Flash Builder and Flash Catalyst: The New Workflow

✍ Scribed by Steven Peeters (auth.), Clay Andres, Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, Michelle Lowman, Matthew Moodie, Duncan Parkes, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh (eds.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 354
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Flash Platform is changing. Flash Builder and Flash Catalyst have brought a new separation of design and coding to web development that enables a much more efficient and streamlined workflow. For designers and developers used to the close confines of Flash, this is a hugely liberating, but at first alien concept. This book teaches the new workflow for the Flash platform. It gives an overview of the technologies involved and provides you with real-world project examples and best-practice guidelines to get from design to implementation with the tools at hand.

• Includes many examples
• Focuses on real-world situations
• Covers designer and developer workflow

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Flex and AIR: Taking RIAs to the Next Level....Pages 1-37
Flex 4 SDK: Overview of the New Features....Pages 39-70
Flash Builder 4: The programming environment....Pages 71-98
Flash Catalyst: bridging the gap....Pages 99-130
Choosing the Best Workflow....Pages 131-185
Case Study: An E-Commerce Site....Pages 187-239
Managing RIA Projects....Pages 241-258
Frameworks....Pages 259-287
Best Practices....Pages 289-317
Back Matter....Pages 319-343

✦ Subjects

Programming Techniques