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<mx:Flex 3 | s:Flex 4/>What | Why | How
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What is New
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Flash Builder
Data Service, Model DrivenApproach, Network Monitor
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Namespace
<s:SparkComponent/>
<fx:OtherConstructs/>
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Spark Components
Data Group, Form elements, GroupContainers
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Data
ArrayList, Vector
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Skins
Spark (MXML) skins, CSS
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Component Architecture
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Flash Text Engine
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What has changed
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Framework
Layout Management,
Deployment (using RSL)
Flash player 10 and above
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Components
Application, ItemRenderer
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States
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Effects
spark.effects.*
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What hasn’t changed
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Things that haven’t changed
• DataVisualization
• Components: DataGrid, Image,LinkButton…
• Service Architecture
• Event Model
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Why to update
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Feature Support
Future versions of Flash Players
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Better, Faster, Lighter
Better components, Fasterdevelopment and performance,
Lighter applications
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How to migrate
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Pitfalls
Application.application
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Navigation
NavigatorContent
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ItemRenderers
ItemRenderer,MXDataGridItemRenderer,
MXAdvancedDataGridItemRenderer
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Styles
Font Embedding (embedAsCFF),initializing styles(StyleManager),
Themes - Spark theme
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Demo
Review Flex 3 apps and build a flex 4app
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<s:Questions? >
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Things I missed
Transitions
Localization