image viewer
    • Custom events
    • Creating simple custom MXML components
  • Introduction to Adobe AIR
  • Navigation
    • Working with ViewStack and TabNavigator components
    • Understanding the concepts behind creation policies and component visibility
  • Debugging
    • Using the Flash Builder 4 debugger

Intermediate Course - 5 days

Includes Beginner Course

Day FOUR

  • Aesthetics (Styling a Flex Application)
    • Flex 4 skinning model
    • CSS –  Cascading Style Sheets
      • CSS files
      • In-line styles
    • Native graphics
      • Shape primitives
      • Gradients
    • Creating custom component skins
    • FXG & Flash Catalyst
      • FXG assets from Illustrator and Fireworks
      • Flash Catalyst – new product from Adobe

Day FIVE

  • Intermediate Topics
    • Item renderers and collections
    • Custom complex MXML and ActionScript components
    • Debugging and profiling – intermediate
    • Deep-linking with SWFAddress
    • Interacting with the filesystem (AIR)
    • Window management (AIR)

Advanced Course - 7 days

Includes Intermediate Course

Day SIX

  • Flex & PHP
    • Setting up AMFPHP
    • Sending/receiving data to/from AMFPHP and Flex
    • Sending/receiving strictly-typed objects from AMFPHP and Flex
    • Integrating AMFPHP with MySQL (retrieving, updating, deleting data)
    • Tips and tricks
    • Debugging Flex & PHP projects with Charles Proxy and FireFlash (Firebug)
  • Packaging, deploying and updating AIR applications
  • Working with native processes in AIR

Day SEVEN

  • Enterprise Application Development
    • Structure and planning
    • Modules
    • Security and Code Obfuscation
    • Internationalization
    • Maintenance strategies