Flex is Adobe's open source web application framework that lets you create web applications with flair and, well, Flash. Flex is designed to play nicely with PHP, and it allows you more fine-grained control over your web and even desktop applications. Flex applications also compile to Flash files, so they'll run in any browser with a Flash plug-in. So, if you're a PHP developer wondering how to incorporate data-driven Flex applications into your PHP sites, this book is for you. Author Gordon Forsythe presents seven in-depth practical projects that teach you to use Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder) to integrate Flex into your PHP-driven web sites. You'll pick up some ActionScript basics and learn how Flex works with PHP and the Zend Framework. You'll also walk through practical examples of incorporating Flex applications, including database integration, charts, forms, paging, and filtering. You'll even learn how to turn your web application into a desktop application.
