But the CFMX application and (apparently) the Flex application are kind
of mini-servers in themselves:
1) CFMX is passed a request for a template or service
2) CFMX locates the template and interprets/compiles it as necessary
3) CFMX executes the template making requests of other servers (db,
mail, etc) as necessary)
4) CFMX combines the dynamic data with static and dynamic formatting
and renders a page.
5) CFMX passes the page to a web server (or data packet to a web
service) for return/consumption by the requestor.
I know, I know CFMX doesn't do all this itself -- the j2ee app server
is there at (almost) every step.
But CFMX is delegated the control of the application flow.. and it does
not rely on the J2EE app server for everything (I can't remember the
last time I defined my CFMX datasources to the JRun server...oh yes I
can... never!).
Flex appears to do steps 4 & 5 (mainly) and relies on others for the
rest.
But if the Flex jsp taglibs were available for installation on CFMX,
wouldn't we have everything we need that Flex provides and much more?
I think it is artificial to package Flex the way it is -- by MACR's own
admission it is not complete enough to stand on its own except for a
very small subset of web apps.
Laszlo (God I hate typing that) appears to be much the same.
As a web developer I was looking for a procedural way to generate the
RIA component of my web apps in CFMX.
I am disappointed that so much effort went into Flex and that it missed
the mark (IMO).
But the market will decide.
Dick
On Mar 30, 2004, at 5:07 AM, Jochem van Dieten wrote:
> Dick Applebaum wrote:
> >
> > The point I was trying to make (however lamely) was:
> >
> > Why aren't the RIA components in the Flex taglibs available to CFMX
> > without the need and expense of purchasing, installing and
> maintaining
> > another server?
>
> Flex is just a J2EE application that runs on top of a J2EE
> Application Server. You don't need a separate server for it, you
> can run it on the same J2EE Application Server that you run CF MX on.
>
> Jochem
>
> --
> I don't get it
> immigrants don't work
> and steal our jobs
> �����- Loesje
>
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