Flex 3: Building Charting and Dashboard Applications
Application developers can use the Flex 3 framework and charting components to build interactive dashboards for data visualization within rich media applications. Flex features intelligent coding, interactive step-through debugging, and visual design of user interface layout, appearance, and behaviour.
Quick Facts
Duration: 2 Days
Class Size: 10
Level: Int / Adv
Times: 9.00am - 5.00pm approx
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About the Course
This 2 day course provides participants with practical experience using the Flex 3 framework and charting components. Participants are introduced to Flex 3 charts, including loading external data, chart tag elements, formatting, multi-series and ActionScript charts, and applying animation and styling.
Who should do this course?
This course is designed for experienced Adobe Flex developers who want to use Flex to build rich media applications with interactive dashboards and charts.
Prerequisites
This course is designed for experienced developers. Participants should have attended the 'Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications' course, or have equivalent knowledge.
Course Units
- Unit 1: Introducing Flex 3 Charts
- - Understanding chart data
- - Exploring the final application
- - Loading external data for charts and dashboard applications
- - Introducing Flex 3 charts
- - Leveraging visual data through charts
- - Understanding dashboards
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- Unit 2: Using Flex 3 Charts
- - Understanding the elements of a chart tag
- - Understanding and using the column and bar charts
- - Using the Column and Bar charts
- - Understanding and using the line and area charts
- - Understanding and using the pie chart
- - Understanding and using the plot chart
- - Understanding and using the bubble chart
- - Using the Candlestick and HighLowOpenClose Charts
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- Unit 3: Formatting Charts
- - Understanding the axis controls
- - Using the CategoryAxis
- - Using Chart DataTips
- - Formatting chart types
- - Working with legend controls
- - Applying the Concepts
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- Unit 4: Creating Multi-Series and ActionScript Charts
- - Understanding multiple data series
- - Adding multiple series of data
- - Using multiple chart axes
- - Mixing chart series types
- - Mixing multiple series types
- - Creating charts with ActionScript
- - Applying the Concepts
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- Unit 5: Understanding Advanced Charting Techniques
- - Using animation with chart series
- - Animating charts and chart effects
- - Handling user interaction
- - Dynamically controlling chart series
- - Changing dataProvider fields
- - Dynamically controlling the series
- - Using custom graphical renderers
- - Applying the Concepts
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- Unit 6: Styling Charts
- - Styling Charts
- - Applying CSS to Chart Components
- - Styling Chart Series
- - Styling Chart Grid Lines
- - Applying the concepts
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Upcoming Courses
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Sydney
Level 11, 32 Walker Street
North Sydney
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Melbourne
Level 12, 379 Collins Street
Melbourne
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Brisbane
C/- Training Choice, Mezzanine Level, 88 Creek Street
Brisbane
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Canberra
C/- Training Choice, Level 4, 54 Marcus Clarke Street
Canberra
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Adelaide
C/- Mindfull Computer & Seminar, Level 4, 74 Pirie Street
Adelaide
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Perth
C/- Training Choice, Level 7, 105 St Georges Terrace
Perth
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Date: upon demand
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Duration: 2 Days
Class Size: 10
Level: Int / Adv
Times: 9.00am - 5.00pm approx
