F4LCDS3 is a 2 day comprehensive introduction to using LiveCycle Data Services 3 with the Adobe Flex 4 framework. Emphasized topics include:
• Messaging, remoting, and web services
• Performance profiling and unit testing
• Client-side data manipulation
• Model-driven development using the Fiber Framework and Flash Builder 4
Audience
Developers wishing to extend their Flex knowledge and leverage LiveCycle Data Services in Flex applications
Prerequisites
Flex 4: Developing Rich Iinternet Applications course or significant hands-on Adobe Flex experience
Course Outline
Introducing the Course
• Introducing mastery learning
• Understanding the course format
• Reviewing the course prerequisites
• Reviewing the course outline
Accessing Web Services
• Using web services
◦ Process for calling web services
• Invoking web service methods and using the results
◦ Invoking the methods on a web service
◦ Understanding ArrayCollection class results
◦ Using web service results
• Handling results using an event handler
◦ Using the results event handler
• Handling faults
◦ Creating fault event handlers
◦ Displaying faults with an Alert pop-up
• Calling multiple methods from the same WebService object
◦ Using the <s:operation> tag
• Passing parameters to web services
• Passing parameters to a web service explicitly
• Passing parameters to a web service using parameter binding
Using Remote Object Connections
• Introducing LCDS / BlazeDS
◦ Surveying the LCDS feature set
◦ Introducing BlazeDS
◦ Compare and contrast LCDS and Blaze DS
• Understanding the Remoting Service
◦ The Remoting Service and AMF
◦ Configuring a Remoting Service destination
◦ Using <s:RemoteObject>
◦ Accessing data from a remote method
• Handling RPC events
◦ Handling successful remote calls
◦ Handling faults in remote calls
• Complex remote method calls
◦ Handling events of multiple methods
◦ Passing parameters
• Type conversion during data transfer between ActionScript and Java
◦ Converting data from Java to ActionScript
◦ Converting data from ActionScript to Java
◦ Converting custom object types
• Managing RemoteObject events using AsyncToken
◦ Understanding dynamic classes
• Remoting Service Runtime Configuration
◦ Selecting a channel at runtime
Managing Data on the Client
• Understanding collection classes
◦ Collection features
◦ Collection interfaces
◦ Specific collection classes
• Filtering data on the client
◦ Creating the filter function
◦ Using the function
• Sorting data on the client
◦ Understanding the sort classes
◦ Process for sorting data
◦ Simple sorting example
◦ Complex sorting example
• Using the IViewCursor interface
◦ Cursor operations
◦ Creating and using the cursor
◦ Code examples
Using the Message Service
• Introducing the message service
◦ Creating a messaging destination
• Sending messages
◦ Creating a messaging producer
◦ Using the AsyncMessage class
◦ Tracing message traffic
• Receiving and processing messages
◦ Creating a messaging consumer
◦ Subscribing and unsubscribing to a destination
◦ Receiving messages
• Sending and receiving complex data
◦ Implementing message filtering
◦ Using selectors
◦ Using subtopics
Using Flash Builder Development Tools
• Using logging
◦ Logging on the client
• Running the debugger
◦ Using breakpoints
• Introducing the profiler
◦ Introducing Flash Player garbage collection
◦ Profiling an application
◦ Using memory profiling
• Monitoring Flex RPC network traffic
◦ Using the Network Monitor
Developing applications using model driven development
• Introducing model driven development using LCDS 3
◦ LCDS model driven development benefits
◦ Comparing code- and model-driven development
◦ Preparing to use model driven development
◦ Setup details
• Creating and using the data model
◦ Table joins representation in the model
◦ Modeling language
◦ Editing generated ActionScript value objects
◦ Flash Builder functionality for MDD
• Adding properties to the model
◦ Creating a derived property
◦ Updating changes to the database schema
◦ Creating a method to calculate a derived property
• Using styles in a form
◦ Implementing validation through styles
◦ Using styles to change other form behaviors
◦ Using global styles
• Filtering returned data
◦ Implementing a filter
Implementing Advanced Model Driven Development Techniques
• Creating conditional properties with variants
◦ Implementing the variant in Flash Builder
◦ Selector expression
◦ Case
◦ Substructure
• Using resource bundles for localization
◦ Creating property files
◦ Compiling resources into the application
◦ Selecting a locale
• Altering the form generator template
◦ Extracting the client-side templates
• Generating the server side Java
Appendix A: Student Setup Guide
• System requirements
◦ Machine requirements
◦ Software requirements
• Setup instructions
◦ Installing Flash Builder 4
◦ Installing LiveCycle Data Services ES2
◦ Installing the course files
◦ Testing the LCDS installation
◦ Download the modeling plug-in |
