Apache Flex - Enterprise ready GUI framework

Enterprise ready GUI frameworkTomislav PokrajčićBinaria d.o.o.

Intro Binaria d.o.o.  Building for business, marketing, entertainment and industry since 2007  Flash/AIR/Flex, Java, PHP, HTML5 Zagreb Flex User Group (www.zgflex.org)  2008 FlasHR (www.flashr.org)  2011

What is Flex? Open source GUI framework Easy to build new components & complex interactivity Fancy performance Superpowers show up on projects that require GUI beyond standard components

Brief history 2004 - Macromedia Flex Server 1.0 i 1.5 2006 - Adobe Flex 2 2007 - Adobe Flex 3 (MPL) 2009 - Adobe Flex 3.5 2010 - Adobe Flex 4 2011 - Adobe Flex 4.5 2011 - Adobe Flex 4.6 2012 - Apache Flex 4.8 (4.6 parity release)

Runtimes Flash Player browser plugin  (desktop, mobile) AIR desktop  (Windows, Mac, Linux) AIR mobile  (iOS, Android, Blackberry tablet OS, TV)

LanguagesActionScript3

Languages MXML

Languages FXG

Web/deskop components

Mobile componentsOut of the box Easy and powerful skinning

Examples

Framework features Mature and well documented i18n and L10n support Dev process shielded from 99% of the browser issues

Development Strong typing Namespaces support Compile time testing Easy refactoring Code obfuscation Unit testable (FlexUnit)

Framework features Powerful internal component lifecycle  Invalidation Events Easy drag n’ drop support Easy data binding Validators, formatters, transitions, effects

Connectivity AMF remoting, WebServices, JSON, ... Java ORB: BlazeDS, GraniteDS, ... AS3 Object <-> Java object RPC HTTP, polling, long polling, streaming

Flex Ecosystem 350.000 <= Flex developers <= 500.000 Many good IoC / MVC frameworks (Swiz,Parsley,Mate,RobotLegs,...) Lots of other open source code (maps, graphics, charts, …) Many commercial components Active community

Cons Printing issues from browser Doesn’t work on mobile browsers Flex mobile apps performance not blazing fast as native “Well, hello, it’s Flash!”

Current state Fresh blood / more developers on project Full open source life Framework detached from corporate strategy Tools in bloom from other vendors (Jetbrains, FDT...) Awaiting new compilers (Falcon, FalconJS)

More http://incubator.apache.org/flex flex-dev-subscribe@incubator.apache.org www.zgflex.org www.flashr.org tomislav.pokrajcic@binaria.hr

Apache Flex - Enterprise ready GUI framework

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