Flex for the Enterprise

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Flex for the Enterprise
Mark Piller Midnight Coders, LLC
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Flex Architecture

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Flex Remoting
Web Service
Flex Client
HTTP Service
Remote Object (Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP)
Flex Server (FDS or WebORB)

• Web Services
• HTTP Services
• Remote Objects

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Demo
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Data Management

• Data synchronization
• Conflict resolution
• Disconnected mode support

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Demo
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Messaging

• Interactivity
• Immediate notification
• Low stress on the server
• Support for pub/sub

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Demo

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Messaging Code

• Declare ltproducergt and ltconsumergt
• Publish message with producer
• Receive message with consumer

ltmxProducer id"producer" destination"chat"/gt ltm
xConsumer id"consumer"
destination"chat"
messagemsgHandler(event)"/gt
var messageAsyncMessage new AsyncMessage() mes
sage.body messageText hello world
producer.send( message )
public function msgHandler(eventMessageEvent)voi
d var messageTextObject event.message.body.me
ssageText
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Flex Advantages

• Rich development environment
• Single runtime environment
• Optimized client/server integration
• Disconnected mode support
• Data management infrastructure
• Built-in support for real-time messaging

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Enterprise Software Requirements

• Reliability
• Scalability
• Low total cost of ownership (TCO)
• User Experience
• Feature expansion

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Flex Remoting Enterprise Gradesheet
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Client
Web Service

• Reliability - (as reliable as WS)
• Scalability - (as scalable as WS infrastructure)
• TCO - low to average
• User Experience average
• Feature expansion - limited

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Flex Remoting Enterprise Gradesheet (cont.)
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Client
HTTPService

• Reliability - (as reliable as HTTP service)
• Scalability - (as scalable as HTTP service
  infrastructure)
• TCO - low to average
• User Experience average
• Feature expansion - limited

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Flex Remoting Enterprise Gradesheet (cont.)
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Server(FDS or WebORB)
RemoteObject

• Reliability - high
• Scalability - high
• TCO - low to average
• User Experience average
• Feature expansion - excellent

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Flex Data Management Enterprise Gradesheet
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Client
Flex Server(FDS or WebORB)
Data Source

• Reliability - high
• Scalability - high
• TCO - varies
• User Experience above average
• Feature expansion - excellent

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Flex Messaging Enterprise Gradesheet
Flex Client
Flex Client
Message BusJMS or MSMQ
Flex Server(FDS or WebORB)
Flex Server(FDS or WebORB)

• Reliability - high
• Scalability - high
• TCO - varies
• User Experience superb
• Feature expansion - excellent

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Any questions?