Image by rutty via FlickrCreating a Simple Application with Adobe Flex Builder
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key points about Flex technology that is relevant to this module.
- Flex applications are compiled to SWF files.
- Flex is a programmer-centric framework and development environment for creating Flash-based rich internet applications.
- Flex applications are executed in ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM) inside Flash Player.
- Flex is a client-side technology.
- Flex can integrate well with server-based technologies like ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET and Java EE.
- Flex can retrieve plain text or XML data over HTTP service.
- Flex can also retrieve Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages using web services.
You may also refer ActionScript Coding Convention for Flex SDK.
