COURSE CURRICULUM
Module 01 :
- Installing the Poetica Font
- Preparing the Workspace
- Repair Broken Links & Improve Performance
- Looking at the Natural Experiences Application
- Reviewing the Drag & Drop Application
- Enhancements With Imagery & Layering
- Reviewing the Main Application File
- Reviewing the Gallery Custom Component File
- Add Images & Animations to the Background
- Reviewing the Processing Effect of Animations
- Embedding an Image into the Project
- Placing Content in Correct Order
- Creating a Reusable Embedded Image
- Randomizing the Displayed Background Image
- Declaring Variables
- Calculating the Variable
- Creating Simple Pop Up Functionality
- Closing & Opening the Pop Up
- Working With Fonts, Filters, & Blends
- Learning the Limitations of Device Fonts
- Adding an Embedded Font
- Using the Embedded Font in a Class Selector
- Embedding Fonts Using FlashType
- Exploring FlashType Advance Anti-Aliasing Setting
- Exploring Filters
- Creating a Drop Shadow & Applying Glow Filters
- Reviewing Available Blends
- Applying Blends
- Customizing Flex Components
- Exploring 9-Slice Scaling
- Adding 9-Slice Scaling to PNG Images
- Modify the Natural Experiences Welcome Panel
- Modify Graphical Skins Using Adobe Flash® Templates
- Modify the Natural Experiences ComboBox Skin
- Extending Flex Components Using Actionscript 3
- Creating an Extended Component
- Extend & Customize Pre-existing Flex Components
- Add Custom Buttons to Scroll Window Extended Panel
- Applying Images to Button States
- Assign Event Handlers in an ActionScript Component
- Adding Button Children to the Panel
- Positioning the Custom Buttons in the Scroll Window
- Create Variables, Change Button Size, & Calculate X & Y Positions
- Optimizing the Application with Style Sheets
- Final Comments & Credits
Module 02 :
- Drawing Shapes & Modifying Flex Components
- Using the Display List Objects & Graphics Class
- Calling the clear() Method
- Using line Style() to Style Star Points
- Drawing a Shape in an ActionScript Class
- Creating the Expand Button
- Drawing a Round Cornered Rectangle
- Drawing a Line & Arrow
- Applying Drawn Buttons to an Application
- Reskinning Panels with a Programmatic Skin
- Setting Variables for Drawing the Skin
- Creating a Drawing Using the Graphics Class Method
- Applying the Panel Skin
- Animating Components & State Changes
- Creating Fly-In Pop Up Components
- Creating Parallel Effects Using MXML
- Creating Parallel Effects Using ActionScript
- Comparing MXML & ActionScript
- Expanding & Restoring the Scroll Window Panel
- Triggering the State Change
- Smoothing Transitions
- Detecting the Scroll Window’s Panel Width
- Creating Bindable Variables
- Using a Rollover Effect with a Thumbnail
- Loose Data Coupling With Binding & Events
- Displaying XML Data in an Array Collection
- Passing Data between Components
- Passing Thumbnail Sizes between Components
- Using a Repeater to Generate Thumbnails
- Displaying Data with the Thumbnails
- Creating a Pop Up Event Class
- Displaying the Correct Data in the Pop Up
- Reviewing Code in the Main Application
- Looking at the Filter Function
- Exploring the Thumbnail Gallery Properties
- Configuring the Thumbnail Gallery Layout
- Calculating the Thumbnail Width & Height
- Explaining Thumbnail Positioning
- Exploring the Code that Defines Thumbnail Position
- Positioning the Thumbnails in the Gallery
- Repairing the Scroll Window Display
- Refreshing the Gallery Based on Category
- Creating Mouse-aware Application Features
- Moving the Pop Up to the Mouse Position
- Constraining the Pop Up within the Content Area
- Modifying Pop Up Locations
- Continuing Modification of the Pop Up Location
- Creating the Timer Object
- Creating Auto-Scroll Functionality
- Timer Instance & Reducing Value Variable
- Timer Instance Basic Functionality
- Calculating Scrolling Functionality
- Controlling Animation Functionality
- Activate & Deactivate Scrolling Functionality
- Data-bound Drag & Drop For Any Flex Control
- Enabling the Drag Function on the Drag Source
- Enabling the Drop Function on the Drop Target
- Enabling the Drag Move Function on the Source
- Enable Drag & Drop Functionality on Components
- Limiting Data Display in the List Control
- Drag Enabling the Source Image
- Adding a Format to the DataSource Objects
- Accepting the Data in the Drop Target
- Creating a Proxy Image
- Drop Enabling the Target List Control
- Final Comments & Credits
Method of assessment
- You will have one assignment. Pass mark is 65%.
- You will only need to pay £19 for assessment.
- You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and the certificate will be sent within 7-14 days.
Certification
Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a Flex 2: Advanced Visual Programming certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate.
Meet the instructor: Leo is an Adobe Certified Master Instructor for the Flex, Flash, ColdFusion, and Dreamweaver product lines, and has worked as a technical trainer and courseware developer for over ten years, focusing on web development technologies since 1998. Leo is also the author of Flash 8: ActionScript – a course in the Adobe Authorized Training Curriculum – as well as multiple ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 training modules for the Flex product lines.
