Part 1. Application basics

Your journey into Flex is about to begin. This part of the book is focused on getting you ramped up with the basics of making Flex applications.

Before the coding starts, we’ll present a high-level overview of what Flex is, from its languages to its ecosystem, and show how the parts fit together. Building on what you learn, you’ll set up your development environment so you can create and build Flex applications.

With the ability to compile and run Flex applications, the coding (a.k.a. the good stuff) begins with an overview of ActionScript—the core language of Flex. Progressively, you’ll put together all the building blocks that make up the essence of every application from layout, to building and validating forms, to formatting data, to displaying lists of information.