The Essential Guide to Flex 3

by Charles E. Brown

Flex 3 is the new version of Adobe's revolutionary rich internet application development environment, and this book covers all the basic and advanced topics needed to master it. Whatever level the reader in Flex 2/3 development, they will gain a great deal from this book: it covers everything from installation and environment basics thru language essentials, to advanced topics such as charting components and connecting to server-side environments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590599500
• ISBN13: 9781590599501
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.6" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great place to start

This book is great for readers who know something about programming and who are new to Flex. The pace is steady, the examples are apt, and all code is available for download. By the end of the book, a reader will be able to write useful applications from scratch with full benefit of the AIR desktop and Flash player for browser-neutral applications.

The Best Way to Start Learning Flex 3

I am a desktop programmer entering the Web application developmnet world. This book is a very good point to start, explaining how do learn Flex without attending a course. Brown introduce de use of Flex step by step very clearly. I have bought other good books I recommend reading in the following sequence : Guide to Flex 3 (Charles Brown) Adobe Flex for Dummies (Douge MCune) Adobe Flex 3 Bible David Gassner

Great Book

I have this book and got it after taking a Flex Class that Charles Brown taught. I have referred to the book numerous times to point me in the right direction for the application I am working on and also to help me better understand why something works the way it does.

Absolutely perfect (almost)

This is one of the most well-written books I have ever read. I have been programming JavaScript for several years, so I assume that makes learning ActionScript fairly easy for me. Nevertheless, this is a good introductory book to Flex 3. All of the examples work flawlessly. The only thing wrong with the book are some unbelievably huge typographical errors, but they are easy to spot and easy to decipher. Sometimes you have to look at the example code from the website to get the correct text. The errors have not caused me any problems and I would highly recommend this book to anyone new to Flex 3.

Flex at its finest!

I have learned a great deal from this book. Along with taking a course with the author and reading this book I have learned how to do things the correct way and have reaped the rewards from it. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn Flex quickly and/or catch up on whats new in Flex 3.