flex 3: live cycle data services

Course duration: 2 days
Delivery method: On-site / In-house
Audience: Existing ColdFusion and Flash developers. This course is designed for application developers who want to connect their Flex front ends to dynamic data, integrating with ColdFusion. To gain the most from this class, you should:

Have attended the Flex 3 Developing Rich Applications course.
Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in Flex 3 Developing Rich Applications.

description

Flex 3: Live Cycle Data Services provides experienced application developers with hands-on, practical experience connecting their Flex front ends to remote, dynamic data using Flex Data Services. This two day course instructs developers how to connect with remote data using web services and Flex Data Services' features allowing communication with a ColdFusion backend. In addition, skills will be learned how to manipulate and format the returned data.

course outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Flex and ColdFusion
- Flex 3 and ColdFusion
- Reviewing the course prerequisites and objectives
- Reviewing the course outline
- Integrating Flex applications with ColdFusion
- Understanding the Flex services configuration file
- Using the ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder
- Using CFEclipse
Unit 2: Using ColdFusion Components with Flash Remoting
- Understanding Flash Remoting and the RemoteObject class
- Calling CFC methods with RemoteObject
- Using RemoteObject Events
- Complex Remote Method Calls
- Remoting Service Runtime Configuration
Unit 3: Using the ColdFusion Wizards for Flex Builder
- Understanding the ColdFusion Wizards for Flex Builder
- Using the CFC Value Object Wizard
- Using code from the CFC Value Object Wizard
- Modifying data with Wizard methods
- Using the ColdFusion/Flex Application Wizard
Unit 4: Managing Data on the Client
- Understanding collection classes
- Filtering Data on the Client
- Sorting data on the client
- Using the IViewCursor interface
Unit 5: Providing XML to Controls with E4X
- Understanding XML structure
- Working with XML data in ActionScript 3
- Using E4X Expressions
- Using the Tree control
- Using Tree Control Events and Properties
- Using E4X Expressions for Search
- Removing Items from XML
Unit 6: Introduction to LiveCycle Data Services
- Introducing LiveCycle Data Services
- Creating a Flex project for use with ColdFusion and LiveCycle Data Services
- LiveCycle Data Services Features
- Using BlazeDS
Unit 7: Using the Message Service
- Introducing the Message Service
- Sending Messages
- Receiving and processing messages
- Sending and receiving complex data
- Using the Message Service with ColdFusion Event Gateways
Unit 8: Using the Data Management Service
- Data Management Service Overview
- Creating a Data Management Service destination for use with ColdFusion
- Using the Data Management Service in a Flex application
- Managing changes to data
- Managing changes to data
- Using DataService Events
- Advanced Data Management Service Features
Unit 11: Uploading Files to ColdFusion
- Implementing file transfer basics
- Uploading a file