Implementing BlazeDS

Published March 29th, 2010 Under Architecture, Open Source Tools, Services, User Interface | Leave a Comment

This session is a survey of implementing BlazeDS with your Flex applications. You will get a good mix of discussion and code, so at least you stay awake. BlazeDS is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe® Flex® and Adobe AIR™ applications for more responsive rich Internet application (RIA) experiences.

Aditionnal resources:

* Tutorial: Creating Flex Builder Projects that Use Server Technologies
* Article: 13 Reasons for Java Programmers to Learn Flex and BlazeDS
* Video: Spring – BlazeDS Integration
* Video: Calling a REST Style Service from BlazeDS

Flex 4 and Java Basics Video

Published March 3rd, 2010 Under Architecture, Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | Leave a Comment

This screencast walks through the basics of integrating Flex 4 and Java.

http://www.jamesward.com/videos/flex_java.html

Flash Builder 4 Data Wizards with Java / Spring

Published January 20th, 2010 Under Architecture, Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | Leave a Comment

This screencast shows how to set up the web application project, configure Spring & BlazeDS, and then build a Flex 4 application that connects to the Java / Spring back-end.

http://www.jamesward.com/2010/01/11/flash-builder-4-data-wizards-with-java-spring/

Building Killer RIAs with Flex and Grails

Published December 31st, 2009 Under Coding, Open Source Tools, User Interface | Leave a Comment

Adobe Flex is a Rich Internet Application framework that allows developers to build robust and powerful applications for the web and the desktop. In this talk, Tomas Lin discusses the major technologies and tools available within the Grails / Flex ecosystem and dive into building a simple and fun application using the Flex plugin, BlazeDS, Grails and Flash Builder 4.

http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/java-jee/building-killer-rias-with-flex-and-grails

Parleys.com, a RIA Case Study

Published November 4th, 2009 Under User Interface | Leave a Comment

Stephan Janssen’s presentation is organized around Parleys.com, a web site whose front end is implemented in Flash. He explains why they dumped DHTML and switched to Flex/AIR. He also talks about two technologies that could be used instead, GWT and JavaFX, presenting their pros/cons.

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Parleys.com-Stephan-Janssen

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