Flex 2: Building Dashboard Applications (2 days) Precio por alumno: $650 dls

Description

Flex 2: Building Dashboard Applications provides developers with the knowledge needed to use Flex 2 charts to create highly interactive dashboards for data visualization. By the end of the course, developers will be able to create interactive dashboards by leveraging the Flex 2 framework and the Flex 2 charting components. They will learn about using, formatting and styling Flex 2 charts as well as creating interactive charts and dynamically controlling chart data. Developers will also have the opportunity to discuss conceptual topics for dashboard creation and usability. You should take this course if you are a Flex programmer who needs to provide data visualization in your Flex applications.

Audience

This course is designed for application developers who want to build dashboard applications. To gain the most from this class, you should:

Have attended the F2RCA course.

Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in F2RCA.


Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing Flex 2 Charts

Understanding chart datas

Exploring the final application

Loading external data for charts and dashboard applications

Introducing Flex 2 charts

Leveraging visual data through charts

Understanding dashboards

Unit 2: Using Flex 2 Charts

Understanding the elements of a chart tag

Understanding and using the column & bar charts

Using the Column and Bar charts

Understanding and using the line & area charts

Understanding and using the pie chart

Understanding and using the plot chart

Understanding and using the bubble chart

Using the Candlestick & HighLowOpenClose Charts

Unit 3: Formatting Charts

Understanding the axis controls

Using the CategoryAxis

Using Chart DataTips

Formatting chart types

Working with legend controls

Applying the Concepts

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

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

Unit 6: Styling Charts

Styling Charts

Applying CSS to Chart Components

Styling Chart Series

Styling Chart Grid Lines

Applying the concepts