Flex on Rails : building rich Internet applications with Adobe Flex 3 and Rails 2 / Tony Hillerson, Daniel Wanja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillerson, Tony.

Contributor:

Wanja, Daniel.

Series:

Developer's library

Developer's library Flex on Rails

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flex (Computer file).

Ruby on rails (Electronic resource).

Internet programming.

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Web site development--Computer programs.

Web site development.

Internet programming--Development.

Application software--Computer programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 335 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Developer's library

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

“There’s no question you’re going to be a better Flex and Rails developer when you’re done reading this book.” –From the Foreword by Matt Chotin, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc. Adobe Flex enables the rapid development of rich and engaging user experiences. Ruby on Rails dramatically simplifies the development of database-driven web applications. Now there’s a book that shows how to use the newest versions of both frameworks together to create state-of-the-art Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Flex on Rails begins with the absolute essentials: setting up your environment for Flex and Rails, passing data with XML, and integrating Flex front-ends with Rails back-ends. Then, using practical, easy-to-understand code examples, the authors take you from the basics to advanced topics only discussed in this book. Techniques covered here include Constructing sophisticated interfaces that can’t be created with AJAX alone Using RESTful services to expose applications for access via APIs Testing Flex and Rails together Using Flex Frameworks Getting Flex into your build/deploy process And more… The authors also offer practical introductions to powerful complementary technologies, such as RubyAMF and Juggernaut. Written by developers with extensive experience using both frameworks, this book covers the new Adobe Flex 3 and Ruby on Rails 2 from the ground up. Even if you have minimal experience with Flex or Rails, you’ll learn all you need to know to use them to build exceptional production applications.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

I: Flex and Rails Essentials

1 Developing with Flex and Rails

Installation: What You Need to Get Running

The Structure of a Flex and Rails Application

The Example Code

Compiling MXML

Running the Rails Server

Summary

2 Passing Data with XML

XML in Rails

XML in Flex

Getting XML to Flex

Sending XML to Rails

Mapping Data Types

Error Handling

3 Flex with RESTful Services

Creating the Stock Portfolio Rails Application

Accessing Our RESTful Application with Flex

4 Using Fluint to Test a Flex with Rails Application

Using Fluint to Write Your Flex Unit Tests

The Basics of Testing a Flex Application

Testing a Cairngorm-Based Application

Using Fixtures

5 Passing Data with AMF

What Is AMF?

Benefits of AMF

RubyAMF

A Simple RubyAMF Example

A RESTful RubyAMF Integration

6 Debugging

Logging

Debuggers

Command Line Debuggers

Debugging Communication

7 Data Visualization

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)

Advanced DataGrid

Charting

8 Flex MVC Frameworks

What Do We Mean by a Framework?

Roll Your Own

Cairngorm at a High Level

PureMVC at a High Level

Stuff

9 Performance and Optimization

Flex Performance

Rails Performance

II: Cookbook Recipes

10 Source Control Flex and Rails Projects

Goal

Solution

Ignoring Files in Subversion

Git

Discussion

11 Building Flex with Rake

Rake Is Your Friend

The Rakefile

12 Deploying Flex and Rails Applications

Capistrano

Deploying with Capistrano

13 Read the Source!

Solution.

The Beauty of Open Source

The Rails Source

Flex Source

Generated Flex Source

14 Using Observers to Clean Up Code

BindingUtils and ChangeWatchers in Flex

Taking Action on ActiveRecord Lifecycle Events

15 Authenticating

Authenticating Users

Installing restful_authentication

16 Reusing Commands with Prana Sequences

Sequences

Prana's EventSequence

17 Hierarchical Data with RubyAMF

Nested Sets

18 Advanced Data Grid and Awesome Nested Set

Overview

Create the Rails Application and Database

Creating a Script to Load the Data

Flex Application

Adding CRUD

19 Runtime Flex Configuration with Prana

IoC, Eh?

20 Server Push with Juggernaut

Push Technology

Juggernaut

Creating the Rails Messaging Application

Creating the Flex Messaging Client Application

21 Communicating between Flex and JavaScript

Communication between Flex and JavaScript

Security

Building the Samples

ExternalInterface

SWFObject and Prototype

ExternalInterface in Action

Flex-Ajax Bridge in Action

22 File Upload

File Upload

Creating the Rails Application and Installing attachment_fu

Using Flex's FileReference Class to Upload One or Several Files

Using Flex URLLoader Class to Upload a PNG File

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612648663

9780321618153

0321618157

9781282648661

1282648667

9780321545251

0321545257

9780321574305

0321574303

OCLC:

1027159302