rich internet application with adobe flex
DESCRIPTION
This presentation is targeted at people who are new to the term "Rich Internet Application". RIA is the future of web for the next two years. Every web application is focusing on creating a rich interface and rich experience to the users. RIA revolves around users. This presentation also talks about why Adobe Flex is the best tool available in the market for creating RIA applications. So what are you waiting for, get started with RIA.TRANSCRIPT
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Rich Internet Application
with
Adobe® Flex™
Prabhakaran V, President, RIA- RUI Society
18-03-2011
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Who am I?
• 5+ years of experience as a RIA developer.
• Formed Chennai Flex User Group in 2007.
• One of the Adobe India Community Champion.
• Presently having fun at RIA-RUI Society.
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Agenda
• What is RIA?
• How to build RIA?
• Why Adobe Flex?
• Where to start?
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Rich Internet Application
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Rich Internet Application
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Let us understand
• Thin Client
• Thick Client
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Let us understand
• Thin Client
• Thick Client
• Smart Client
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Rich Internet Application is a web
application that has many of the
characteristics of desktop
applications.
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RIA Characteristics
• more Connected
• more Alive
• more Interactive
• more Responsive
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How to build RIA?
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Why Adobe Flex?
• Supports cross-platform.
• Provides rich user experience.
• Provides consistency and efficiency.
• Reach over 98% of Internet-connected desktop
users.
• Write-Once, Deploy-Many.
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What is Adobe Flex?
• Open-source framework.
• Rich class library based on ActionScript 3.0.
• ActionScript 3.0 – Object oriented programming
language.
• MXML - XML based declarative language.
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Features of Adobe Flex?
• Layouts
• Skins and components
• Effects & Transitions
• States
• CSS styles syntax
• Text Layout Framework
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How Flex works?
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Where to start?
• Join the local community.
• Attend Flex@Campus workshop.
• http://www.flex.org
• Use Tour de Flex.
• Watch Flex in a week.
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Counting….
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Credits
• http://www.jamesward.com/2007/10/17/what-is-a-
rich-internet-application
/
• Google image search
• Google web search
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Q & A
• Email: [email protected]
• Web: http://www.prabhakaranv.com
• Twitter: prabhakaran_v
• Facebook: karan.prabha.v