The document discusses analogies between MVC frameworks like CakePHP and Flex. It compares data to minerals and nutrients in the earth, with tables represented as water and soil tables. Models are likened to roots that allow data to travel both ways in the MVC "tree", while controllers are the trunk that connects views to models and components. Views are represented as Flash SWF files. It also explores similarities between client-side MVC frameworks and CakePHP elements that allow for heavy client-side development.

2. About Me: CakePHP and Flex Developer for 3 years PHP and Flash Developer for 9 years JQuery Developer for 4 years Created a number of heavy client side applications using combinations of these Technologies

3. 1) Coding Views- how to structure view code for similarity between CakePHP/javascript and Flex apps for gained sanity Points: 2) Using XML for communication between CakePHP and Flex 3) Using XML Model in Flex for CRUD – an approach to model driven development

4. Lets start the MVC Analogy: The Earth as data- minerals and nutrients

5. Tables! Water and soil tables.

6. Even data mining fits this analogy!

7. The Models are the roots...

8. Data travels both ways in this tree

9. The Controller is the trunk, but fat controller not good for MVC tree!

10. There we go thin controllers and components, but odd looking or is it?...

12. The MVC chair tree...

13. Behold, the MVC Tree!

14. Double Routed...

15. Double Rainbow...

17. Our views are Flash swfs

18. Heavy Client-Side development: A kind of mini MVC?

19. Woah...

20. UIWidget.ctp CakePHP/JQuery very simple example

21. The view MVC works better flipped

22. But wait- also in the CakePHP element?

23. Yes!