hangalot
10-17-2002, 01:03 AM
firstly let me explain where i am coming from. i've come into flash as my "work-related hobbie", being from a more back-end [n-tier] perspective. I c flash as a method to start encapsulating more of my bussinness logic on the client, and thus removing the big "hassle" factor in surfing the web, time.
with mx and the advanced OO+ (not as advanced :( )Xml support, it gives me the ability to map "real" processes or entities 2 a graphical representation with which a client can interact (not with my graphical ability though!!!!).
this is great. i have gone as far 2 start speaking 2 webservices(indirectly [or for those other ms geeks low-level api SOAP]), and i think most agree this is the future.
i also think flash has the ability 2 become even more exstensible, through communities such as this, by the making availible of libraries (.as files!!!). (here i would like 2 make a special mention [am doing some injustice 2 great contributors] but i have used some of robert penner's work exstensivly (spelling???!!!))
my guess would be that i am not the only one "playing around" with a xpath compiler [i saw one on flashkit -- not free though-- would rather write own than pay in this instance ;)], which i am certain will be followed by a xsl compiler...
this would give flash the power to exchange xml in a easily transformable manner with any server. wet-dream stuff if u r thinking about "the next-big thing" in application development.
i am wondering however what line MM r going to take about the the whole webservices hoopla. since i cannot access the tcp header,and there is no method of send SOAP (instead of GET or POST [it looks exactly like a post packet]), i am unable 2 speak in a high-level manner 2 a webservice(unless i am really missing something), i have 2 put an intermediate page down on my server, making the jump of accessing a "web-function" on server Xyz, 2 jumps instead of one...
do feel free 2 reply, telling me what an idiot i am and i can do it like this or that... or just 2 tell me i am an idiot
:D
with mx and the advanced OO+ (not as advanced :( )Xml support, it gives me the ability to map "real" processes or entities 2 a graphical representation with which a client can interact (not with my graphical ability though!!!!).
this is great. i have gone as far 2 start speaking 2 webservices(indirectly [or for those other ms geeks low-level api SOAP]), and i think most agree this is the future.
i also think flash has the ability 2 become even more exstensible, through communities such as this, by the making availible of libraries (.as files!!!). (here i would like 2 make a special mention [am doing some injustice 2 great contributors] but i have used some of robert penner's work exstensivly (spelling???!!!))
my guess would be that i am not the only one "playing around" with a xpath compiler [i saw one on flashkit -- not free though-- would rather write own than pay in this instance ;)], which i am certain will be followed by a xsl compiler...
this would give flash the power to exchange xml in a easily transformable manner with any server. wet-dream stuff if u r thinking about "the next-big thing" in application development.
i am wondering however what line MM r going to take about the the whole webservices hoopla. since i cannot access the tcp header,and there is no method of send SOAP (instead of GET or POST [it looks exactly like a post packet]), i am unable 2 speak in a high-level manner 2 a webservice(unless i am really missing something), i have 2 put an intermediate page down on my server, making the jump of accessing a "web-function" on server Xyz, 2 jumps instead of one...
do feel free 2 reply, telling me what an idiot i am and i can do it like this or that... or just 2 tell me i am an idiot
:D