Flex

Flex est devenu en quelques années un canevas fort apprécié pour la conception de Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

Description

wikipedia

MXML

langage déclarative des interfaces (syntaxe XML)

<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
  xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
  xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">


 <s:Panel>
  <s:Label text="Enter your phone number:" />
  <s:TextInput id="phoneInput"/>
  <s:Button label="Call" click="call();"/>
 </s:Panel>

 <mx:PhoneNumberValidator 
    source="{phoneInput}"
    property="text"
    allowedFormatChars="()- .+" 
    invalidCharError="Your telephone number contains invalid characters."
    minDigits="{10}"
    wrongLengthError="Your telephone number must contain at least 10 digits."/>

</s:Application>

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ActionScript

langage de script (syntaxe ECMAScript)

package fr.imag.air.sample.flex{
  public class MyClass interface MyInterface{
    public function MyClass() {
    }
    public function doSomething(): String {
    }
  }
}

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Data Centric

• Avec PHP
  • http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flashbuilder4_php_part1.html
  • http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flashbuilder4_php_part2.html
  • http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flashbuilder4_php_part3.html

Remote (Procedure) Calls

Web Services

WebServices avec Flex

RESTFul Services

• http://fbflex.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/a-simple-actionscript-flex-rest-client/

Action Message Format (v3)

binary format used to serialize ActionScript objects (Optimizes exchanged data amount)

• AMF3 for OSGi http://www.arum.co.uk/amf3osgi.php

Modularité

• Building complex and modular RIAs with OSGi and Flex http://france.osgiusers.org/wiki/uploads/Meeting/fornaciari-osgi-flex.pdf

Chaine de compilation

.mxml + .as -- compilation --> .swf -- ??? --> .exe

Déploiement

• .swf embarqué dans une WAR

Outils

Editeurs

• plugin Eclipse
• Flex Builder 4(gratuit pour l'éducation)

Communication

• BlazeDS
• GraniteDS