Flex Dosed by Baskar P – M & E Team (from MphasiS Software Services) What is a Flex? Flex is an open source free framework for building rich internet applications that can be developed and deployed on cross platform and will work consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. Flex is primarily a developer's tool and the way you develop Flex applications is entirely different than the way you develop Flash RIAs. All Flex development is based upon a framework that provides you with reusable and extendable UI components, data retrieval services, event handling functionality and much more. How does it work? Building Flex applications can be free. All you need is the free, open source Flex SDK, which includes: • The Flex Framework - the predefined class libraries and application services • The standalone compiler The following two languages can be used to build RIAs: • MXML is an XML-based markup language that is primarily used to layout application display elements. • ActionScript is an ECMAScript-compliant object-oriented programming language that is primarily used for application logic. If you are using the Free SDK, you will use the standalone compiler to compile your code into a SWF file. Flex Builder can be set to compile your code automatically and also create the necessary browser detection and other relevant client-side code. During compilation, your MXML code is translated into ActionScript code and then all the ActionScript code is compiled into binary SWF files. The SWF file can be uploaded to the web server, where it is then served up based on user request. Further References http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/overview/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flex
Cairngorm Dosed by Vaidehi Kumari – M & E Team (from MphasiS Software Services) What is a Cairngorm ? The Cairngorm Micro architecture is a lightweight yet prescriptive framework for rich Internet application (RIA) development. Cairngorm is an implementation of design patterns that the consultants at Adobe Consulting have successfully taken from enterprise software development (with technologies including J2EE and .NET) and applied rich Internet application development using Adobe Flex. What is its usefulness? The Cairngorm micro architecture is intended as a framework for Enterprise RIA developers. Cairngorm has been used, and can continue to be used, for the rapid development of applications built with Flash MX and Flash Remoting. However, the implementation of the design patterns (the patterns that have been selected for the micro architecture) and the future roadmap for Cairngorm development are firmly aligned with the feature set - advertised and anticipated - of the Adobe Flex platform, and the emerging ecosystem of tools (such as Apollo) around the Flex platform. The benefits of the Cairngorm architecture are realized when developing complex RIA applications with multiple use-cases and views, with a team of developers, and with a multi-disciplinary development team that includes designers as well as creative and technical developers. Further References http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/cairngorm_pt1.html Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
