>OK...I'm still missing the bigger picture.... > >As I said already...the Lazlo demo leads me to belive it's only for UI >coding (although there is talk of data....but via XML only).
Flex and Laszlo are both presentation servers, so yes, they only deal with the front end and presentation of data. > >So does Lazlo (and Flex) have an equivalent of: >-database interaction (CFQUERY) >-conditional logic (CFIF/CFCASE) No, and yes. ;-) Database interaction is done through another technology such as CF, for example. Laszlo and Flex don't talk directly to the database--that's not their job. Using ActionScript in Flex you can of course do all sorts of logic on the scripting side. I *believe* Flex uses JavaScript as its scripting language, so whatever you can do in JS would apply to Laszlo. >Or perhaps even simpler....can either of these do what CF can do (i.e. build >an entire application) or are they more for the interface side of things and >then levergae J2EE or CF for the "rest" of the app? Depends on what your app needs to do. You CAN build entire apps in Flex or Laszlo, but without a database behind them, I'm not sure how useful they'd be. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213633 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
