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Adobe RIA Technologies:Adobe Flex 3 :1 Adobe RIA Technologies:Adobe Flex 3
Applications have evolved :Applications have evolved MAINFRAME REACH Local Global RICH Text UI Integrated media GUI CLIENT/SERVER WEB APPLICATIONS 2004 1992 1998 RICH INTERNETAPPLICATIONS
RIA Technical Characteristics :Rich + Reach
Local Processing + Hosted Services
Content /Application/Communication
Declarative Languages + Scripting
Designer + Developer Collaboration RIA Technical Characteristics
Slide 4:A highly productive, free open source framework for building expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers and on the desktop with Adobe AIR
Understanding Flex :Understanding Flex 2 languages
MXML (actually a library of ActionScript)
ActionScript 3
Compilers
Debugger
Profiler
Rich Component Library
How Flex Works in the Browser :How Flex Works in the Browser Flex Builder IDE Flex Class Library MXML ActionScript Compile
How Flex (Flash) can integrate with the Javascript API :How Flex (Flash) can integrate with the Javascript API Use ExternalInterface
Supported in every modern browser
From ActionScript, you can call any JavaScript function on the HTML page
From JavaScript on the HTML page, you can call an ActionScript function in Flash Player
Slide 8:Adobe AIR enables web developers to use existing technologies to build and deploy rich Internet applications on the desktop.
Adobe AIR Application Stack :Adobe AIR Application Stack Cross-OS Application
IntegratedRendering
Integrated DOMs& Scripting Adobe AIR APIs Mac, Windows, Linux & Device OS File SystemAccess NetworkDetection Notifications ApplicationUpdate Drag andDrop LocalDatabase ...
Adobe Air security highlights :Adobe Air security highlights Applications can be signed using certificates. The certificate is used for install and update
Use Encrypted Local Store or SQLite for storing sensitive data
Sandboxes
Application sandbox
Non – application sandbox (does not have access to AIR api)
Use SandboxBridge in order to communicate between them
It is your responsibility to check for data validation and to use secures channels in order to exchange data
Slide 11:Revolutionizinghow the world engages with ideas and information