Recent Flex content

Game of Flex on tablets

Michaël Chaize — Mon Jan 16 12:27:00 PST 2012

Play this learning game to discover the new features and components in Flex 4.6.

Expense tracker application

Adobe — Wed Nov 30 13:24:00 PST 2011

The expense tracker is an example of how to design and build CRUD based applications as a component of a larger expense application as both a mobile app and a web application.

Sales dashboard application

Adobe — Wed Nov 30 13:19:00 PST 2011

The sales dashboard illustrates how to design and build a data visualization application as both a mobile app and a web application through a shared codebase.

Shopping cart application

Adobe — Wed Nov 30 13:14:00 PST 2011

The shopping cart application includes both a web application and a mobile application and shows best practices for sharing model and data access code between both versions.

Flex mobile performance checklist

Max Vujovic — Wed Nov 30 11:40:00 PST 2011

Learn best practices for improving the performance of Flex mobile applications.

Adapt UIs for multiple mobile platforms

Michael Chaize — Wed Nov 30 10:48:00 PST 2011

Understand the complexities of developing UIs for multiple mobile platforms, and find out how a few tools can help manage the process in Flex and Flash Builder. (6:07)

Dynamically adapt the layout of tablet and mobile apps

Michael Chaize — Wed Nov 30 10:33:00 PST 2011

See the differences in UI design when developing apps for tablets or phones, and learn how to quickly adapt your app for either form factor. (6:44)

Web and mobile reference applications with Flex 4.5 SDK and Flash Builder 4.5

Adobe — Tue Nov 29 15:38:00 PST 2011

Learn how to build applications that target both traditional web and mobile deployment.

Flex and Maven with Flexmojos – Part 3: Journeyman

Justin J. Moses — Mon Nov 14 11:34:00 PST 2011

Discover Maven with Flexmojos and learn how to use it to manage the project lifecycle.

Migrating Flex 3 applications to Flex 4.5 – Part 4: Using Spark Panel, List, DataGrid, and VGroup components and adding custom skins and states

Greg Lafrance — Mon Nov 07 10:47:00 PST 2011

Complete a Flex 3 to Flex 4.5 migration with Spark Panel, List, DataGrid, and VGroup components.

Create ItemRenderers for Flex mobile projects

Piotr Walczyszyn — Tue Nov 01 13:55:00 PDT 2011

Learn about the process of creating custom ItemRenderers in ActionScript3 for Flex mobile applications. (7:36)

Flex mobile development tips and tricks – Part 5: Using mobile view and tab transitions

Holly Schinsky — Mon Oct 31 20:51:00 PDT 2011

Learn how to implement transitions on view and tab changes in Flex mobile apps.

Create custom skins for mobile apps

Piotr Walczyszyn — Mon Oct 31 11:08:00 PDT 2011

Learn how to create a custom SkinnableContainer Component for mobile applications using Flex and Flash Builder. (6:57)

Migrating Flex 3 applications to Flex 4.5 – Part 3: Introducing Spark components and simple skins

Greg Lafrance — Mon Oct 31 09:24:00 PDT 2011

Continue a Flex 3 to Flex 4.5 migration by adding a key Spark container and a basic skin.

Migrating Flex 3 applications to Flex 4.5 – Part 2: Beginning migration of the Dashboard application to Flex 4.5

Greg Lafrance — Mon Oct 24 10:01:00 PDT 2011

Continue a Flex 3 to Flex 4.5 migration by updating and skinning the Application container.

Flex mobile development tips and tricks—Part 4: Creating an alert popup and other skinnable popups

Holly Schinsky — Mon Oct 24 08:20:00 PDT 2011

Learn how to create and customize popup windows in Flex mobile apps.

Flex-based apps in the leading mobile marketplaces

Greg Wilson — Tue Oct 18 13:30:00 PDT 2011

Take a tour of some Flex-based apps from the mainstream app marketplaces. (7:30)

Flex and Maven with Flexmojos – Part 2: The apprentice

Justin J. Moses — Mon Oct 17 11:34:00 PDT 2011

Learn about project setup, finding dependencies, configuration, unit testing, and adding projects to the build.

Migrating Flex 3 applications to Flex 4.5 – Part 1: Importing the Flex 3 Dashboard application into Flash Builder 4.5

Greg Lafrance — Mon Oct 17 10:47:00 PDT 2011

Begin a Flex 3 to Flex 4.5 migration by importing a project and correcting build errors.

Flex mobile development tips and tricks – Part 3: Hiding and positioning your app’s tabs and hiding the ActionBar

Holly Schinsky — Mon Oct 10 10:00:00 PDT 2011

Learn how to customize TabbedViewNavigatorSkin and use the actionBarVisible and tabBarVisible properties on the View class.