Learning Flex -- Links and Resources

[Terry Allen]

Hi,

I think this could be a good place for us to consolidate all of our learning resources in one place. There are so many on the web that it is difficult to keep up with them all.

Also, it would be great to have an area for people that are not ready to post their questions to the flexcoders list with all of the advanced users lurking (and laughing maniacally??) as we/I post really stupid questions. If everyone else reading it is learning as well it always seems to take the edge off a bit!

Anyhow I look forward to learning with you.

Terry A.
mhason

[Terry Allen]

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ -- I suppose the source is always the best place to start.
Total Training Online Free Flex training until they end the promotion. I truly enjoyed this training personally.
The Flex Show Podcast -- I love this podcast.
Flash Game University Pod and Video Focus is on ActionScript 3.0 and Flash. They way I look at it, if you can make a game in AS3 you can probably make whatever you need for your RIA :)

There are many more, but I have to get back to work. It's hard keeping up with the Security industry AND trying to learn how to make RIA's lol.....

[meir]

From: https://cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice?entry=userful_lin...

Flex 2 Language Reference
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/index.html
This link goes to the reference docs for the entire Flex 2 framework. It is extremely helpful for learning the framework and the properties and methods for objects within the framework.


Flex 2 Style Explorer
http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2Style...
This link provides a Flex application that will allow you to quickly and easily create style sheet definitions, and see the changes in real time, on real flex components. This is very helpful for quickly making something look good, if you don't have a user experience designer handy.


Flex 2 Component Explorer
http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/sdk/explorer/explorer.html
This link provides a Flex application that will allow you to browse different kinds of Flex components. This helps you become familiar with the different components of the framework.


QuietlyScheming Chart Explorer
http://demo.quietlyscheming.com/ChartSampler/app.html
This has got to be the best example for Flex charting on the internet. You can see lots of different chart customizations, play with different data effects, and it has complete source code to achieve all of these capabilities. This one is HIGHLY recommended.


FlexLib
http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/
The FlexLib project is a community effort to create open source user interface components for Adobe Flex 2. There's a lot in there. you can see the full component list here: http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/wiki/ComponentList


ActionScript 3 Libraries
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ActionScript_3:resources:apis:...
The Adobe Developer Relations team released a set of free and open ActionScript 3.0 APIs to help developers get started building Flex 2.0 applications.