>> The Flex >> programming model will also leverage new industry standards, suck as E4X >> (ECMAScript for XML)
I assume we are talking about a flash player implementation (Flex & Flash) ? On 6/7/05, Aldo Bucchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > E4X is worth the WOOOW! > on one side it is a very smart technology. > on the other, talks about Macromedia seriously committing to embracing > the ECMA standards to a broad extent. Excellent. > > Check out Jon Udell's introduction for a quick overview > http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2004/09/29.html > > ...or if you are seriously bored, take a look at the published standard > http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm > > Best Regards, > Aldo > > > On 6/7/05, Jeff Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would have thought that this would be a bit more popular... > > > > If not - I will let it rest in peace. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Steiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:53 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] More interesting than Zorn? > > > > > > > This is directly out of the > > > http://www.macromedia.com/platform/whitepapers/platform_overview.pdf. > > > > > > "The next major release of Flex, code-named Mistral, will provide an > > > extensive set of new features. > > > > > > > > > > > > The class library will be extended with new and improved user interface > > > components. An extended effects and skinning infrastructure will make it > > > even easier to build highly expressive and branded applications. The Flex > > > programming model will also leverage new industry standards, suck as E4X > > > (ECMAScript for XML). Flex will also provide tight integration with > > > functional testing tools and support usage analysis of RIAs. > > > > > > > > > > > > New data services are being added to Flex to support transparent data > > > persistence across tiers, occasionally connected clients, data > > > synchronization, a robust data push infrastructure, and paging large > > > datasets. The new data services remove the need to write the > > traditionally > > > complex and error-prone required to synchronize data between tiers. > > > Modifications made at the client side can be persisted transparently to > > the > > > server. Combined with existing persistence solutions used at the server > > > side (like Hibernate and JDO), these services can provide an end-to-end, > > > client application-to-database, persistence solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > The new data services also support offline data access: Data modifications > > > made offline are stored in a persistent data store at the client side, and > > > are synchronized with the server when the network becomes available. The > > > data services will also manage the resolution conflicts to this type of > > > system where multiple users may attempt to modify the same data at the > > same > > > time. > > > > > > Collaboration is becoming an important aspect of an online experience. To > > > enable development of collaborative applications, Flex will support > > > presence, integration with enterprise instant messaging, and application > > > sharing." > > > > > > > > > Also out of the document: > > > > > > > > > "The next major release of Flash Lite, code-named Deuce, except that it > > will > > > be based on the Flash Player 7 and will elevate scripting for mobile > > > applications to a more powerful level with ActionScript 2 support." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I did not see any of this come across the wire today. Not to take > > anything > > > away from the announcement about Zorn, but this is a bit more exciting for > > > me. I stumbled upon this document while looking at the new great stuff > > > today about Flash as a platform. http://www.macromedia.com/platform/. > > Take > > > a look at the videos and the different PDFs. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > http://www.flexauthority.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: > mobile (56) 8 429 8300 > -- ::::: Aldo Bucchi ::::: mobile (56) 8 429 8300 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
