About Flex -- Version 1.5

Flex defines a development and runtime environment that lets developers familiar with server-side technologies build rich front ends for applications that take advantage of Macromedia Flash Player. While executing in Flash Player, your application can interact with server-side functionality, such as databases, web services, Java objects, and other server-side services.

Flex brings the power of Flash to developers who are familiar with traditional programming languages and server-side development environments. In Flex, you use a standards-based programming model to develop an application, describe the user interface, configure user-interface controls, and define data bindings.

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jdp@ecensity said on Dec 22, 2004 at 12:23 PM :

Flex runs in the Java (tm http://java.sun.com/) servlet container environment, for example http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat and jetty.mortbay.org .

Flex installs into the servlet container as "Flex.war", a web application archive. This file can be renamed, as in "MyProject.war", for installation into the servlet container.

The Java servlet container has a subdirectory named "webapps". Typically, placing "Flex.war" into this directory and restarting the server will install the web application into "http://localhost:8080/Flex", for tomcat or jetty run from your desktop.

At this point, Flex is ready for development.

zh3n9yin9ji3 said on Jan 29, 2006 at 9:13 AM :

Can I deploy the war file on Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 Update 2? since I am new to Java Platform, any helpful information will be appreciated..