contents

foreword
preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the cover illustration

Part 1 Getting started

1 Why are we here? Where are we going?: 1.1 Overview of the features and strengths of Flex 3 and Rails 2; 1.2 Flash 9? Are you kidding me?; 1.3 History; 1.4 A preview of the book; 1.5 Summary
2 Hello World: 2.1 Installing everything; 2.2 Windows or Mac OS X + Flex Builder 3; 2.3 Windows + Flex SDK; 2.4 Mac OS X (or Linux) + Flex SDK; 2.5 Summary
3 Getting started: 3.1 If you’re starting here; 3.2 Freezing the Rails version; 3.3 Disabling browser navigation integration; 3.4 Adding login functionality to Rails; 3.5 Adding login functionality to Flex; 3.6 Adding data to the test fixtures; 3.7 Checking the tests; 3.8 Configuring Flex Builder to run and debug pomodo; 3.9 Summary

Part 2 Building the application

4 Creating the main Flex UI: 4.1 Requirements; 4.2 Design; 4.3 Code; 4.4 Summary
5 Expanding the Rails code, RESTfully: 5.1 A brief note about REST; 5.2 Calling the user by name; 5.3 Creating the new resources (including migrations, models, and controllers); 5.4 Security; 5.5 Expanding our fixtures and keeping our tests passing; 5.6 Summary
6 Flex on Rails: 6.1 Setup; 6.2 Listing tasks in Flex; 6.3 Creating tasks in Flex; 6.4 Creating and listing projects and locations in Flex; 6.5 Making the Projects and Locations ComboBoxes work in the TaskCreateBox 208; 6.6 About that None project and location; 6.7 Updating and deleting tasks, projects, and locations; 6.8 Keeping our tests passing; 6.9 Summary; 6.10 Exercises for the reader
7 Validation: 7.1 Revisiting the HTML account signup screen; 7.2 Rails and Flex validation—should you stay DRY?; 7.3 Understanding Rails validation, and building custom XML for errors; 7.4 A Quick look at validation in Flex 3; 7.5 Integrating Rails validation with Flex 3 validation; 7.6 Flex validators revisited; 7.7 Keeping our tests passing; 7.8 Summary; 7.9 Exercises for the reader

8 Refactoring to Cairngorm: 8.1 Background and setup; 8.2 Cairngorm event sequence overview; 8.3 Creating com.pomodo.model. PomodoModelLocator; 8.4 Creating com.pomodo.control.*; 8.5 Adding CairngormUtils and ServiceUtils to com.pomodo.util.*; 8.6 Creating com.pomodo.command.*; 8.7 Creating com.pomodo.business.*; 8.8 Deleting the com.pomodo.events package; 8.9 Modifying the com.pomodo.components.*; 8.10 Modifying Pomodo.mxml; 8.11 Running pomodo; 8.12 HTTPService Gotchas; 8.13 Summary; 8.14 Exercise for the reader
9 Holding state on the client properly: 9.1 Refactoring, samurai coder style; 9.2 Creating the model classes; 9.3 Modifying the PomodoModelLocator; 9.4 Modifying ServiceUtils; 9.5 Modifying the business delegates; 9.6 Modifying the commands; 9.7 Modifying the components; 9.8 Summary

10 Finishing the application: 10.1 Notely; 10.2 Better security with attr_accessible; 10.3 GTD semantics, including the Next Action concept and :dependent; 10.4 Filtering tasks; 10.5 The CommandShell; 10.6 Logging out; 10.7 Marketing!; 10.8 Deleting users; 10.9 Exercises for the reader
11 Refactoring to RubyAMF: 11.1 Warning: biased author; 11.2 Hello RubyAMF; 11.3 Refactoring to RubyAMF, fast-forwarded; 11.4 Summary
12 Rails on AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime): 12.1 Converting pomodo to an AIR application; 12.2 Refactoring event triggering; 12.3 Online/Offline support; 12.4 Summary; 12.5 Exercises for the reader; 12.6 Conclusion