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Flex & PHP for Rich Internet Application DevelopmentCharles Bihis
Software Engineer
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Welcome!
Thanks for coming
What is a RIA?
Flex + PHP?
What can I build with it?
How can I build with it?
Demo REST
JSON
AMF
Q & A
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What is a RIA?
Rich Internet Applications Fully featured software package that runs in a browser
Look and feel of desktop applications
More than just Ajax on a website
Transfer the processing necessary for the user interface to the client
eg. Don’t go back to the server for filtering or sorting of data
We need TWO things…
• A powerful HOST• A rich CLIENT
We need TWO things…
• A powerful HOST• A rich CLIENT
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Flex Client-side technology
Object orientedActionScript 3.0
Flex applications are compiledCompile locally to SWF files for the Flash
Player Runtime
Flex Builder includes debugger
FREE!Flex SDK is free to download at Adobe Labs
PHP Server-side technology
Object orientedPHP 5
PHP is compiledCompile to bytecode for processing by
the Zend Engine
Dreamweaver does NOT include debugger
FREE!Released under PHP License and
considered free by the Free Software Foundation
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Flex + PHP
Full end-to-end solution
Serve
r
(PHP)
Client
(Flex)
Rich client interface handled by Flex
Powerful server-side data management handled by PHP
Easy integration between the two
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PHP-Powered RIAs
• mapping application
• http://maps.yahoo.com
• photo-editing application
• http://seespotslide.com
• live chat application
• http://www.activalive.com
• audio-editing application
• http://finetune.com
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“Rich Interactive Applications (RIA*) are at the centre of the drive to make the experience of a user’s interaction with software applications matter more.”
Ovum
What’s in it for you?
“By 2010, at least 60 percent of new application development projects will include RIA technology.”
Gartner
$5.5 Billion
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What’s in it for you?
QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
* PHP jobs are 30x more abundant than Flex jobs
24 000 jobs
800 000 jobs
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Demo
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Demo
Getting started
Simple HTML Table Without sorting
With sorting
Flex + PHP using REST
Flex + PHP using JSON
Flex + PHP using AMF
Real-world example
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Getting Started
Have a LAMP installation up and running Windows: WAMP, http://www.wampserver.com/
Mac: MAMP, http://www.mamp.info
PHP >= 5.2 required for JSON library
Download Flex Builder: http://www.flex.org/download/
Create a MySQL database Name: MyDatabase
Table: Contacts
Columns: id, first_name, last_name, email
Download AMFPHP http://www.amfphp.org
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Recap
PHP to HTML Design-elements are coupled with the data
ALL processing is done on the server-side
Visually restricted by HTML style elements
PHP to Flex Data handled solely by the server, whereas design handled by client
Processing is distributed accordingly
Data processing handled by the server
Design processing handled by they client
Visually rich!
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Flex + PHP + Flickr = Simple Rich Flickr Photo Viewer
Accessing Flickr servers via PHP
Flickr returns data in serialized format
De-serialize in PHP
Output data in XML format, easily readable and accessible from Flex client
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One Step Further
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AIR + PHP + Flickr = Simple Rich Flickr Photo Viewer
Mostly the same code as in the Flex client Removed custom chrome
Re-added ability to move application window
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Q & A
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Tips for PHP Developers
Make sure your PHP is working before building your Flex application
REST (XML output) and JSON are really easy - Just call the PHP script in a browser
For AMF connections:
Service Capture is an useful tool, http://kevinlangdon.com/serviceCapture/
The Flex Debugger is your friend Read the help documentation and learn to use it
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Community Links
Get Started with Flex and PHP http://www.flex.org/php/
Frameworks: Drupal Services Module: http://groups.drupal.org/services/
Cake Framework: http://rdos.rd11.com/CakeAMFPHP/
AMF Implementations (all open source): The Midnight Coders
http://www.themidnightcoders.com
AMFPHP
http://www.amfphp.org/
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