In Foundation Flex for Developers, Sas and Koen assume that you have the basics of Flex down already, and explores in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications. Covers the basics of Flex applications include connecting Flex Flex 2 and 3 for the various data sources included several complete case studies. What you will learn How to create custom components How to handle user interaction and a web browser How to debug Flex 2 applications How to bind, format, and validate data How to load and write external content is the essence of XML, and working with it in Flex 2, including E4X The need for Flex Data Services How to build data-driven Flex 2 applications with PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion backends Who is this book? Summary of Contents Part 1 - Flex Application Basics Introduction to Flex Work with ActionScript 3.0 in Flex 3 Creating Custom Components Interacting with Users Interact with the Web Browser Working with Data in Flex Applications Introduction to XML Using XML in Flex Builder Flex Debugging Control Data-Driven Applications Flex Part 2 - Data-Driven Applications Projects Case Studies ASP.NET PHP ColdFusion XML Case Studies Case Study Part 3 - Introduction to LiveCycle Data Services LiveCycle Data Services LiveCycle Data Services Case Study