Communications
Columnist: Nick Kwiatkowski
Debugging Data Communications in Your Flex Application
There are so many ways to transmit data in a Flex application – from client to back-end server – and many methods for doing so. In the first installment in a column on communications, Nick Kwiatkowski talks about tracing the data as it travels through your application, and finding out where it's going and what it's doing. When you're done reading this article, you'll know how to find the answer when your applications are not giving the results you'd expect.
Published in Flex Authority Volume 1 Issue 1
Data Messaging
In this column, Nick Kwiatkowski delves into the power and possibilities of messaging. What is messaging, and how can it make your applications look and feel more immediate? Download Nick's sample code from the link below and follow along as he builds a simple whiteboard application using Flex and a messaging server – either BlazeDS or LiveCycle Data Services ES.
Download the code for Data Messaging
Published in Flex Authority Volume 1 Issue 2
Flex and ColdFusion Connectivity
Nick Kwiatkowski digs into what happens behind the scenes between ColdFusion and Flex in the third installment of his column. Find out how Flex talks to ColdFusion, about the channels available for communication, and the destination. Watch as Nick configures and builds a simple data-aware application that works with a SQL database and reveals the magic of Flex/ColdFusion interconnectivity.Read the Introduction to "Flex and ColdFusion Connectivity"
Download Nick's Sample AS3 Project
Download Nick's Sample MXML Project