Adobe Flex 4: Training from the Source, Volume 1

Lesson 3. Laying Out the Interface

What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

• Use containers

• Lay out an application in Source view

• Work with constraint-based layouts

• Work with view states

• Control view states

• Lay out an application in Design view

• Refactor code as needed

Approximate Time

This lesson takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

Every application needs a user interface, and one of the strengths of Adobe Flash Builder 4 is that it enables developers to lay out their application’s interface with ease. In this lesson, you will learn about containers and layout objects in Flex, what differentiates them, and how to use them when laying out your applications. Finally, you will use view states to make ...