The Flex framework contains several controls that represent data as a list of items, including List, TileList, Menu, Tree, HorizontalList, DataGrid, and AdvancedDataGrid. These controls all have a default view for displaying data and a default editor for editing it. However, custom ItemRenderers and ItemEditors let you take your Flex code to a whole new level. Theo explores what you can do with ItemRenderers and ItemEditors and shows us three techniques for creating custom ItemRenderers in the first part of this series.
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