DEVELOPING SAP APPLICATIONS WITH ADOBE FLEX

This book provides you with the practical guidance needed to develop intuitive user interfaces and customer-specific, next generation Internet applications for SAP NetWeaver Portal, using Adobe's Flex Application Framework.

First, get a concise introduction to the basic principles of Rich Internet Applications in the SAP environment, followed by complete details on the development environment for Flex applications: Adobe Flex Builder. Using clearly structured examples you'll quickly learn tounderstand the syntax of the Flex programming languages, ActionScript and MXML, plus how to securely use their commands and components. Then, you’ll find out exactly how to directly apply your new skills using the examples provided. Readers get detailed coverage of the backend connection to the SAP system, data communication functions, and learn how best to generate charts. In addition, the book describes concepts regarding usability and performance optimization, offline applications, push dataservices, and the integration of multiple backend systems, giving you the step-by-step expert advice needed to implement your own Flex applications.