How soon can you learn Adobe Flex 3? With this book's unique hands-on approach, you will be able to tinker with examples right away, and create your own Rich Internet Applications with Flex within the first few chapters. As you progress, you learn how to build a layout, add interactivity, work with data, and deploy your applications to either the Web or the desktop.Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to fellow developers at Yahoo! You'll understand how Flex works, how to use the MXML markup language and work with ActionScript, how to deploy RIAs to the desktop using Adobe AIR, and much more. Whether you're a beginner, or an experienced web developer coming to Flex from another platform, Learning Flex 3 is the ideal way to learn how to:Set up your environment with FlexBuilder and EclipseCreate a new Flex projectUse the different design views in FlexWrite code with MXMLLay out your Flex applicationEmbed images and graphicsBuild a user interfaceAdd interactivity with ActionScriptHandle user inputMove, display, and collect dataAdd custom components with MXMLAdd sound effects, filters, and transitionsStyle your applications with CSS, skins, and themesDeploy applications to the Web, or to the desktop using Adobe AIRAlso included are brief explanations of objects, classes, components, properties, methods, types, and other Flex attributes. You will find that Learning Flex 3 is not only the most complete tutorial for Flex, it's also the quickest way to get going with the latest version of this powerful framework. Read Less