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Getting on the Flex Highway - How to get up to speed with Flex
Raghunath RaoEngineer, Flex TeamBangalore, Indiahttp://raghuonflex.wordpress.com/
Introduction to Flex
Experience evolution: Building the new frontier
CLIENT/SERVERMAINFRAME
WEB APPLICATIONS
REA
CH
Local
Global
RICHText UI Integrated media GUI
1992
1998
2004
RICH INTERNETAPPLICATIONS
HTML Deficiencies• Page metaphor• Only 6 UI controls• Browser inconsistencies• Press n’ pray printing• Request-only data• No offline operation• Bitmaps from the server• A/V plug-in hell
HTML Deficiencies• Page metaphor• Only 6 UI controls• Browser inconsistencies• Press n’ pray printing• Request-only data• No offline operation• Bitmaps from the server• A/V plug-in hell
Client/Server Benefits• Screen metaphor• Extensible UI libraries• Online/offline + synch• WYSIWYG printing• Data visualization• Live data connectivity• Bitmap/vector graphics• Integrated A/V
Client/Server Benefits• Screen metaphor• Extensible UI libraries• Online/offline + synch• WYSIWYG printing• Data visualization• Live data connectivity• Bitmap/vector graphics• Integrated A/V
Why RIA?
“In Web1.0 Data was Dictator,
In Web2.0 User is King and Data is Queen”
Anatomy of a Rich Internet Application
Data Visualization
& Collaboration
Real Time Data
Push & Alerting
Chat
Offline
Data Synchronization & Conflict Resolution
Bi-Directional Audio & Video
Rich Data Entry
Menus & NavigationControls
Resizable Views/Effects/
Transitions
Mapping, Geo-Coding, Annotations
& White boarding
Where Flex is UsedProduct
Configuration
Rich Media Applications
Data Visualization
Complex, Multi-Step Processes
Product Selection
Line of Business Applications
How Flex works…
BrowserBrowser
Flash Player
Web ServerWeb Server
Flex Builder IDEFlex Builder IDE
Flex SDKFlex SDK
MXMLMXML ActionScriptActionScript
Flex Class LibraryFlex Class Library
.swf
Compile
.swf
Flex SDK
Flex/Ajax Bridge
What Do I need?
FREE
FREE
Flash Player 9FREE
Flex Builder
Design View
Code Hinting
Debugging
Component Skinning
Flex Data Services
Messaging Service
Data Management Service
RPC Services
Demos Dashboard Application Flex Store Home Locator FlexBook
Demo 1 Demo 2
Getting on the Flex Highway - How to get up to speed with Flex
flex.org One stop shop! Run by the community http://flex.org Online Compiler - http://try.flex.org Test Drives for Developers from
other technologies Many More…
Adobe -Flex Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ Run by Adobe Quick Starts What to look out for?
Quick starts Tutorials
Flex CookBook (common coding problems)
Handy Apps
Flex Component Explorer Flex Style Explorer
Video Tutorials
http://video.onflex.org/
Flex Training
Online http://www.totaltraining.com/ http://www.lynda.com/
Custom Components
Flex Exchange Run by Adobe Contribution from both Adobe and the
Community Commercial, Free & Open Source
components 3dChart Component Auto Complete
Custom Components
as3corelib (on Google Code) Hashing Encryption JSON conversion Image Encoders Etc…
Doug’s Snapshot Creator
Custom Components
Others Flexlib (on Google Code) FlexBox (by Mrinal) RIAForge (Open source projects built
on Adobe technologies) as3crypto library
Where do I go with my problems and get them solved?
Public Bugbase Flex Coders on Yahoo Groups Regional Flex Groups
Flex-India on Google Groups Regional FUGs (Flex User Groups)
Blogs to Bookmark
Ely Greenfield Doug Mccune Alex Harui scalenine.com
Q&A
