Flex 2'0

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Flex 2.0

• Flex for ColdFusion developers
• Part 1

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What is Flex

• Flex allows developers to create Flash content
  for Rich Internet Applications in a more
  programmer centric way

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Whats new in 2.0

• Flex Builder is plugin for Eclipse
• Uses new Flash player
• Introduces Actionscript 3
• Direct tie ins to ColdFusion MX
• Flex Data Services
• Real error raising

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Flash 8.5, er, I mean 9

• Will execute Actionscript 3.0
• New VM
• Still has old VM for compatibility
• Code execution much faster
• Still has small file size

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Actionscript 3

• Based on EcmaScript, JavaScript
• Incorporates many v2 features
• AS files use package naming
• Modern language features found in Java, C
• New VM built for AS3

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Flex Builder 2

• Built on Eclipse
• Every save compiles to a SWF
• Easier debugging
• Under 1000.00
• Full code hinting

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Flex projects

• Standalone SWFs
• ColdFusion MX 7 as backend
• Flex Data Services

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Flex SDK

• Adobe has downloadable Flex SDK
• No license fee, FREE!
• Does not include Eclipse Plugin

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ColdFusion connector

• Flex has always worked with ColdFusion
• Web Services, HTTP Service
• Remote Object, native AMF support
• New Event Gateway
• Requires updating ColdFusion (Mystic)

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Flex Data Services

• Record level JMS Publish/Subscribe
• Allows content to be pushed to the client
• Ajax mash-ups with embedded SWF for pushing data
  to HTML

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Flex Pricing

• SDK Free
• Player Free
• Flex Builder sub 1000.00
• ColdFusion Mystic Free update
• Flex Data Services, ???, probably expensive