Introducing Flex:
Introducing Flex Development Environment Runtime Environment
Strength of the Flash Platform:
Strength of the Flash Platform Large Install-base
Strength of the Flash Platform:
Strength of the Flash Platform Cross Platform
Cross Browser
Strength of the Flash Platform:
Strength of the Flash Platform Flash Lite for Embedded Systems
Strength of the Flash Platform:
Strength of the Flash Platform Rich Media
Demo:
Demo
The Programming Model:
The Programming Model Flex (MXML & ActionScript) Web Service
Flash Remoting
HTTP + XML
Binary Socket J2EE
ASP.NET
PHP
Ruby Interface Layer Messaging Layer Service Layer
Demo:
Demo
Where to go from here?:
Where to go from here? Browse the Flex Product Homepage
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex
Visit the Flex Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex
Purchase the Flex training kit from TotalTraining
http://www.totaltraining.com
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Check out the latest buzz on Adobe Labs
http://labs.adobe.com
Meet Other Student Developers on the RabbitHole
http://therabbithole.net
Over the Horizon :
Over the Horizon Project Apollo
Native support for Flash, Flex, HTML, and JavaScript
The ideal desktop-application runtime environment
When
Second half of 2006: preview release
First half of 2007: 1.0 release
Where
Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com)
Why
Break away from browser dependence
Uniform cross-platform environment
The best of both worlds
The Best of Both Worlds:
The Best of Both Worlds
Q & A:
Q & A