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Derek Wischusen on Integrating Flex, BlazeDS and Scala/Lift
Derek Wichusen of Flex on Rails wrote about integrating Flex, BlazeDS and Scala/Lift.
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How Does Language Impact Framework Design?
Do certain languages, like Ruby, lend themselves to frameworks that are more productive than those of other languages, such as Java?
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ActionScript Libraries Help Mashing up the Web 2.0 Platforms
ActionScript is notably showing increased presence on web platforms for mashup, backed by a number of open source ActionScript projects. InfoQ took a look at some of the open source ActionScript libraries developed for a few major Web 2.0 and E-commerce companies.
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Granite Data Services: Open Source Flex DS Alternative
Granite Data Services (GDS) is an open source alternative to Adobe’s LiveCycle Data Services and the recently open sourced Blaze Data Services. Last week, GDS reached production status with their 1.0 release. GDS is available under the LGPL license. InfoQ.com spoke with the GDS project founder, Franck Wolff, to learn more about the open source project.
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FlexSpy: Component Inspection for Adobe Flex
Brian Deitte explains how FlexSpy, a component inspection tool for Flex, helps the time-consuming process of fine-tuning Flex layouts.
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A Look at Flex 3.0's Java-based Compiler API
Integrating Java and Flex has proven challenging in some cases. Adobe is trying to make things easier with its release of Flex 3 which includes a Java-based compiler API. This API lets you compile SWF and SWC files from Java applications, supporting the same options as mxmlc and compc command-line tools.
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FlexReport For Printing In Adobe Flex
Rob Rusher, a Flex developer and enthusiast, points us to FlexReport. Poor printing support in Flash is a common problem for Flex applications.
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Presentation: Rich Internet Applications with Flex and AIR
In this presentation from QCon San Francisco, Adobe Senior Technical Evangelist Cristophe Coenraets discusses the benefits of Adobe Flex for Rich Internet Application (RIA) development, the API that Flex provides to developers, the new AIR runtime, and several examples of RIAs built using Flex, Flash and AIR, such as a word processor, a call center application, and a book viewer.
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Adobe AIR 1.0 - Native OS Integration Problem
A frequent criticism of the Adobe AIR platform is that it lacks support for native OS integration, which is typically essential when building desktop applications. With the AIR 1.0 release coming soon, Mike Chambers of Adobe published a proof of concept last week that demonstrates how developers can work around this problem.
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Startup Lovely Charts Shares Insights into Building a Flex Application
A web startup company, Lovely Charts, announced its limited beta release and came to public last week. The site was developed using Adobe Flex. InfoQ spoke with Jerome Cordiez, the founder / lead Architect, and learned the insight of how the Flex based Lovely Charts site was built.
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Flex Load Testing Tool Available to Enterprise RIA application
Developing enterprise mission critical application requires thorough and scalable testing. Radview's WebLoad Flex Add-on could be a solution for Flex enterprise system load testing.
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Case Study: Applying Java Programming Skill to Flex
In an article published on Adobe Flex Developer Center, Bill Bejeck shares his experience creating components and enforcing separation of concerns with Flex, from a Java developer's perspective.
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Adobe Flex Basics
InfoQ.com has covered a number of advanced and intermediate topics on the who, how, and whys of the Adobe Flex development framework, including: Who Is Using Flex, Flex Misconceptions, The Proprietary Nature of Flash, and Open Source Flex Frameworks. Ted Patrick, a Technical Evangelist for Adobe, takes us back to the basics with his blog post, ‘What is Flex?’
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Open Source FlurineFx Integrates Flex and .Net
RIA technologies often need to integrate with established platforms such as .Net or JEE. FlurineFx is an open source library that bridges Flex and .Net. InfoQ spoke with FluorineFx's project manager and learned more details about it.
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Specialized Message Patterns for SOA
Adobe have just published a document on SOA message exchange patterns. It also contains a good primer on SOA principles. Duane Nickull, the chair of the OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee, is a co-author, making this well worth a look.