Product Description
∗ The only book completely devoted to this exciting new technology that enables Flash to utilize resources on the server side
∗ Flash Remoting MX allows developers to turn Macromedia Flash movies into serious Web applications like message boards, e–commerce applications, and e–mail clients
∗ Packed with hands–on instructions and fully–functioning Flash Remoting MX applications to help readers build their own applications quickly and easily
∗ Written by an expert Flash developer whose clients include Warner Brothers, Sony, and Disney
From the Back Cover
"Joey Lott delivers a thorough yet easy–to–understand guide to implementing rich, Macromedia Flash—based user interfaces for Web applications using Macromedia Flash Remoting MX."
–Dave Gruber, Senior Product Manager, Macromedia Flash Remoting MX
Flash Remoting MX is one of the most exciting new technologies available for Macromedia Flash MX, and everything you need to know to use its dynamic capabilities is in this comprehensive reference guide. Flash and ActionScript expert Joey Lott gives you a thorough understanding of how Flash Remoting MX opens up new possibilities for building fresh, vibrant, data–driven Web sites. Using plenty of examples, he takes you step by step through Web services applications, illustrating how Flash Remoting MX works with ColdFusion, J2EE, and .NET, and how you can apply this technology in e–commerce sites, messageboards, e–mail clients, and more.
You’ll learn how to:
- Apply ActionScript fundamentals and create server–side ActionScript
- Interact with ColdFusion pages and components
- Use RecordSets and work with ColdFusion and RecordSet objects
- Access servlets and JSPs, interact with Java classes and JavaBeans, and call Enterprise JavaBeans from Flash MX
- Consume ColdFusion and .NET Web services with Flash MX
- Understand Flash Remoting MX with J2EE and .NET, and interact with ASP.NET pages
- Work with JMX and use ASTranslator
- Create rich, dynamic Web applications using Flash MX
The companion Web site features all source code from the book plus updates, links to resources, and more.
