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How Zend used Flex & PHP to build a Software Flight Recorder
Ryan Stewart
Platform Evangelist,
Adobe Systems
Kevin Schroeder
Technology Evangelist,
Zend
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Adobe Flash Platform
Flash Builder
Flash CS4 Professional
Tools to Design and Develop
Clients
Servers/Services
Framework
AMF, XML, JSON, SOAP, RSS, ATOM, etc.HTTP/S, Sockets, RTMP, etc.
Applications, Content and Video
Flash Catalyst
Flex
Flash Media Server Family
Flash Player
AIR
BlazeDSData Services
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Flex Branding Change
FLEX 3 GENERATION FLEX 4 GENERATION
Flash
BuilderFlash
Catalyst
Flex framework
Aligning Flex brand with the open source framework underlying both FB and FC
Flex framework,
Flex Builder
Consistent branding for tools
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Flex Framework
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ADOBE FLEX
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
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Where Flex is used
Product Configuration
Rich Media Applications
Data Visualization
Authoring Applications Product Selection
Line of Business Applications
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Flex Builder IDE
� Flex Builder IDE
� Eclipse Plugin or turn-key install
� Accelerates Design
� Design view and code view
Understanding Flex
� 2 languages
� MXML (actually a library of ActionScript)
� ActionScript 3
� Compilers
� Debuggers
� Rich Component Library
Flex SDK
Flex Class Library
MXML ActionScript
Debuggers
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How Flex Works in the Browser
Flex Builder IDE
Flex SDK
Flex Class Library
MXML ActionScript
Compile
SOAP HTTP/S AMF/S RTMP/S
Web Server
Existing Applications & Infrastructure
J2EE Application Server
LC Data ServicesXML/HTTP
REST
SOAP Web Services
Browser
Flash Player
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How Flex Works on the Desktop
Flex Builder IDE
Flex SDK
Flex Class Library
MXML ActionScript
Compile & Package
SOAP HTTP/S AMF/S RTMP/S
Web Server
Existing Applications & Infrastructure
J2EE Application Server
LC Data ServicesXML/HTTP
REST
SOAP Web Services
Desktop
AIR Client Runtime
Files SQLite Notifications Clipboard
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Flex 3 is Open Source
Open Source Flex SDK
� SDK source (framework, compiler, and debugger) is available under Mozilla Public License (MPL)
� Public bug database, roadmap, and daily builds available
� opensource.adobe.com/flex
Enabling Open Source
Innovation
� Invites active participation from the Flex development community
� Allows open source projects to extend Flex and embed it in projects
� Enables small ISVs to bundle the Flex SDK at no cost
Growing the Flex Market
� Non-open source SDK licenses available for commercial ISVs that require it
� Raises Flex awareness by increasing usage and driving further adoption
� Expands the market for commercial Flex products from Adobe and partners
Open Source BlazeDS
� Flex remoting and messaging
� Available under Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v3
� Commercial license, certified builds and enterprise support are available
� Public bug base and daily builds
� opensource.adobe.com/blazeds
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Flash Builder 4
Flex Builder 3plus new features
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Flash Builder 4 Themes
Support both design and data focused apps in a productive environment
Designer/Developer
�Remain true to the design
�Facilitate workflows
�Eliminate manual steps
Data-Centric
Development
�Support many different back-ends
�Simplify managing data
�Generate data-aware UI
IDE Productivity &
Testing
�Improve hand-coding
�Speed up tuning & debugging
�Fit in with established testing and build processes
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Data-centric Development
� ColdFusion
� PHP
� Java
� SOAP
� REST
� Flash Builder examines service
� Builds design-time model
� Configure data types and operations
� Databinding
� UI Generation
� Paging
� Data-management
2. Model Service1. Define Service3. Bind Operations to Flex UI components
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Data Centric Development: Supported Services
� ColdFusion
� Consume any ColdFusion Component (CFC)
� New workflow with ColdFusion Builder to auto-generate data access CFCs
� PHP
� Built-in support for Zend Framework
� Use Zend components or any PHP5 classes
� New workflow with Zend Studio for class generation
� Java
� BlazeDS
� LiveCycle Data Services ES – new workflow with LiveCycle Model Editor
� HTTP, REST, SOAP Web Services
� Extensible – add support for any other back-end
<WSDL>
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Data Centric Development: Data-bound UI
� Drag and drop to bind operation results to UI
� Invoke operations from component events (e.g. button clicks)
� Generate Master/Detail relationships
� Generate Charts
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Data Centric Development: Client-side Data Management
� Map client side data operations to server side operations
� Create, Update, Delete, etc.
� Automate bulk updates & deletions
� Support for “rollback” of changes to data
� One instance of any record
� Changes reflected wherever data is displayed
� Paging for large recordsets
� Automatic fetching of X records at a time
� Ideal for large datasets in grids, lists, etc.
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Testing and Deployment
� Network Monitor
� Unit Testing
� Code Coverage
� Command-line Builds
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Using Flex with PHP
Flex & PHP
Studio & Flash Builder 4
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PHP and Flex communication
Flex & AIR on the client, PHP on the server.
Web browserFLEX Apps
DesktopAIR Apps
DesktopAIR Apps
PHP
Server
PHP
Server
REST Services
Web Services
Remoting (RPC)
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How does remoting work?
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
Flex/AIR Client PHP ServerAMF3
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How does remoting work?
RemoteObject
getData();saveData(myVO);
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
Client calls MyClass->getData()
Flex/AIR Client PHP ServerAMF3
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How does remoting work?
RemoteObject
getData();saveData(myVO);
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
Client calls MyClass->getData()
Flex/AIR Client PHP Server
MyVO {
public $id;public $name;
}
MyVO {
public $id;public $name;
}
MyVO {
public var id:int;public var name:String;
}
Automatic conversionbetween PHP and ActionScript class
AMF3
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How does remoting work?
RemoteObject
getData();saveData(myVO);
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
MyClass {
getData() { … }saveData($myVO) {…}
}
Client calls MyClass->getData()
Flex/AIR Client PHP Server
MyVO {
public $id;public $name;
}
MyVO {
public $id;public $name;
}
MyVO {
public var id:int;public var name:String;
}
Server sends an array of MyVO objects
Automatic conversionbetween PHP and ActionScript class
Client calls RemoteObject.saveData(myVO)MyClass->saveData($myVO)
AMF3
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Adobe Flex Customers
Enterprise Web 2.0ISVs
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Q & A
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