In Foundation Flex for Developers, Sas Jacobs explores in detail how to create professional data-centric Flex 2 and Flex 3 applications. In the first half of the book, she starts off with a brief exploration of Flex and ActionScript 3.0, before looking at application essentials in detail, including creating custom components, user and web browser interactions, binding, formatting and validating data, debugging, and more. The second half of the book focuses on connecting Flex to data sources and covers XML, Flex Data Services, PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion in detail, via a series of step-by-step case studies.

Flex Application Basics.- to Flex.- Working with Actionscript 3.0 in Flex 3.- Creating Custom Components.- Interacting with Users.- Interacting with the Web Browser.- Working with Data in Flex Applications.- to XML.- Using XML in Flex Builder.- Flex Data-Driven Controls.- Debugging Flex Applications.- Data-Driven Applications.- XML Case Study.- ColdFusion Project.- ASP.Net Case Study.- PHP Case Study.- Livecycle Data Services.- to Livecycle Data Services.- Livecycle Data Services Case Study.

Sas Jacobs is a Web developer who loves working with Flash. She set up her business Anything Is Possible in 1994, working in the areas of web development, information technology training and technical writing. The business works with large and small clients building web applications with ASP.NET, Flash, XML and databases. Sas has also spoken at conferences such as Flash Forward, MXDU and FlashKit on topics relating to XML and dynamic content in Flash. In her spare time, Sas is passionate about travelling, photography and enjoying life. One of her most fervent wishes is that Flash will take over the Web!