作者：Shashank Tiwari, Elad Elrom
出版日期：October 27, 2008
出版社：Apress
页数：640
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1430210273 ISBN-13: 978-1430210276
文件格式：PDF


Product Description
Whether you’re a Flex 3 beginner or intermediate user, this bookprovides the necessary information to help you develop into an expert.Using a practical hands-on approach, it illustrates exactly how tocreate robust and scalable enterprise-grade Rich Internet Applications(RIAs).
The book is divided into three parts. The first part discusses thearchitectural and design aspects of Flex 3 application development. Itexplains the internals of a Flex 3 application and advocates a few bestpractices to fine-tune your application to ensure maximum performance.It includes tutorials on creating custom components, data binding, andcreating AIR-powered desktop applications.
The second part concentrates on effectively integrating Flex 3 withserver- and client-side technologies. Techniques for integration withJava and PHP are covered in detail, and content covering interactionwith client-side technologies is also included. After reading thechapter on JavaScript integration, you will be ready to createapplications that can use Ajax and Flex 3 together.
The third and final part of the book is a unique and eclectic mix ofsome advanced topics like mashups, collaborative applications, 3Drendering, highly interactive visualization, and audio and videostreaming.
In summary, through reading this book, you will benefit from thewealth of information and years of experience the authors hold, andwill then be ready to cruise with comfort in the world of Flex 3application development on your own.
In this book, you’ll learn how toIntegrate Flex 3 with PHP, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby on Rails.Leverage architectural and design patterns.Create mashups and collaborative applications using Flex 3.Build rich media applications using audio and video streaming and open source 3D libraries.Tune the performance of your Flex applications.About the Author
Shashank is Chief Technologist at Saven Technologies(http://www.saventech.com), a technology-driven business solutionscompany headquartered in Chicago, IL. As an experienced softwaredeveloper and architect, he is adept in a multitude of technologies, anexpert group member on a number of JCP (Java Community Process)specifications, JSRs 274, 283, 299, 301 & 312, and is an Adobe FlexChampion. Currently, he passionately builds rich high-performanceapplications and advises many on RIA and SOA adoption.
He helps his clients in banking, money management, and financialservices build robust, quantitative, data-intensive, highlyinteractive, and scalable applications. He writes regularly in manytechnical magazines, presents in seminars, mentors developers andarchitects, and maintains a popular blog. He is an ardent supporter ofand contributor to open source software.
He lives with his wife and two sons in New York. More information about him can be accessed at his website at www.shanky.org.
Elad Elrom has been managing and developing Internet basedapplications since the year 2000 and has consulted for sophisticatedclients including MTV Networks, Vitamin Water, Weight Watchers,Davidoff and many more. He has been developing Flash application sincethe early Flash 5 and has been developing Flex applications since therelease of Flex 2. His deep understanding of the full project cycle, aswell as development in numerous programming languages, contributes tohis understanding of the \”big picture\”. In the past, Elad Elromserved in the Israeli Navy Defense Forces as part of an elite group ofengineers assisting the Israeli Navy Seals. Visit his blog atelromdesign.com/blog/