I believe the "Laszlo on shared servers" thing you were trying to think of is the fact that Laszlo supports a completely serverless deployment. They refer to this as SOLO deployment.
--Ferg dave wrote: >well one of the big advantages of flex is that you can use remoting, web >services, xml whatever very easily, actually it's kinda sick how easy it is >and you dont have that with laszlo. > > Also laszlo seems to always be publishing at least 2 versions of flash behind > the current version and if you are making RIA's of the future then this > should be of great importance to you. > > Then with laszlo if you need support be prepared to buy it and it's not cheap. > > Laszlo also doesnt support the same type of customization especially with > components that flex does so if you need a completely custom or fitting look > then flex is the choice. > > Flex is part of the whole flash platform and being able to run actionscript > in it is obviously a great advantage plus all the other products you can use > with it. > > There was something about laszlo on shared servers that was hidious but I > cant recall what it was but I wouldn't plan on using it on a shared server > and if u can afford flex then you wont be on a shared server. > >~Dave the disruptor~ >"A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient >capital to form a corporation." > >---------------------------------------- >From: "Trevor Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:13 PM >To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Open Lazlo vs. Flex > >But if you can do ActionScript in Flex then can you not call CF remoting >components to access database then? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matt Woodward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 1:08 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Open Lazlo vs. Flex > > > >>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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:213645 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
