Engaging Rich Internet
Applications using Flex
Muhammad Hassan Nasr
www.badrit.com
Sponsored by: ACM Student Chapter

Agenda
● What is RIA and Flex?
● Flex Applications tour
● Advantages, Why Flex?
● Architecture, How to?
● Flex vs others
● A sample application
● Q&A

What is RIA?
● Rich Internet applications
● Traditional desktop features
● Run in a web browser
● No installation
● Access anywhere

What is Flex?
● Adobe product
● RIA framework
● open source
● Runs on Flash
● Run consistently on
– all major browsers
– desktops