Flex 3: Building Charting and Dashboard Applications

Cost:

$795.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$995.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

Flex 3: Building Charting and Dashboard Applications provides developers with the knowledge needed to use Flex 3 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 3 framework and the Flex 3 charting components. They will learn about using, formatting and styling Flex 3 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.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Create a Flex application
• Exchange data between components
• Access Web Services and Remote Objects
• Manage application navigation
• Use ActionScript Data Models

Target Audience:

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

• Have attended the F3RCA course.
• Have equivalent knowledge of the topics covered in F3RCA.

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Introducing Flex 3 Charts

• Understanding chart data
• Walkthrough 1: Exploring the final application
• Loading external data for charts and dashboard applications
• How data is handled in this course
• Introducing Flex 3 charts
• Leveraging visual data through charts
• Understanding dashboards

Unit 2: Using Flex 3 Charts

• Understanding the elements of a chart tag
• Understanding and using the column & bar charts
• Walkthrough 1: Using the Column and Bar charts
• Understanding and using the line & area charts
• Walkthrough 2: Using the line and area charts
• Understanding and using the pie chart
• Walkthrough 3: Using the pie chart
• Understanding and using the plot chart
• Walkthrough 4: Using the plot chart
• Understanding and using the bubble chart
• Walkthrough 5: Using the bubble chart
• Using the candlestick & HighLowOpenClose Charts
• Walkthrough 6: Using the candlestick chart

Unit 3: Formatting Charts

• Understanding the axis controls
• Walkthrough 1: Using the CategoryAxis
• Using LinearAxis
• Walkthrough 2: Using the LinearAxis
• Using LogAxis
• Walkthrough 3: Using the LogAxis
• Using DateTimeAxis
• Walkthrough 4: Using the DateTimeAxis
• Using Chart DataTips
• Walkthrough 5: Using the DataTips
• Using the dataTipMode property
• Walkthrough 6: Adjusting DataTip Interaction
• Formatting chart types
• Walkthrough 7:Working with LineSeries forms
• Formatting pie chart labels
• Walkthrough 8: Formatting pie charts
• Working with legend controls
• Walkthrough 9: Adding a chart legend
• Applying the Concepts

Unit 4: Creating Multi-Series and ActionScript Charts

• Understanding multiple data series
• Walkthrough 1: Adding multiple series of data
• Using multiple chart axes
• Walkthrough 2: Using multiple chart axes
• Using stacking chart series
• Walkthrough 3: Stacking charts
• Mixing chart series types
• Walkthrough 4: Mixing multiple series types
• Creating charts with ActionScript
• Using ActionScript to create charts
• Walkthrough 5: Creating charts with ActionScript
• Applying the Concepts

Unit 5: Understanding Advanced Charting Techniques

• Using animation with chart series
• Walkthrough 1: Animating charts and chart effects
• Handling user interaction
• Walkthrough 2: Handling user interaction
• Walkthrough 3: Displaying and interpreting chart point data
• Dynamically controlling chart series
• Walkthrough 4: Filtering data with range selection
• Walkthrough 5: Changing a chart’s data at runtime
• Walkthrough 6: Customizing chart elements
• Applying the Concepts

Unit 6: Styling Charts

• Styling Charts
• Walkthrough 1: Applying CSS to chart components
• Using gutters
• Walkthrough 2: Using Padding, Gutters, and Styling Axes
• Styling chart series
• Walkthrough 3: Styling Chart Series
• Styling Chart Grid Lines
• Walkthrough 4: Adding and Styling Chart Grid Lines
• Applying the concepts

There are currently no public classes scheduled dates for this class. To schedule a private class, please call us toll free at 866-665-9441.

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.