Flex 101: Part 4 - Building in Design Mode

By: Joseph Balderson on Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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Learning Flex 2 can be can seem overwhelming at first glance, considering all the elements that go into the making of a Flex application, from the Flex product line, the development IDE, the source files, the runtime and the APIs, not to mention the abundance of documentation, examples and blog entries to choose from, not all of which are intended for novices. This series aims to take some of the mystery and confusion out of learning Flex 2, providing both a beginner's overview of building applications in Flex, as well as some in-depth examination of the basics for intermediate Flex developers.

In this article, we will look at building a small Flex 2 application. You will learn how easy it is to build an application using Flex Builder 2 in Design mode, requiring a minimum of code. We will also examine a few best practices and shortcuts in using Flex Builder 2 for applications development.

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The Flex 101 Series:
Flex 101: Part 1 - Introducing Adobe Flex 2
Flex 101: Part 2 - What's New In Flash Player 9
Flex 101: Part 3 - Using Flex Builder 2
Flex 101: Part 4 - Building in Design Mode
Flex 101: Part 5 - Using MXML
Flex 101: Part 6 - Components and Databinding
Flex 101: Part 7 - Events
Flex 101: Part 8 - AS3 in MXML
Flex 101: Part 9 - Custom MXML Components
Flex 101: Part 10 - Databinding Custom Components
Flex 101: Part 11 - The Event Class
Flex 101: Part 12 - Using the Flex 2 Debugger
Flex 101: Part 13 - Declaring Events in AS3
Flex 101: Part 14 - Using the Event Subclasses
Flex 101: Part 15 - Simple Controls
Flex 101: Part 16 - Layout Containers Coming Soon

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