Introduction to Flex Using PHP | Linux Today

Introduction to Flex Using PHP

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 23, 2007

“With all the hype (and money) surrounding buzzword terms like
Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Applications (RIA), it’s easy to wonder,
‘How can I integrate that into my PHP application?’ Certainly,
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) technologies that use
JavaScript code are a good option. But you should also have a look
at the Adobe Flex framework. With Flex, you can quickly build
functional, attractive user interfaces in Adobe Flash that
communicate to your PHP web application through XML.

“Let’s step back and look at what Flex is and how it compares to
standard HTML development with a language like PHP. Both the
traditional Web 1.0 HTML architecture and the Flex-based
architecture are shown in Figure 1…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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