What is Adobe Flex ?

Adobe ® Flex ™ an introduction Uday M. Shankar

Why should I care about ‘another’ technology?

Application Evolution Client/Server Mainframe Reach Local Global Rich Text UI Integrated media GUI

Application Evolution Client/Server Mainframe Reach Local Global Rich Text UI Integrated media GUI 1992

Application Evolution Client/Server Mainframe Web Applications Reach Local Global Rich Text UI Integrated media GUI 1992 1998

Application Evolution Client/Server Mainframe Web Applications Reach Local Global Rich Text UI Integrated media GUI 1992 1998 2005+ Rich Internet Applications

RIA – Rich Internet Applications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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 & Navigation Controls Resizable Views/Effects/ Transitions Mapping, Geo-Coding, Annotations & White boarding

What is Flex? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Expressiveness Rich Media Performance Real Time Desktop and Offline Programming Model Enterprise Integration

Flex vs. Flash ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Library SWF Compiled object, No special server required, Runs on Flash Player, Cross Browser compatible Flex Compiler AS3 MXML Flash Authoring Flex Builder (and SDK) AS2 Flash Compiler CSS

Flex vs. AJAX ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where does Flex fit in? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Any Language/Server PHP .net Java/JSP/Struts/J2EE Web Services 3 rd Party APIs Database -MYSQL -DB2 -Oracle -Sybase -MSSQL -Access?

How Flex works… MXML and ActionScript Flex Class Library

Flex for designers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flex for developers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The new * datatype in AS 3

Flex for developers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Introducing the Flex 3 Product Line Visual Layout Flex Builder 3 Code Hinting Debugging Skinning and Styling Flex SDK 3 (FREE) Command-line Compiler & Debugger Flex Data Services Message Service Data Management Service RPC Services MXML and ActionScript 3.0 Flex Framework and Class Library Flex Charting Extensible Charting Components Open Source

Blah… Blah… Blah… Enough…. Now, Lets see some action…!!!

Hello World ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Login Screen ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flex + PHP + MYSQL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Silverlight, AJAX, XUL, Laslo ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The way I see it… Sparkle (XAML) = Flex (MXML) Flash Player = Silverlight

[object Object],What’s AIR™? ” “

[object Object],What’s AIR™? ” “ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],What’s AIR™? ” “ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],What’s AIR™? ” “ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More on Adobe® AIR™ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],CF pages can run inside of an AIR application, but only within a frame in html

Acknowledgements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],And of course, www.google.com

Thank you… [email_address] udayms.wordpress.com | flexed.wordpress.com

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