Building your first data management application with ColdFusion and Flex

With Adobe ColdFusion 8 and Flex 3, building rich Internet applications has never been easier. Used together, these technologies enable developers to create expressive applications quicker than ever before.

In this article the focus will be on creating simple UI using Flex DataGrid to display result sets that are synchronized across all connected clients. The moment a user updates the DataGrid, all other users accessing that data will receive the updates instantly. This means you no longer have to worry about race conditions and data overwrite issues. While this may sound like a complex example for a beginner-level tutorial, I think you will be amazed by how easy ColdFusion 8, Flex Builder 3, and LiveCycle Data Services ES make this task.

There are different options available for integrating data services into your RIAs. In this article, I will focus on using the integrated LiveCycle Data Services ES that are installed with ColdFusion 8. You can find out more about the different data services options in the data services and integration page of the LiveCycle Developer Center.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Adobe Flex Builder 3 (includes the free Flex 3 SDK)

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Adobe ColdFusion 8

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Note: This article uses the integrated LiveCycle Data Services that are installed with ColdFusion 8.

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