I am not clear how what you are talking about relates to the problems that ted described.
Regards Hank On 8/24/06, ryanm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am sure there are many smart people out there who will > > get WebServices to work well for them with Flex. It is a > > lot of hard work to make this work well and I have only > > seen one company do it really well. I do not doubt that > > others will make this work reliably but I question its use. > > It will affect performance which is why AMF was created > > in the first place as an optimized data exchange format for > > Flash Player. > > > I got around this problem by abstraction and preemptively loading data > that was likely to be loaded. I made up template-like objects that the > client loaded that describe what makes a "page" of data, which included all > of the possible design elements and whatnot. That way, when you actually go > to load the data, the size of the data going to and from the server was > minimal (and compressed). And I preloaded large blocks of commonly used data > and cached them on the client side, keeping it updated by sending an MD5 > hash back to the server-side to be compared to the current data set on a > regular basis or whenever that data was accessed. For a dial-up user that > might be a problem, but for a business app it didn't even cause a noticable > bump in their bandwidth usage. You just have to plan appropriately and do > thorough use cases, so that you can develop a set of rules that will tell > you what data is likely to be needed next. All the most common usage paths > through the app were fast and responsive, and only the really heavy stuff, > like real time reports that go back over tons of db records and stuff, took > any noticable time to load. The end result was 100% compatible with either > an AJAX front end or a Flash front end, the back end didn't know or care > which it was talking to. > > With appropriate planning and a good architecture, which transport > method you use is almost irrelevant as long as it is flexible and > compatible. ;-) > > ryanm > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com 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/
