I've done very little Mach-ii development, but I believe somewhere in their docs is the assertion that Mach-ii should be able to drive a Flash application with equal aplomb to an HTML one.
There needs to be some backend patterns in support of a Flex application and CF could very conceivably implement those patterns. I suppose the question is whether Mach-ii could play a useful role in that or not. I believe it would be more than handy to have a true de-coupling of the view from the backend of the application so that an existing framework could drive a HTML client or a Flex client. This would be very useful in a hybrid application where both HTML and Flex are used. I think the solution would lie in "how" the view (Flex or HTML) is listening and responding to events in the model. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ross Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Mach-ii vs. Struts pricing aside, you wouldn't be using Mach-ii in conjunction with Flex (or any Flash Apps, for that matter). The way I see it, the Controller (in this case Mach-ii) needs to have a direct way of calling views. This is not possible with CF & Flash. I'm patiently awaiting Mach-ii for AS2, but I guess there have been some delays according to Robby L. Regardless, the new remoting release is a VERY good thing... I have avoided MX04 until now because of the lack of it. -dave >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/11/2004 11:57:18 AM >>> At 11:17 AM 6/11/2004, you wrote: >One thing that would be interesting to discuss is the use of Mach-ii as >a back end for Flex applications. It would seem to me that some of what >Mach-ii is able to do on the presentation layer (certain implicit >invocations, for example) would be better addressed by Flex itself. So >the question becomes where to draw the line. > >Sean, I would guess you are uniquely in a position to discuss this. Unfortunately, MM has priced Flex WAY above most CF shops, so this aint gonna happen soon. Maybe you guys can afford it, but most can't. The saddest aspect of this is that most CFers could pick up MXML very, very quickly and be up and running in no time. But at $6000 per processor, it's far out of reach for most companies, especially for 1.0 product. ---------------------------------- Alex Sherwood PHS Collection Agency THE COLLECTORS P: 813-283-4579 F: 301.664.6834 W: www.phs-net.com ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
