Thanks Brad. That helps. I would opt for the standard edition of course since any apps I write will be going to a hosting company.
Bruce On 2/6/07, Brad Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. What skills beyond CF are required? > > I would like to point out that you DON'T need to know CF to make Flex > apps. Flex is a language all its own. You write mxml in some sort of > editor, be it notepad or Flex builder. Then you compile that to a > stand-alone swf. You don't have to have ANY server side language to > use Flex (standard edition). > > > 4. Any special server site apps that need to be installed? > > NO. > > NOW, that being said-- If you wish you use flash remoting in your Flex > app to retrieve data from a server-side database then you will need some > cgi language. This can be php, CF etc. Now it just to happens that CF > is a VERY handy compliment to Flex. > > > Also here is the other wrinkle: There are two versions of Flex. > Standard (which applies to my previous comments) and Enterprise (which > will break your bank). Flex Enterprise facilitates some kick-butt > messaging functionality AND requires an install on the server for the > client Flex app to connect to. > > Hope that makes sense... :) > > > ~Brad > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
