Thank you, this is great info. I have been using Eclipse for flex & misc programming and love it.
--- In [email protected], Robert Cadena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Aaron, > > You don't need EJB or J2EE to start with FDS. In fact, I would > recommend trying familiarize yourself with plain FDS before attempting > to integrate with enterprise java. > > What you do need is a servlet container. Typically tomcat. FDS comes > with a lite version of another servlet container called jrun. you could > start with that. > > you could also try out christophe coenraets "Tomcat Test Drive Server"; > it has all the stuff you need to get started: > > http://coenraets.org/blog/2007/01/flex-test-drive-server-for-java-developers-tomcat-based/ > > his tutorials are really worthwhile too. > > Get started with a very simple RemoteObject application talking with a > Flex front end. If you have no java experience, start off without FDS > and just get the feel for how to develop, package, and deploy simple > java apps. > > I second simonjpalmer's suggestion to use Eclipse: It's free, it's easy, > it can run the Flex Builder as a Plug-in, and it supports lots of tools > that make your java life easier: ant, refactoring, etc. > > best of luck. > > /r > http://www.searchcoders.com/ > http://www.laflex.org/ > > > > > > aaronvm707 wrote: > > Thank you very much for all the info. I think the key word I was > > looking for was EJB. Is this what I will develop in order to start > > using Flex Data Services? > > > > Any suggestions on the server software needed to run EJB & J2EE? Again > > I am moving from a Microsoft, .net, IIS environment so I am completly > > new to all this. Thanks > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "simonjpalmer" <simonjpalmer@> > > wrote: > >> Sun has a very comprehensive online documentation of the Java > > language. > >> This is a good book if you are a seasoned developer and just wanting > >> to pick up Java "Java In A Nutshell" by David Flanagan, O'Reilly. > >> > >> Another really good book is "Just Java 2" by Peter van der Linden, Sun > >> Microsystems Press. I learnt Java from these (C++ background) and I > >> recommend both. > >> > >> There aren't really variations of Java itself, so a basic grounding in > >> the language is something that you can use whatever you end up doing. > >> However there are lots of design and coding patterns around Java > >> which give high productivity, especially when using Java to write > >> server software, which is probably what you mean by Java as it relates > >> to Flex. Java doesn't specifically relate to flex or vice versa, but > >> there is middleware which serialises between Java and ActionScript, > >> such as FDS. > >> > >> On the server you will need to look at EJB and J2EE and I would > >> recommend Spring, although it takes a bit of getting your head around, > >> and Hibernate if you are persisting your data relationally. These are > >> all frameworks for coding which, with supporting packages from 3rd > >> parties, give a high degree of productivity in writing scalable Java > >> servers. It is truly amazing how much fee code there is available. > >> > >> You'll probably wind up with Eclipse as an IDE too, so it is worth > >> familiarising yourself with that. Don't expect the Microsoft IDE, but > >> it is pretty good all the same. > >> > >> I'm sure lots of people will comment, but i hope that gives you some > >> first pointers of what to google. > >> > >> Good luck > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected], "aaronvm707" <vestamedia@> wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have begun working with Flex a couple of months ago and have been > >>> learning fairly quickly. I come from a Microsoft ASP.net background, > >>> but would prefer to work with Flex & Java. Can anyone suggest > >>> resources and/or books to start learning Java as it relates to Flex. > >>> There seams to be many variations of Java for different development > >>> needs & I am not sure where to begin. Thanks > >>> > >>> Aaron > >>> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
