[flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-21 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser j...@... wrote: It's easy to get things done / setup if you already know what you're doing. But, lets compare apples to apples here. It seems logical to me that someone wanting to install CF would start at Adobe.com , and from there

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-21 Thread Jeffry Houser
Amy wrote: I don't remember why, when I'd never had PHP installed on my machine, I knew that the place to start out with PHP was to install WAMP. It was probably one of those random facts I'd filed away when I didn't need to care for when I did. I suspect I'm not uncommon in knowing

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-21 Thread Paul Hastings
Amy wrote: An important difference between ColdFusion and php, as you rightly pointed out, is that php is installed on the server only--you don't so is cf. need any special software to write php code, and you don't need any background knowledge other than what you need for any other web

[flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-20 Thread Amy
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Jeffry Houser j...@... wrote: I prefer CF because it is what I know. Since it comes from Adobe it's integration w/ Flex is top notch. After 2 days of trying, I gave up trying to get PHP to work on my dev machine; so I'm amused by the claim it can

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-20 Thread Jeffry Houser
It's easy to get things done / setup if you already know what you're doing. But, lets compare apples to apples here. It seems logical to me that someone wanting to install CF would start at Adobe.com , and from there could easily find and download the installers. I chose, Products

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-20 Thread Laurent Cozic
...@farcryfly.com wrote: From: Jeffry Houser j...@farcryfly.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 4:29 PM   It's easy to get things done / setup if you already know what you're doing.  But, lets

[flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread gers32
Ruby on Rails is interesting because of the little amount of code you need to write, compared to Java for example. My RoR back end server deals with the database (Oracle in my case) and communicates with a Flex front end via XML. Of course, you can use AMF, but in my situation I don't have such

[flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Don Kerr
I recommend you take a serious look at ColdFusion . Here is an Adobe site that talks the features and benefits of building RIAs with Adobe Flex/ColdFusion. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/flex_cf.html It is clearly the best fit promoted by Adobe. Adobe does a lot of work to bring Flex and

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Paul Andrews
- Original Message - From: Don Kerr fusionp...@yahoo.com To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language I recommend you take a serious look at ColdFusion . Here is an Adobe site that talks the features

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Jeffry Houser
I prefer CF because it is what I know. Since it comes from Adobe it's integration w/ Flex is top notch. After 2 days of trying, I gave up trying to get PHP to work on my dev machine; so I'm amused by the claim it can be setup w/ minimal fuss. Dnk wrote: Again, this comes to preference,

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Jeffry Houser
The ColdFusion is Dead argument has come up somewhere every 6 months for the past 8 years. I perceive, from Adobe's stand point that CF is a stable product showing consistent growth. CF was designed for web development and that is something that it does wonderfully well. But, that makes

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Dnk
On windows and mac, there are all encompassing dev installers that will install PHP, apache and mysql in a matter of minutes without any real config needed. They have a GUI for the most common changes you may want to make. I believe the win one is called WAMP and the mac one is MAMP.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread Jeffry Houser
It was on windows, years ago, and I was trying to get it to work w/ IIS not Apache. I don't remember specific issues, though. Dnk wrote: On windows and mac, there are all encompassing dev installers that will install PHP, apache and mysql in a matter of minutes without any real config

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-19 Thread dnk
On 19-Feb-09, at 9:42 AM, Jeffry Houser wrote: It was on windows, years ago, and I was trying to get it to work w/ IIS not Apache. I don't remember specific issues, though. Yeah, when going with IIS, it is a bit of a manual process. But with the installers, it was a breeze. And sets

[flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-18 Thread bsyyu
Thanks for your comments. I am not a student for learning. Currently I have finished my first project with Flex for a shopping cart project. http://www.fredederick.com/fredederick_shop_online/ It is done with PHP backend. After that project, I have intention to develop a DIY shopping cart system

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-18 Thread Dnk
Again, this comes to preference, but for me I like PHP due to the fact Ito is available on a huge number of the web hosts out there, and it can be run on Linux, win or osx with minimal fuss. Easy to setup a dev machine without vendor lockin. Dk On 18-Feb-09, at 7:10 PM, bsyyu

RE: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language

2009-02-18 Thread Johan Öbrink
into Red5 and BlazeDS. Kind regards, /Johan From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bsyyu Sent: den 19 februari 2009 04:10 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Flex server language Thanks for your comments. I am not a student