The Essential Guide to Flex and Rails takes you through a set of
practical scenarios that present the combination of these two
technologies in the best possible light. Each chapter shows how
easy it is to connect Flex to web server applications, particularly
ones written in Rails. Flex provides a wealth of Rich Internet
Application tools to augment the Ajax work Rails developers are
already doing. And Rails is the ideal backend for Flex
applications. Throughout the book, you will create such
applications as a dynamic 3D viewer, a YouTube-style video player,
3D charts pulling data from Rails, and interfaces for quickly
searching, sorting and grouping data. Shows how to combine the
toolset of Flex with a Rails backend Simple projects get you
started creating real world applications straight away Use Flex to
build widgets that work together with Rails to go where traditional
DHTML cannot What you'll learn Inspirational examples that provide
new ways of working with web applications. New insights into how to
use Flex to talk to web server applications. Novel patterns for
accessing data in Rails applications. Handy tools for developing
Rails applications quickly. Strategic insight into the pros and
cons of Flex versus Ajax. Methods of integrating security into your
applications. Who is this book for? This book is ideally suited to
both Flex and Rails developers. If you are a Flex developer it
offers enough Rails code and content to provide a solid backend for
your applications. If you are a Rails developer it presents even
more opportunities to extend your Web 2.0 functionality.
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