Building a Flex Application Integrated with BlazeDS Messaging
by Aaron West
The Internet was built on the stateless nature of HTTP decades ago and it hasn’t changed much over the years. Today, when you request a web page in your browser, every element on the page results in a client request to the server and a server response to the client. While there isn’t anything particularly wrong with this behavior, it limits our ability to satisfy the demands of today’s users. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are becoming more prevalent because they promote user collaboration, they deliver richer experiences, and they’re simply more fun to use.
One way to create these types of applications with Flex is to bypass the request/response model of HTTP and build on technology included in Adobe's BlazeDS. This open source server platform for delivering messaging and remoting services enables developers to wire up applications with real-time distributed data.
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