Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide FROM THE PUBLISHER
Flash Remoting lets developers easily integrate rich Macromedia Flash content with applications that are built using Macromedia ColdFusion MX, Microsoft .NET, Java, PHP, or SOAP-based web services. The result is complex client/server applications that more closely resemble desktop applications than click-and-wait HTML pages. Flash Remoting handles the communication with the application server to create fast and flexible web applications with a Flash front end. The potential uses for Flash Remoting are practically endless. Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide helps you understand this breakthrough technology and use it to build your own Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that connect to remote databases and services. The book begins with Flash Remoting basics: setup, installation, and an introduction to its underlying concepts. Then, you'll gain insights into Flash Remoting internals, recordests, and UI components. The book is full of examples in multiple languages; individual chapters cover Flash Remoting development with ColdFusion, Server-Side ActionScript, Java, ASP.NET, and PHP. The last section covers more advanced Flash Remoting techniques, such as calling web services from Flash Remoting, extending objects and UI controls, best practices, and debugging. Plus, there is a detailed chapter demonstrating a real-world application. The book concludes with a Flash Remoting API reference. Developers who are looking to create Rich Internet Applications with Flash will find Flash Remoting: The Definitive Guide indispensable.
SYNOPSIS
Flash Remoting resides on a remote application server and acts as a gateway to the server that translates client calls from a Flash movie into calls that the server can understand. This guide walks through the installation and configuration of each component, and explains how to use Flash Remoting with ColdFusion, Java, ASP.NET, and PHP. A familiarity with ActionScript and object-oriented programming is assumed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR