RadRace Weapons Flex ↔ Rails Ernest Micklei @ QNH.nl

“Fighting Rules” Teams of 2 developers must create a Web Application on site Anything goes Hardware, Software, Books, Samples But Mission is kept secret No Internet access  2 of 7

Teams of 2 developers must create a Web Application on site

Anything goes

Hardware, Software, Books, Samples

But

Mission is kept secret

No Internet access 

“ Guns and Ammo” Tools IDE-s, Repository, Rake, … Frameworks on top of Ruby, Rails, AS3, Flex Machinery 22” monitors 3 laptops, hubs, keyboards, cables, HD, stickies, printer, …. * images are trademarked by their respective owners RestWorks 3 of 7

Tools

IDE-s, Repository, Rake, …

Frameworks on top of

Ruby, Rails, AS3, Flex

Machinery

22” monitors

3 laptops, hubs, keyboards, cables, HD, stickies, printer, ….

Face Fear Internationalization Session management X-layer Validations Browser History Report generation Database import XML Transformation RSS Help Optimistic locking Email Autorisation Exception handling Logging Password encryption Look & Feel comply to the “ilities” Usability Maintainability Testability Extendability 4 of 7

Internationalization

Session management

X-layer Validations

Browser History

Report generation

Database import

XML Transformation

RSS

Help

Optimistic locking

Email

Autorisation

Exception handling

Logging

Password encryption

Look & Feel

comply to the “ilities”

Usability

Maintainability

Testability

Extendability

“Secret Weapon” REST is all about Resource Access (CRUD) IMHO Resource Manipulation is “tricked” => Command + Reply RestWorks expirement handle commands -> replies handle exceptions -> restfaults generate Flex code Services, Models, Views, Grids, Windows, Tests 5 of 7

REST is all about Resource Access (CRUD)

IMHO Resource Manipulation is “tricked”

=> Command + Reply

RestWorks expirement

handle commands -> replies

handle exceptions -> restfaults

generate Flex code

Services, Models, Views, Grids, Windows, Tests

Command and Conquer TM * trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. Flex anOrderService .calculate(order_id,…) < command name=“calculate”> <parameter name=“order_id” value=“42” /> </ command > Rails class OrderController < ApplicationController def calculate(order_id) # fetch the order and compute totals Reply.status(“calculated”, total) end < reply status=“calculated”> <result>169.58</result> </ reply > 6 of 7

Demo 7 of 7 until properly open-sourced download Rails plugin and Flex libraries from: http://s3browse.com/explore/public.philemonworks.com send comments to: ernest.micklei @ qnh.nl Questions?